Piibl. 20. XII. 1937. 
EUPITHECIA. By L. B. Pboitt. 
1 or, 
E. atomaria Warr. Greyer than the three preceding. J^alpns longer, decidedly darker. Abdomen darker oiomdr'xi. 
dorsally, without the definitely white ridge and crests which they exhibit. Otherwise very similar, but the 
lines of the forewing are more equally developed throughout than in resarta, the postmedian much less manifest 
above, very slender beneath, the abdominal region of the hindwing more strongly darkened. Kikiiyu Escar})ment. 
E. hypophasma Prout. (11 f). More ochraceous-brown than any of the ju'evious >Soutb African EiipUhecia hypoiihns- 
and ty])ically with quite exceptionally strongly marked underside, but unfortunately this latter character has 
proned to be less constant than was anticipated. Paljuis moderate, heavily scaled. Ciliation of antenna minute. 
Cell-spots small; lines of forewing very obliqixe; hindwing commonly with the terminal area clouded with the 
brown of the forewing. Underside in the distal part with the whitish ground-coloiir marked with broad brown 
bands; even when these are weak the distinctiveness is not entirely lost. Distributed from the 'J'ransvaal to 
Cape Colony, the type locality Haenertsburg. Perhaps also at Sima, 8. Kavirondo. 
E. laticallis Prout (11 f). Palpus scarcely times diameter of eye. Antennal ciliation of ^ less than lniiraHi.c. 
1.7 diameter of shaft. Abdomen dorsally much chequered, light brovm (at base whitish), the first crest rather 
bright brown, the rest black-tipped and succeeded by white spots; a subdorsal ])attern of blackish spots. The 
elongate forewing shows some slight hoary scaling in j)laces; lines partly duplicated, the proximal ones strongly 
dentate, the postmedians sharply defined, bent or slightly angled outward behind the fold. Hindwing paler, 
except at abdominal and distal margins, the cell-dot minute. Forewing beneath more smoky, hindwing dirty 
whitish, with rather large black cell-dot and fairly distinct lines. Cape Town, March and May. 
E. devestita Warr. is only known from the rather ndjbed type and cannot be adequately described (lcrc.<<fitri. 
or figured until further material is to hand. Face almost without tuft (?). Palpus short. Antennal ciliation 
minute. Smaller and shorter-winged than afoinaria, to v/hich it approximates in colour, the costa and ajje.x 
of the forewing slightly rounder. Probably characteristic are the strong dark costal s])ot distally to the doidjle 
pale line which (as usual) succeeds the ])ostmedian, and the postmedian dark mark at the radials; both these 
marks are found again in the otherwise totally dissimilar mconclasaria (11 h). The luiflerside appears to be 
weakly marked. Kampala, Uganda. Seems to resendsle tJiessa (11 b); wings narrower, areole simple. 
E. celatisigna ITorr. (11 f) is the first of a series of very obscure long-winged forms which have hitherto eclatis'iynn. 
received very little attention and may embrace some synonyms; their further elucidation miist depend on 
biological and anatomical work. The type of the present si)ecies, which provides the oldest name in the grouju 
is a $ in wasted condition (Kikuyu Escarpment, 6500—9000 feet, January 1901), luit fortunately a few other 
exemples were also collected at the same time and place and seem certainly to belong w'ith it; we figure one of 
them, a large $. The cj is a little less dark, especially on the hindwdng, which, however, conserves the darkened 
borders and thick black terminal line which seem characteristic of the species. Antennal ciliation minute: 
palpus reaching little beyond face-cone; cell-dots minute; markings of forewing extremely weak, exce])ting a 
small blackish subterminal mark behind the 2nd median, the position of the angulated postmedian line shown 
by the broad double (very slightly paler) band which borders it externally; hindwing with distal margin quite 
straight from the rounded apical region to a curve which commences behind the 3rd radial; underside a little 
less indistinctly marked, especially as regards the hindwing, which shows a distinct, slightly curved postmedian 
line little beyond the cell-dot and a broad pale band between this and the suffused terminal area. KnoAvn also 
from Nairobi; other records doubtful. 
E. perculsaria Swinh., which was formerly sunk to celafisupia (11 f), is closely similar, but has the q percidsaria. 
ciliation about as long as diameter of antenna, the hindwing somewhat darker, the underside more weakly 
marked. Kenya Colony: Masai (the type) and Fort Smith, Kikuyu, Mt. Kenya (24()0 m). etc. Perhaps also 
in the Transvaal and Orange Free State. 
E. lugubriaria Swinh., foimded on 2 from Roromo, Kikuyu, is again very similar, but somewhat luguhriaria. 
darker, glossy, the dark markings extremely weak, the postmedian best expressed, apparently formed as in 
the two ju’eceding. Some white scahng about the minute black cell-dot of the forewing and small white, prox- 
imally black-ti];)ped siibterminal dots, ending with a less small white one at fold, seem to be the most distinctive 
features. 
E. amathes Prout, from Karissimbi, Birunga, which I described as being "probably nearest to Jugu- amaihes. 
briaria but without the whitish submarginal sjmts'’, is only known from the S fype. 26 mm. Face-cone slight. 
Palpus 1%, 2nd joint heavily scaled. Antennal ciliation U diameter of shaft. Forewing almost as long and 
narrow as in mendosarta (11 f), from which it differs in the strong blackish irroration (whereby the wood-brown 
ground-colour is made to appear more olivaceous) and in the white mark which borders the slightly elongate 
cell-mark distally. The pale hindwing heavily darkened at abdominal margin, asin mendosaria. 
E. mendosaria Swinh. (11 f). Recognizable by its extremely elongate forewing, which is less darkened mendosaria. 
than in either of the 4 preceding species and more inclines to fawn-colour. In structure similar to amathes, 
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