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XANTHORHOE. By L. B. Prout. 
suarczcnsis. E. suafezensis Prout (9 a) is perhaps a race of the preceding, but is superficially similar to the 
Indian lunulosa Moore, though a little smaller, the forewing relatively rather shorter, termen more bent 
in the middle, tone generally somewhat more reddish, the red lines thicker, more evenly spaced. N. Ma¬ 
dagascar. 
punniycs. E. pytaugcs Prouf (9 a). Forewing with termen rather more oblique than in grataria, not appre¬ 
ciably bent at 3rd radial, hindwing rather less shaiq^ly angled than in grataria-, clear yellow, with bright 
red markings, ])roducing in ]iarts a salmon-orange coloiiring; fringes sjmtted. Sao Thome. 
(Uapsis. E, diapsis Prout (9a). Also close to grataria, forewing with the black cell-dot enlarged into a spot; 
yellow borders nmch broader; hindwing more sharply angled than in grataria. Keyna Colony and Uganda. 
2. Genus: Xaiitliorhoe Hbn. 
Face with ])rojecting scales or tiift below. Palpus moderate or rather strong, rough-scaled. Antenna 
of d' ])ectinate or at least dentate or with fascicles of cilia. Leg-structure normal. Wings normally shaped; 
forewing with areole doidrle; hindwing with discocelhdars oblique, 2nd radial generally arising before middle, 
markings generally w'eaker than on forewing, but very rarely with strong colour contrast. 
An extensive genus and reaching localities so remote as Iceland, Chili, New' Zealand, Hawaii, etc. The 
African s])ecies are relatively fewx 
lafisshiia. X. latissima Prout (lUa). Recognizable by the unusually broad wings and the shaqie of the very 
broad, very dark central band of the forewing. Antennal pectinations scarcely over twice as long as dia¬ 
meter of shaft. Only known from a collected by T. A. Barns in Central Africa, the exact locality un¬ 
fortunately not know'n. 
prooie. X. proctie Fawcett (9 a). Very varial)le in coloration, the — as in many Xanthorhoe — with the 
central band of the forewing less luoad and more shar])ly differentiated than the $$, the ])roximal and distal 
areas having less dark admixture. Generally rlistinct from poseata in the lack of any green scaling. The $$ 
might sometimes be confused with those of exorista, but have a paler hindwing; generally also more red¬ 
dish admixture in the central band. Kenya Colony (loc. typ.) and Tanganyika Territory and reaching the 
adjacent ])arts of Uganda and Belgian Congo. 
poseaia. X. poseata Hhu. (— viridicinctata Guen., ])enetrata Wall'., umbriferata Wall’., vividata Wall'., rudi- 
saria Wall'.) (9 b). As variable as procne, generally with the pale areas of the foiewing green-mixed, the 
colcrata. median band more fuscous. — ab. colorata Walk, has the ground-colour more reddish or flesh-coloured, the 
median band mixed with olive-green. Commonest in Cape Cblony, but extending to Natal. Antennal jiecti- 
nations of very slender, rather heavily ciliated. 
ccnchaia. X. coiicliata Warr. (9 b). Intermediate in shape and facies towards Ortlwlitha, to wliich perhaps it 
would better be transferred. Face-cone long. Antennal pectinations w'ell se])arated, continuing only to 
about 24 joints. Kenya Colony and the adjacent parts of Uganda. 
hdiopharia. X. hcHopharia Swinh. (9 b). Similar to large •melissaria, forewing with distal area rather more 
strongly marked, hindwing with anterior part glossy whitish. Range as that of the preceding. 
phyxelia. X. phyxclia cSp. 71 . (9 b). Expanse 26 -30 mm. 'Represents hellopharia and melissaria on Madagascar, 
as is shown by the (J antenna and the general habitus. Hind wing darker. ForewIng with antemedian shightly 
more curved, “twin s]iots” of subterminal at least as well developed as in heliopliaria-, the more sinuous 
(and sometimes a little dentate) ]70.stmedian, the relatively broad brownish stripe between basal and me¬ 
dian bands and sometimes the reddish tone of median band begin to recall some forms of procne. The type 
series in Mus. Tring from Station Perinet, 149 km E. of Tananailvo, 20. Octolier-—10. November 1930 
(Madame N. d'OLSouFiEFF). 
melissaria. X. iTielissaria Guen. (9 1)). The almost straight distal edge of the central liand gives this species 
a rather charateristic appearance: the hindwing distinguishes it from heliopharia, the rather strongly pect¬ 
inate ($ antenna from ansorgei and euthytoma. Rhodesia to Clape Colony, I think also from N. E. Belgian 
Congo and perhaps Uganda. Guenee’s type is labelled “Namaqua”, wliich he calls “Central Africa”. 
lathjrisca. X. latigrisca Warr., from Zomba, Nyasaland, may be merely a $-form of the preceding, with me¬ 
dian and terminal l)ands darker, but awaits confimatory material from the same locality. It was described as 
an Epirrhoe, the name I)y wliich Warren designated Euphyia. 
borhoiii- X. borbonicata Guen. (9 b) somewhat more recalls, as its author says, the Lampropteryx suffumata 
cata. Europe, but is jirobably a true Xanthorhoe, though I only know the $. Reunion. 
