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MAUN A. By L. B. Prout. 
jiltd. 
scelestaria. 
hemixan- 
tharia. 
(IVd. 
piinciiltafa. 
perquisUa. 
reprobaia. 
piciiiim- 
hria. 
urdescens. 
diasporas. 
electa. 
M. filia Cram. (— acivminata Wal^. (12 h). Variable, but easily recognized by its shape and structni'e. 
The usual $ form (Cramer's type) is brown, more or less reddish. — ab. scelestaria Feld, is a form with the 
forewing grey; fairly constant in the cj, rare in the — ab. hemixantharia Feld. (13 a) is a more striking ab¬ 
erration, founded on a $ from Knysna, the forewing bright yellow. I believe the $$ of this species are generally 
more brightly coloured than the but little material is yet available, filia seems to be confined to Cape Colony. 
M. ava sp. n. (13 a). Much larger than filia (40—-43 mm), but evidently very nearly related, so that it 
might easily be considered a subspecies but for considerable difference in the aedoeagus. Antenna of the $ 
somewhat more strongly serrate. Forewing with termen (excepting the minutely produced apex) curved (in 
filia almost straight). Hindwing lacking the dark border, but with a rather conspicuous cell-dot above as well 
as beneath (in filia as a rule only noticeable beneath). The forewing is coloured as in the same sex of filia, 
the $ —^ so far as yet known — also grey, though more strongly marked, with redder fringes and sometimes 
with some reddish suffusion on the wing. Johannesburg, 3 and 2 $$ in tbe British Museum. — punctillata 
71,ov. is a race, or possibly a third species of the grouj), with the tornus of both wings slightly more rounded 
the tone more brownish, tlie hindwing only whitish in costal region proximally, the cell-marks stronger, that 
of the forewing almost annular, the lines punctuated on the veins, the hindwing above with some vague markings 
adjoining the cell-spot, beneath with a postmedian line of vein-dots. Cape Town (H. Roberts), 1 (J, in the 
British Museum. 
B. A n t e n 11 a of (J not pectinate. Wings less narrow. 
M. perquisita Prout (12 i). Antenna of the ^ somewhat thickened, of the $ simple. Cell of forewing 
beneatli clothed as in section A. Nearly as large as ava, more richly coloured, generally more variegated, hind¬ 
wing with a dark border, less broad and less blackish than that of filia; underside whitish, with suffusion (gener¬ 
ally more vinaceous) in the terminal area of both wings. Southern Rhodesia. — reprobata siihs'p. (? sp.) tiov. 
(13 a) is much more unicolorous, the hindwing without differentiated dark border, the underside with the 
vinaceous suffusion throughout. Johannesburg, March 1906 (A. T. Cooke), type $ in the British Museum. 
X much smaller $ (33 mm) with the same data ( Janse collection) has more russet in its tone, somewhat dulled 
with grey, tlie hindwing notably so (almost darker than in the following species), the underside also less vin¬ 
aceous. In the absence of the (J, the union of reprohata with perquisita is uncertain; farther distinctions Avhich 
may be significant are the redixced cell-spot of reprohata, presence of a (slight) postmedian line on its hindwing 
and more curved costal end of the postmedian of the forewing. 
M. pictifimbria sp. n. (13 b). Palpus with 3rd joint rather longer than in most Matina. Otherwise very 
similar to the small form of reprobata last mentioned. Forewing slightly broader, with distal margin less gibbous 
in the middle, less produced at apex; paler, the costal margin nearly cinnamon-buff, the rest more cinnamon, 
slightly suffused in places with very pale grey; cell-spot little darkened, oval; fringe rather dark grey in proximal 
half, then redder than the ground-colour, at the tips mixed with white. Hindwing inclining to vinaceous-drab; 
postmedian indicated by two dark, nearly confluent dots on the bases of 3rd radial and 1st median, rather 
suggesting a misplaced cell-dot; fringe with a pale (anteriorly almost white) line at base. Underside much 
paler than that of reprobata, in part whitish, recalling that of Pareclipsis ayiophthalma but with cell-mark deve¬ 
loped on hindwing only. Katberg, E. Cape Province, 4000 feet, October 1932 (R. E. Turner), 1 $ in the 
British Museum. 
M. ardescens Prout (12 i). This and the rest of the “ilfawnu” will possibly require generic separation, 
as the forewing lacks the hairy clothing beneath and shows some deviations in the venation, while the genitalia 
are not altogether congruous. Antenna of the ^ shortly serrate, ardescens is recognizable by its yellow hind¬ 
wing. Forewing with 2nd subcostal connected, by a short bar with stalk of 3rd—4th; the lines sometimes almost 
obsolete. Pondoland to the Transvaal (loc. typ.). 
M. diasporas Protit (12 i as “diasporos”). Antennae of the unique type unfortunately lost, but alt¬ 
hough the shape recalls perquisita I suspect the affinities are with ardescens; forewing much darker and 
browner. Underside of hindwing with a curved grey line 3,5 mm from termen, strongest anteriorly, especially 
on the veins, of fore wing with postnredian line from costa to 1st radial — altogether recalling an Aspilatopsis 
underside. Plganda: Nyimabitaba, Rmvenzori, at 8500 feet. 
M. electa Prout (12 i). Smaller than ardescens (13i), antenna still simpler, termen of forewing slightly 
more convex, bar between subcostals 2 and 3 sometimes lost; colour redder, more approaching that of some 
filia. Founded on 2 AC from Mt. Mlanje (Nyasa); occurs also in S. Rhodesia (a A from the Victoria Falls, with 
hindwing less coloured than in the type) and at Ukamba, Kuila River, S. W. Congo (a $ with hindwing broader- 
bordered, but less sharqily, than in the original AO- 
