Pnhl. 20. I. 193S. 
SICYODES. By L. B. Pbout. 
$-ab. (?) simplicior Th.-AIieg, founded on Gfekee's “var. A”, from the Cajje of Good Hope, is inadequately slmplkwr. 
described; “no violet-brown border, only a feeble and little-prolonged line indicating its ])osition". Tins reads 
more like (aJgoaria form) limettaria or some other Sicyodes — $-ab. viridescens ‘nov. is like the name-type viride.scens. 
but with a greenish tone in the grmind-colour (nearly as in warreni). — c?-f. biviaria Guen. (= justaria Wall:., hiviorki. 
inflectaria Wall'., biferaria Walk.). Typically rather clear yellow, though scarcely so vivid as in cmnhogiaria 
$, the 2 slender, oblique lines of the forewing well developed above, the ])ostmedian also (exce])t its ])os- 
terior end) beneath, the hindwing with the ]iostmedian line present in the type beneath, often scarcely indi¬ 
cated (or only at hindmargin) above. Fringes concolorous, or only darkened behind 2nd median of hindwing. 
GiTEiSrEE's type was from the Cape, justaria — which differs very little — from Namaqualand; inflectaria and 
hiferaria, also from the Cape, were rather small poor specimens, ])erhaps weakly marked and transitional to¬ 
wards ab. paiicaria, but need not separated. A cleaner, white-hindwinged form, rvith the line of the hinrl- 
wing almost or altogether wanting, which seems to be prevalent in Natal and eastern Clape Colony, wmdd ]>rob- 
ably be more worthy of a separate name, but has never received one. CTtlot (for Oberthur) figured it from 
a Verulam cJ, but adapted (!) it to Guenee's type by showing too clearly the line in cpiestion. — ab. convex- convexarki. 
aria Walk., from “S. Africa" (Cape Colony) is a very large (J (34 mm), with the lines Avidely separated, but otheiuvise 
pretty typical. — Q-ab. paucaria Guen. (13 f) as aria is duller-coloiired (more olive-tinged), weakly marked paucarki. 
the line of the hindwing and that of the underside wanting, or at most shown on the underside by a short 
costal dash. The type came from Namaqualand; similar examples occur in several parts of Ca]je Colony. — 
J'-ab. vvalkeri Wllgr. UnknoAvn to me, but as the careful description repeatedly gives the coloration as “ochra- walkerl. 
ceous" yellow it can scarcely be indentical with -paucaria; it is differentiated from convexaria l)y the absence 
of the line beneath; above, the hindwing shows this line on the broadly yelknvish posterior part, Irut not on 
the anterior, which is rvhite. Transvaal, 1 ex])anding “28 mm”. — camhogiaria is distributed from Cape 
Colony to the Transvaal and I have seen a rather small ^ (not the form tardcria) from Tsumebi. >S. W. Africa. 
S. gynoloxa sp. n. (13f). Expanse 26—30 mm. Similar in colour to de-missa (described below), the (lynoloxa. 
wings 2 nore elongate, tornus of foreAA'ing more rounded off. The palpus and the pectinations appear slightly 
longer; $ pectinations very short, little longer than diameter of shaft. Eorewing with miniite but black cell- 
dot; antemedian (rvlien discernible) very obliqiie from radial fold near cell-dot to about % hindmargin, in $ 
represented by a reddish spot at fold; postmedian very oblique from near apex to hindmargin at aboiit 
in the (J very faintly biciirved (oritwardly in anterior half, inwardly in ])osterior), in the $ obsolescent in front 
of 1st radial, followed by a weak reddish suffusion in distal area; fringe jiroximally scarcely different fro.m the 
ground-colour in the (J, redder in the $, in both sexes with (darker) red spots at vein-ends, distally white. Hind¬ 
wing without markings, proximally and anteriorly paler than forewing; fringe concolorous. Underside almost 
without markings or (in the type with an incomplete, curved postmedian line, reaching costa (thoiigh here 
very slender) at least 2 mm from apex and ])reeeded in and before cell by some rdnaceous fhish. 8. W. Africa: 
Koffnung, E. of Windhoek, 1850 m, two pairs, including the type; Bellerode, 27 km E. of Windhoek, 1800 m, 
one pair; all collected by Cr. K. Jordan in October 1933, some unfortunately worn. 
S. olivescens Warr. (13 f). distinguishable from that of ca-mhogiar-ia by its olive-lake or citi'ine colour oUvescens. 
(occasionally greyer or fleshy), slightly more convex distal margin, whitish edging to the lines, etc.; from olear-is 
by the characters there indicated. The name-typical race is distributed in the Transvaal and somewhat variable 
in size and colour and in the exact course of the lines. Its (probable) $ is similar to that mentioned under 
olearis, but vutli the antenna (shortly) pectinate. — demissa subsp. nov. Size of the smallest olivescens (24 mm), deitiissa. 
in structiire, the reddish colour of paljms, ])ur])lish antennal shaft and legs and general design of the almost 
identical with it (jwobalAly a Avell-defined local race). Eorewing perhaps slightly nan’ower. Head, body, fore¬ 
wing and distal part of hindwing pale fleshy brownish, a trifle paler than the vinaceous-buff of Ridgavay. Cell- 
dot of foreAving minute (scarcely visible to the naked eye), costal margin not spotted (beneath narroAAdy rosy 
from base to near middle of cell), lines highly oblique, very pale olive-buff, relatively broad, their darker ed¬ 
ging in median area very slender and incons}hcuous, postmedian very faintly incurved betAveen 3rd radial and 
2nd submedian; fringe brighter (more cinnamon), tipped Avith Avhite. HimlAvdng Avhitish in anterior part and 
cell, shading gradually into the more buff colour; fringe mostly pale, becoming cinnamon near anal angle. 
Underside rather pale, the postmedian and its dark edging traceable across the Aving, from about the 2nd radial 
curving so as to qiut the position occupied on the up])erside and run to the costa at least 2 mm from apex; 
fringe nearly as above. 8. W. Africa: Otavifontein, near Otavi, 19 November 1933, type 8issekab, N. W. 
of Otavi, 14 November 1933, a rather worn both collected by Dr. K. Jordan. — ab. bicolor nov., a from hicolor. 
Okahandja (R. E. Turner) has the same rather narroAV foreAving (expanse 25 mm) but retains the greenish 
tone from base of forewing to postmedian and again on the fringe, the rest as in the type of demissa. 
— arussiensis subs-p. nov. is a relatively large (29 or 30 mm), broad-AA'inged form of a pale broAvnish colour, anissicnsis. 
otherAA'ise presenting nearly the same aspect as dxrndssa and AA'ith the same proximally red fringe; postmedian 
line scarcely so broad, a little more deeply incurved posteriorly; both AA’ings (the foreAA'ing especially) AA'ith 
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