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SCOPULA. By L. B. Prout. 
rossi. S. rossi Prout (7 g). Very similar to agrax>ta but more suffused with brown and more strongly 
marked. Perhaps a form of the same. Natal. 
agrapta. S. agrapta Warr. (7 g). Antennal ciliation of cj moderately long (about hindtibia with pencil, 
tarsus or ^4 tibia. Dirty whitish, the cell-dots sharp, the lines very weak, especially in the (J; the me¬ 
dian, which on the fore wing is just beyond the cell-dot and not very oblique, is sometimes strong in the $. 
Kenya (type), Tanganyika Territory and Natal. 
oppctia. S. opperta Prout (7 g). A glossy white species with olive-grey irroration and markings, further distinguish¬ 
able from spoliata by the somewhat thicker hindtibia, slightly less long tarsus, and less punctiform postmedian 
line; anterior terminal dots of forewing elongate into dashes. Antennal ciliation of (J about 1 . Natal. 
spoliata. S. spoliata Wall'. (= pygarata WUgrti., pygai’gata Wllgrn.) (7 h). A rather common species in Cape 
Colony and Natal and perhaps reaching Uganda. Hindtarsus of (J fully as long as tibia. Antennal ciliation 
a little longer than in opperta, which see for further differentiation. Cell-dot on hind-stronger than on fore¬ 
wing. Less broad-winged than agrapta, with different structiire, generally much stronger markings, more 
oblique median shade, etc. 
pertinax. S. pertinax Prout (7 h). Smaller and whiter than spoliata, the ^ hindtarsus much shorter (scarcely 
over 14), markings pretty similar; terminal dots rather strong. Natal. 
magmdis- S. magnidiscata Warr. (7 h). Almost as small as pertinax, more brovuiish, the median shade faint. 
cata. Easily known by the enlarged cell-dots, particularly that of the hindwing. Hindtarsus of at least as short 
as in pertinax. Angola (type) and N. Rhodesia. 
latUans. S. latitans Prout (= reconditaria Snell, nec Walk.) (7 h) represents the nesciaria group of the Indo- 
Aiistralian Region. Nearly as broad-winged as agrapta, colour more as in the brownest-tinged spoliata, irroration 
less strong than in the latter, cell-dot of hindwing not enlarged, hindtarsus of cJ shortened, about % tibia. 
Described from Zaire (Congo) but widely distributed; Kasai, Angola, Kenya Colony to Natal. 
benenoiata. S. benciiotata Prout ( 8 h). S 26 mm. Similar in structure to latitans. Porewing a little narrower, withdistal 
margin somewhat more oblique; colouring warmer, pinkish buff or light i^inkish cinnamon, cell-dots larger, 
postmedian line marked with angular black dots or short teeth outward on the veins and on the hind¬ 
wing with a larger black dot at abdominal margin; fringe with small dots at base opposite the veins. Fore- 
wing beneath correspondingly well marked. Madagascar: Ivohimanitra forest, Tanola. 
ohiiquisi- S. obliquisignata Bastelh. (8h). Rather smaller than latitans, the hindtarsus less than half as 
gnata. long as the tibia, but I think not quite so short as in luhricata. Markings obsolescent anteriorly (but the 
specimen is not quite fresh), the antemedian and median lines of forewing strongly oblique; terminal dots 
well developed in anterior half. Usambara. 
luhricata. S. lubricata Warr. (7 h) perhaps embraces several species which have not yet been satisfactorily worked 
out. Smaller than latitans, the ground-colour typically whiter, but best distinguished by the short hindtar¬ 
sus of the which is only about ^3 the length of the tibia. Described from Angola, but believed to be 
distributed as far as Sierra Leone and to Kenya Colony. Forms with similar structure but more brownish 
occur in South Africa and others with stronger postmedian vein-dots on the Comoro Islands, but I forbear 
to name them until the group is more thoroughly understood. 
pilanipen- S. plaiiipennis Warr. has also similar structure, but the cell-dots and terminal dots are minute, (the 
nis. former on the forewing not disceririble), the lines almost obsolete. Ground-colour of a dirty yellowish tinge. 
Lhiderside almost unmarked. The forewing may be slightly more rounded at the apex than in luhricata, but 
it is a pity that Warren named a species from so obscure a specimen without confirmatory material. Sierra 
Leone, 1 d'. 
comes. S. comes Prout (7 h). Hindtarsus of the as in the following, extremely short. Easily distinguished 
by the postmedian line of the forewing, which is oblicpre outward iir a succession of teeth — from costa 
to 1st radial; black cell-dots less concise, being accompanied (or on the forewing generally superseded) by 
some brownish scaling. Sao Thome. 
■internataria. S. iiitemataria Walk. (7 h). Rather smaller than lubricata, more fleshy-tinged, hindtarsus of ^ less 
than 1/4 hindtibia. Widely distributed. Ivory Coast, Congo (loc. typ.), Angola, Llganda, S. Sudan, Kenya 
puuctistria- to Nyasa. punctistriata Mab. (= eucentra Prout) has the markings more sharply expressed, especially the 
cuspidata or minute teeth on the postmedian line. Madagascar. — ab (*?) cuspidata Mab. “Ochraceous 
grey, irrorated, the lines reddish,” etc. Locality not definitely given, probably Madagascar. 2 $$ in the 
OberthTr collection, one labelled Antongil, may well be strongly marked aberrations of punctistriata. 
