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EUPITHECIA. By L. B. Prout. 
■proiuga. 
regiilosa. 
scmtpaUida. 
prof Ilia. 
i nfJua. 
angidnala. 
piychospUa. 
taioptera. 
perhaps with neither the palpus nor the antennal ciliation quite as long. Markings weak, both above and beneath, 
Kenya Colony; Machakos (loc. typ.) and Molo, Man Escarpment, at 2420 m. 
E. profuga Prout. Smaller (19 or 20 mm). Palpus about Ko- Forewing narrow, with apex somewhat 
more acute than in mendosaria (Ilf), its coloration didl greyish drab (produced by copious dark irroration 
on a pale ground, much as in the Eiiroi3ean E. castigaia, etc.); cell-dot obsolete; lines scarcely formed, though 
the antemedian and postmedian are indicated, probably each consisting of 2 lines, the antemedian forming 
a gently curved band (about 5 mm wide) the 2 postmedian rather connected by longitudinal dashes; traces 
of a very fine pale subterminal; the blackish terminal line interrupted at the veins; fringe with pale basal and 
central lines, a slight darkening betAveen then. Hindwing rather narrow, costa rather long, distal margin some¬ 
what sinuous; central parts somewhat paler than forewing. British Somaliland; Shimba Beris, Surud Range, 
7000 feet, 1 
E. regulosa Warr. (11 f) recally in its shape and tone a half-sized mendosaria, but neither wing is quite 
do extremely elongate in proportion. Antennal ciliation short. Cell-dots and on the forewing the lines'better 
developed than in mendosaria, the regular alternation of almost straight lines, darker and paler, parallel with 
the termen, having suggested its name. Underside also fairly well marked, though not so strongly as in typical 
hypophasma, which can, in some forms, be similar to regulosa, but has more minute antennal ciliation, a slightly 
brighter forewing, with the lines somewhat less regular, a better developed terminal line, etc. Not rare in the 
highlands of Kenya Colony. 
E. seniipallida Janse (11 g) resembles regulosa. but the costal region of the forewing is more macular, 
the hindAving slightly narrOAA er, paler and more Aveakly marked. Cell-spot of forcAving strong, median and j)ost- 
median lines in fresh specimens fairly AA'ill deAmloped, other lines very indistinct, only indicated by rather dense 
broAAmish irroration; fringe irrorated with fuscous. Palpus shortish-moderate. Antennal ciliation of the d'short 
S. Rhodesia; BulaAAayo (type), Umvuma etc. 
E. profiua Prout. 22—23 mm. Frontal tuft minute. Palpus lU or 1%, heaAuly scaled above and be¬ 
neath. Antennal ciliation of q at least fo- Body pallid grey, mixed (especially on the abdomen dorsally) AAuth 
brown. ForeAA'ing a trifle narroAAer than in influa (11 g), AA’ith apex appreciably more acute; ground-colour 
not quite so bright, brightest on a streak in front of the 1st radial and a narroAver one about the 2nd jAostmedian; 
cell-dot black, moderate or rather small; lines AA'eak, especially the proximal ones, the postmedian rather more 
acutely angled at the 1st radial than in influa, darkened from here to 3rd radial, then very weak. HinclAving 
rather more elongate than in influa-, no definite markings aboAm except a small spot at anal angle, beneath 
Avith a small cell-dot and traces of several thick but not sharp broAA'iiish lines, a subterminal one rather distinct, 
someAA’hat macular, ending in a dark spot at anal angle. Kilimandjaro, a pair, taken at 2600-—2800 m. 
E. influa Prout (11 g). Almost as large as profiua, AAdiich see for the differentiation. Ground-colour 
of foreAAdng more e\mnly diffused, Avhitish admixture shoAving chiefly in and just beyond the cell and behind 
the proximal part thereof and in the (indefinite) bisected band just outside the postmedian. HindAA'ing AA'ith 
the lines faintly traceable aboAm, as AA'ell as beneath; the tornal sjiot undeAeloped. LoAA'er forests of Mt. Kenya, 
at 2400 m. 
E. anguinata Warr. (11 h). ForeAA'ing AA’ith apex and tornus sharper than in the celatisigna and infelix 
grou])s, slightly broAvner, more strongly marked, the acute (V-shaped) angle of the median line particularly 
characteristic, recalling that of rosmarinata Mill. (Vol. 4, pi. 13 o); whitish subterminal spot at fold present. 
Kenya Colony; Kikuyu Escarpment, the type $; El Burgon, a good •—• antennal ciliation not cpiite as long 
as the diameter of the shaft. 
E. ptythospila sp. n. (11 g). Head lost. Body concolorous Avith Avings, the abdomen above a little more 
Amriegated AA’ith broAvn, the slight crests ])artly white. ForeAA'ing exceptionally long and narroAv, but differing 
someAA’hat in shape from that of the other narroAv-AA’inged sj)ecies (such as mendosaria) in haAung the termen 
appreciably less long than the hindmargin; 2nd median exceptionally distally placed at its origin, arising per¬ 
pendicularly and curving very strongly; cell-dot sharp, but not elongate; lines rather AA’eak, the ])roximal ones 
(as far as cell-dot) marked AA’ith darker dots or dashes on median and sidjinedian veins and on the folds, acutely 
angled at cell-fold; postmedian double, dentate anteriorly but here very Aveak, apparently much less acutely 
angled close to costa than in most narroAA’-AA’inged Eupitliecia-, an extremely conspicuous subterminal black 
dash on fold; terminal line weak and interrupted. HindAA’ing Amry bluntly pointed at 2nd subcostal; no definite 
markings, the most noticeable dot (or spot) placed close to tornus. Markings beneath extremely faint, cell- 
dots present. Madagascar, probably Betsileo (Hildebrandt), type .(J in Zook jVIus. Berlin. 
E. tatoptera Prout. 26 mm. Larger, longer and narroAA'er AA’inged than luguhriaria and infelix, rather 
less dark, the Avhitish tornal spot of the foreAving less dcAmloped. Paljjus ForeAA’ing AA’ith costa someAA'hat 
more curAmcl than in most of the narroAA'-AA'inged African Eupithecia., hindAving long and narroAA’, termen only 
