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GONODONTIS. By L. B. Prout. 
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linaria, but fuscous (not cinnamon), the veins more outstanding, the antemedian more oblique anteriorly, the 
postmedian angled instead of lobed in the middle, the hindwing and underside darker. A smaller (38 mm) and 
perha])s slightly broader winged A from Ran. Nandi Country, with the cell-spots slightly less developed, may 
re])resent a separate race or a mere aberration. — A (J from Kampala looks somewhat shorter and broader 
winged still, and as the terminal teeth of its forewing are scarcely so strong, the veins less sharply differentiated, 
the median area more infuscated. I s\ispect it may prove to be a separate species; aidna suhsp. (? sj).) nov. 
— dicyrta ( ? sp.) nov. (15 d) is another somewhat doidjtful, broad-winged form, smaller than oclironev,ra 
(39—41 mm), the cell-mark of the forewing much as in the type form, that of the hindwing feebly developed; 
dark irroration and strigulation not intense, veins not notably ])ale, antemedian of forewing scarcely white- 
edged, postmedian very slenderly so. the latter forming 2 regular inward curves, separated by the strong 
])rominence at the 3rd radial; hindwing with a variable (similar or weaker) tooth in the postmedian. Kikuyu 
Escarpment. boOO - 9000 feet. 3 A'd' Tring Miiseum. 
G. azelinaria Swinh. (15 c) is the largest (exceepting aemida $) and most cinnamon-coloured of the 
African Gonodonfis and as the d' is still unknown the ])ossibility is not absolutely pi’ecluded that it and ochro- 
nen.ra might l)e the sexes of a single s])ecies (see above). The peciiliar cell-mark of the forewing (white on the 
discocellulars bordered by 4 black sjmts) is nearly the same (though the ])ale part looks scarcely so Avhite in 
ochroneura), l:)ut this formation is shared by some other species and even by some Palaearctic Crocallis; the 
divergence of size (com])are aemida) and of colour would not offer any barrier to the union, but the form of 
the postmedian line seems too different. The ty])e is from Kilimandjaro. a second example from “Kenya Colony'' 
(T. C. Andersox). 
G. curticosta Prout (15 d). Costal margin of the forewing perhaps even more markedly shortened than 
in the neighbouring siiecies, that of the hindwing, on the contrary, decidedly elongate, termen of the hindwing 
less convex than in most Gonodonfis . Smaller and more deeply coloured than aemoniaria, antennal pectinations 
still longer, thorax still more densely hairy. Botli wings beneath with the cell-mark large and conspicuous, 
intersected by the veins; jiostmedian line indistinct, chiefly indicated fiy vein-dots. Aberdare Range: bamboo 
forests of Mount Kinangop. at 2590 —3000 m (the type) and in alpine meodowo 3000—3100 m, 2 Go- 
G. orographica sp. n. (15 g). Expanse 42 mm. Similar to curticosta. pectinations much less long, costa 
of forewing relatively almost as short, teeth at 1st and 3rd radials rather stronger, hindwing somewhat less 
elongate costally. Coloration much darker, not reddish; the black lines partly thickened with blackish shading 
in the median area, finely edged with whitish grey on their reverse sides, the antemedian Avith a deeper angula¬ 
tion outward at fold than in curticosta, the postmedian with the lobe betAveen the radials larger; cell-spot large. 
OAurl; subterminal irregular, Avith some dark maculation proximally. Hindwing much more uniformly fuscous 
aboA^e, beneath strongly marked (cell-spot large, a thick crenulate Idack jiostmedian). ForeA\dng beneath relat- 
iAmly AA’eak-marked, but AA'ith more cons^Aicuous Avhite-grey scaling betAveen apex and 1st radial. Uganda : 
Birunga (MoAintains, February 1933 (Cf. L. R. Haxcock), 1 G in British Museum. A])art from its exception¬ 
ally dark colour, orograpldca may be known by its strong SAibterminal markings. 
G. aemoniaria Sirinh. (15 d). Palpus elongate, AA'ith rather long, exposed 3rd joint. Antennal pectinations 
of the o very long. The shapely forcAving, jiale ground-colour and large, intense cell-spot giAm aemoniaria a 
distinctiAm appearance; median area narroAV, both lines highly sinuous, but only distinct at costa and on the 
A^eins. HindAving and underside Aveakly marked, the latter AAuth rather large but not intense cell-spots. $ greyer, 
AA'ith sharjAer markings. IMau Escarpment: El Burgon, the type series; also recorded from Kikuyu Escarpment. 
G. eupages sp. n. (15 e). Close to aemoniaria but shorter AA'inged, especially the himlAA'ing costally; 
less pale; antennal jAectinations less long (5 or 6 times diaiAieter of shaft). ForeAA'ing Amriegated, light purplish 
grey and rather bright avellaneous, the latter colour jAurest in a ]Aroximal-subterminal band and on parts of 
the lAiedian shade and its branches; rather s])arse blackish irroration; the large black cell-sjAot AA'ith a feAA' pale 
scales in its centre ; costal edge AAdth copious blackish strigulae, irregidarly groiAped; antemedian line incom¬ 
plete; ]Aostmedian punctiform, triangularly thickened, rather sharply angled at 1st radial, then incurA-ed. 
HindAAung jAale. suff’used except at costa AAdth drab-grey; postmedian line faint, marked Avith small blackish 
vein-dots. Both AAungs beneath AA'hitish, costally and sulAterminally suffused AA'ith broAA'u, in part (especially 
hindAA'ing) irrorated as far as the postiiAedian; both AAungs here AAdth moderate black ocellus and punctiform 
postmedian, the latter at 4 mm. from termen. W. KIaui: Kisiba, Bugoie Forest, 8500 feet, NoA^ember 1921 
(T. A. Barns), 1 G- 
G. aemula sp. n. (15 e). Superficially A^ery similar to aemoniaria. PaljAus AA'ith 3rd joint not elongate. 
Pectinations considerably less long. EoreAving of the G v'ith the teriiAinal teeth much slighter; rather more 
irrorated, the costal spots large, the lines otherAvise still more obsolescent, at hindmargin shoAA n by ap]Aroxim- 
ated black dots. HindAA'ing and underside rather less Aveakly marked than in aemoniaria,, the forcAA'ing beneath 
