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DREPANOGINYS. By L. B. Prout. 
)i igmpc.r. 
iiionas. 
albiordinc. 
incondita. 
rcnitcus. 
nnilineata. 
arcuUcra. 
subochrca. 
cervina. 
■protactose- 
ma. 
hypopt/r- 
rlia. 
D. nigrapex Prout (14 f). Much larger than vara, generally darker, the hindwing little paler than the 
forewing; markings much as in that species, the cell-spot of the forewing rather large, in the $ placed at scar¬ 
cely, or not at all, beyond G the wing-length — i. e. the cell here not elongate. In the $, moreover, the veins 
of the forewing are finely ochreous, the lines doid^le, the apical mark sometimes wanting. Waterval Onder, 
Transvaal; also a more fawn-coloured aberration ( hitherto knoAvn only from 1 from Weenen, Natal. 
D. monas Prout (14 g) is also a large and not brightly coloured species, the $ still larger than the figur¬ 
ed (reaching 54 mm) and varial)le. Nearest to incondita, face tufted, ])ectinations of the cj not quite so 
extremely long, of the $ virtually simple, forewing Avith termen rather more gibbous, terminal line wanting, 
postmedian not cremdate, hindwing with cell-dot ol)Solete. Grahamstown (type (J), Durban and Namaqua- 
land. The only knoAvn iJrepanogynis in which post median line suggests definite mimicry of the midrib of a leaf. 
D. albiordine sp. n. (14g). Perhaps related to incondita (14g), notwithstanding its much smaller size 
(32— 33 mm), narrower forewing and nuich less long pectinations. Face without cone. Palpus scarcely longer 
than head. Wings more resembling those of Eupagia canilinea than of any previously known Drepanogynis, 
the pale lines which accompany them white, and developing on the veins pronounced white, more or less trian- 
gidar spots, with their apices in the median area; lines and antemedian white spot a little thickened at costa 
of forewing. Underside paler, the hindwing whitish, the cell-spots enlarged, a rather broad dark postmedian, 
angled on the radial fold of the hindAving. S. W. Africa; Hoffnung, E. of W'indhoek, 1850 m, 5 and 9 June 
1934 (Br. K. Jordan), 2 SS- 
D. incondita Warr. (14g). Antenna of the with the pectinations extremely long; of the $ ser¬ 
rate, AA'itli the teeth so long that they resemble rudimentary pectinations. Palpus of moderate length. Variable 
in colour, etc., but unmistakable. — renitens Warr., from CApe Toavii, is merely an unimportant $ aberration 
Avith the postmedian line someAvhat less distally ]daced than usual and the entire Aving (according to the de¬ 
scription) somewhat sufftised as far as this line. — The species is commonest in the region of the Cape, but 
reaches Tsunieb, 8. W. Africa. 
D. unilineata Warr. is unknoAvn to me. From Janse's photograph I should have taken it to be a large 
(47 mm) aberration of incondita. AA'ith the jAostmedian line Ainusually near the termen; but Ave learn from the 
same authority that the genitalia show several differences; uncus nmch shorter, valve more nearly elliptical, 
its apex much more roundly pointed, aedoeagus more sharply ])ointed. Wings pinkish-cinnamon, blotched 
and irrorated Avith fuscous, cell-s])ots indistinct, the postmedian fuscoAis shade rather near termen, on hind- 
AA'ing indicated by irroration. Ca])e Toaaii, only the type ^ knoAvn. 
D. arcuifera Prout (14g) is a someAvhat erratic species in its yelloAV-orange hindAving and in the mark¬ 
ings of the foreAving. Palpus rather shovt. $ unknoA\n; possibly it Avill prove to have the antenna ])ectinate. 
Natal National Park (the ty])e) and GrahamstoAA U. 
D. subochrea Prout (14 g) was unfortunately founded on a single $ and the figure has not come out 
quite successfxdly. Antenna serrate. The antemedian line does not in reality merge into the median spot at 
hindmargin and both the lines are accompanied by inconsjucuous pale spots, the antemedian proxinially, the 
postmedian distally, and the costal postmedian one may even be called conspicuous. NotAvithstanding the 
ochreous tone of the hindAving and the still more ochreous underside, subochrea. may he a member of the devia 
groxip; a from WilloAA inore, almost certainly an aberration of it, has the ochreous tinge someAvhat more 
subdued and much resembles a small hypo plea (13 c) exce])t in the long cell of the foreAving, the said ochreous 
tinge and the pale costal postmedian mark. A dilajiidated ^ from near Beaufort West (foot of NieuAVAmld Moun¬ 
tains) appears to have been quite like the $, Avhich came from Smithfield. 
D. (’) cervina Warr. (13 c), referred tentatWely by its author to the South American gemis Simo- 
pteryx, Avas founded on a single poor $ in the British Museum (althorxgh this is not indicated in the original de¬ 
scription). It may perhaps be related to protactosema, thoxigh smaller, Avith differently shaped AA'ings and 
much slighter marking. Antenna of the $ simple. In the absence of the I query the generic position. “Mada¬ 
gascar”. 
f 
D.(’) protactosema Prout (14 h) has been provisionally referred to this genus, although the costally 
elongate hindAAdng more recalls those of Hebdonwphruda. Antenna of the ^ pectinate to the apex, the branches 
of moderate length; I suspect it aaIII proA^e pectinate in the $ also, as in the folloAA'ing species. ForeAving 
AA'ith apex not produced; 2nd subcostal not anastomosing AA'ith the stalk of the 3rd—4th. The build, u])perside 
coloration and dark costal spots recall some Indo-Australian Hypochrosis. Underside Avith only the cell-dots 
and (sometimes faint) a slender pale ])ostmedian stri]ie. Madagascar; Station Berinet, F. of TananariA'o. 
D. (’) hypopyrrha Prout (14 li) seems evidently related to protactosema in s])ite of the differences in 
shape and the origination of the 2nd radial of the foreAA'ing very near the 1st (in protactosema more moderately 
