SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
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S. toxophora Prout (8f). Much more ochreous than Jiabilis, the antemedian line curved but not angu- loxophora. 
lated, postmedian less oblique, anteriorly more curved, cell-dot obsolete. S. Cameroons. 
S. rectisecta Prout (8f) is intermediate in size and markings between transsecta and laevi'pennis {1 e), redmudn. 
the postmedian line straighter than in the latter, less oblique than in the former, further distinguishable by 
its smooth yello^^ colour and deepfr yellow markings. S. Cameroons. 
S. lathraea Prout (8g). Easily distinguished from laevvpennis by the course of the postmedian line lathraea. 
and the absence of antemedian and cell-dots. Nyasaland: Luchenza. 
S. laevipennis Warr. (7 e). Near the colour of transsecta, sometimes almost as white as clarisswia, laevlpen- 
lines and fringes much less bright, post median line sinuous, approximately parallel with the distal margin. 
hindtarsus very short. — ab. uninotata Warr. is one of the whitish forms and seems to have the ante- uninoUda. 
median line obsolete, but is somewhat rubbed. — laevipennis is distributed from Sierra Leone to Kasai 
district and Uganda; the type was from the Cameroons. 
S. subperlaria Warr. (= sufficiens Warr., displicitata Kheil) (7 e). On an average larger, nearly always suhperlarm. 
white or whitish, glossy, the fringe concolorous, the post median more or less dentate as well as sinuate, the 
antemedian also sinuous, generally closer to the cell-dot, which is generally sharper than in laevipennis, a 
subterminal line also often well developed. Hindtarsus of (J less shortened than in laevipennis. Extremely 
variable in the strength of the markings, perhaps embracing 2 or more species. Distribution as that of 
laevipennis. — acutangula Stvinh., from Uganda, seems to be a very pale form with the postmedian rather acidangula. 
thick and very deeply lunulate. 
S. argyroleuca Hmpsn. (8 g). Perhaps a very clean-looking silvery-white form of subperlaria, but the orgyroleu- 
postmedian is perhaps less luniilate, the cell-dot of the hindwing sharply black. hindtarsus perhaps somewhat 
shorter. N. W. Rhodesia (type), Gazaland, Kenya Colony, ? Uganda. 
S. ochreotusa Warr. (7 e). Less pure white than argyroleuca, more like an extremely weakly marked ochreofusa. 
subpejiaria, but with the hindtarsus shorter. Cell-dots scarcely traceable, the faint postmedian line not quite 
so sinuous as iii subperlaria. Underside unmarked, even the terminal dots wanting. Unyoro. 
S. pyraliata Warr. (7f). Smaller than subperlaria (7e), with a decided yellow tinge, the postmedian irre- pyraUata. 
gularly thickened, strongly expressed also in the underside of the forewing, where it is slightly browner; 
black cell-dot of forewing also distinct beneath. Hindtibia of cj strongly thickened, tarsus qiute short. Liberia 
to Belgian Congo and Uganda, the type from S. Nigeria. 
S. isotnala Prout (8 d). Rather broad-winged, with the distal margins faintly sinuous. Antennal ciliation isomala. 
of d' longer than diameter of shaft, hindtibia moderately dilated, tarsus not much shorter. Strangely similar 
to aequidistans Warr., from Timor, of which only the type $ is known; irroration darker, antemedian line 
right-angled in the cell, median less sinuous and more oblique. Nairobi, the type. A browner $, in poor 
condition but probably conspecific, from Mlanje, 2300 feet. 
S. stephanitis Prout (8 g). Antennal ciliation nearly even, about as long as diameter of shaft. Hind- stephanitis. 
tibial pencil strong, tarsus less than ¥2 tibia. Recognizable by the faintly sinuous distal margins, the creamy 
white ground-colour and dark olive-buff costal edge and markings. Underside with sharp cell-dots, the other 
markings quite shadowy. Perhaps near caducaria (7f), but more recalls the South American abornata Guen. 
Virunga Mountain (Kivu), 9000 feet, (type (J); Kabira Forest (Ruanda), 7000 feet (1 cJ). 
S. caducaria Sivinh. (7 f). More glossy than the neighbouring species, the markings weaker, the post- caducaria. 
median anteriorly almost straight; the subterminal shades relatively rather strong, giving, in the best-marked 
specimens, a slight impression of a dark distal area, traversed by the sinuous subterminal. Hindtarsus scarcely 
abbreviated. Kenya Colony; common in the Escarpment. 
S. mollicula Prout (7 f) may be placed here, as it has aboirt the same shape and coloration as cadu- molUcida. 
caria (though less glossy), but may well belong with the spoliata-lubricata group. Face whitish, only 
a little dark-mixed in upper part. G with fairly long ciliation, strongly pencilled hindtibia and short tarsus 
(about %). Cell-dots strong; median and postmedian lines of foi’ewing more distal than in caducaria, the 
latter with dark vein-dots; subterminal less strongly sinuous, its accompanying shades sometimes weak. Mada¬ 
gascar: Diego Suai’ez. 
S. crawshayi Prout (8 g). Larger than even the largest praeruptorum, considerably paler. Antenna sub- craicshayi. 
serrate, with longer ciliation. Hindtibia long, tarsus or slightly less. Postmedian line strongly inbent bet¬ 
ween the radials, but the forewing withoxit the acute tooth on the 1st radial, on the other hand with a 
thickening in the sinus, as in caducaria; fringe slightly irrorated, but without definite' black dots. Forewing 
beneath suffused to just beyond the postmedian, then whitish; hindwing whitish, almost vdthout markings 
except the cell-dot and terminal line. Boromo, Kikuyu. 
