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DREPANOGYNIS. By L. B. Prout. 
epionc. D. epione Prout (14 c). A sjnall sj^ecies, with the palpus more tufted than in most Drefanogynis, the 
postmedian line much less straight than in admirancla; hindwing with the termen sinuate in the middle; its 
iuscomargl- cell-mark conspicuous. Underside more coarsely strigulated than upper. — ah. fuscomarginata Janse has an 
iiata. antemedian hand and the enthe distal area, especially of the forewing, heavily clouded with fuscous. — epione 
was described from the Transvaal and extends southward to the Cape Province. 
fusciman/o. D. fuscimargo Warr. (14 d) has much the same scheme of markings as the last-named aberration, but 
they are purplish-fawn on a yellow ground, the underside quite like the upper, and it is a moderately large 
species, with crenulate margins. Natal (loc. typ.), Zululand and Transvaal. 
irlpartita. D. tripartita Warr. (14 c). cJ only a little duller than fuscimargo, 2considerably duller; borders in general 
much less solidly darkened; distal margins rather less strongly crenulate, but the hindwing wdth a more pro¬ 
minent tooth at the 3rd radial. Underside more strongly irrorated or strigulated. South Rhodesia to Natal, 
the type from Barberton; also Kalahari. 
sata. D. sata sp. n. (13 b). Palpus rather slender. Vertex and the moderately long antennal pectinations 
dark grey. Coloration somewhat as in the palest tripartita; distal margins somewhat less bent at 3rd radial, 
tliat of the forewing strongly curved; hindwing fairly In’oacl. Lines weak and irregidar, largely obscured by 
the profusion of large dots or small spots which, on the greater part of the forewing and posterior part of hind¬ 
wing are the particular characteristic of the species. Cell-dot of forewing large, of hindwing small; a dark mark 
from costa near ajjex of forewing (commencing the postmedian line), another at termen from apex to behind 
1st radial. Underside similarly but rather more weakly marked. Tanganyika Territory, not exactly localised, 
the type cJ in the British Museum (ex P. Lathy). 
admirancla. D. admiratida Warr. ($ = soprinataria Warr., nec Guen.) (14d(L, $). Pectinations of the $ rather 
longer than in fuscimargo and tripartita. Distal margins less irregular than in tripartita. The oblique, nearly 
straight postmedian line becomes on the hindwing almost central. Sexual dimorphism in colour strong, especi¬ 
ally on the upperside; beneath, the denser, brighter strigulation and brighter lines of the ^ bring it nearer 
to the $ coloration. Natal, Zululand and Transvaal; type from Durban. 
incogifaia. D. incogitata Pro'ut (14 d). Similar to admiranda, including the sexual dimorphism. Smaller, the fore¬ 
wing without the (slight) costal sinuosity, the line of the hindwing much nearer the termen, the coarse irroration 
of the underside more fuscous, etc. Angola. 
B. Antenna in $ simple, serrate or very incompletely pectinate {Drepanogynis). 
mixtaria. D. mixtada Guen. (= inapplicata Walk., dulcinaria PekC, strigifera Warr.) $ = regularia Gueyi., ex- 
emptaria Walk.) (14d(^$). Variable, esi)ecially sexually, the $$ (in which, moreover, the apex of the fore¬ 
wing is more produced, the teeth of the hindwing a little more pronounced) almost always inclining towards 
the colour of admiranda $, while the UJ' in general greyer, but much more variegated. Beneath, as in ad¬ 
miranda the strigidation is strong and bright, but a contrasting grey element in the distal area remains. 
Fairly common about Cape Towm and extending to Naniaqualand and to E. Transvaal. 
serrifascia- D. serdfasciada H.-Sch. (14 e). Closely related to mixtaria. Generally smaller (32—33 mm); distal 
margins less dentate. Colour in both sexes, so far as known (2 i^<^, 4 $$), approaching that of mixtaria but 
with the yellow shading proximal to the postmedian less developed, the $$ very coarsely irrorated; cell-dots 
generally stronger, antemedian somewhat straighter (after its anterior angle), postmedian rather more distal, 
more strongly bicurved, the $$ with extended dark maculation outside it, the ^ here nearly as in mixtaria 
Underside with similar distinctions. Cape Colony; the Tring Museum has a larger G' (35 mm) from Nieuw- 
veld Mountains, the British Museum a $ from Grahamstown. A cj and 2 from Miss E. Barrett, probably 
came from Transkei. 
chromatina. D. chromatina Prout (14 e). Notwithstanding that the hindving participates in the colouring and 
pattern of the forewing, as in all the foregoing, the build, the palpus and the type of markings leave little 
doubt that this is to be associated with the following group. Palpus rather short. The said characters of the 
hindwing, espbcially the presence of a strong cell-dot and the completeness of the postmedian line, separate 
it from the rest of them. Generally, also the colour is a little brighter reddish and the slender yellow line which 
edges the postmedian more conspicuoiis. Transvaal, not common. Records from Karkloof were based on mis- 
identification; see leptodoma below. 
athroiip- D. athroopsegma Prout (14 e). This and the two following are intermediate between chromatina and 
segma. the rest of the group in the hindwing conditions, that wing being a little paler (less stronglj^ irrorated) than 
the forewing, but with the postmedian line usually fairly well developed, especially in athroopsegma . The fuscoiis 
strigulation of the forewing on a pale gTound and the presence of an interrupted sidjterminal band on this wing 
are characteristic of athroopsegma. Build slender; pectinations moderate, slender. Founded on a from Ceres, 
Cape Coloiiy. 
