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APHILOPOTA. By L. B. Prout. 
plethora. 
aeiaidentala. 
aspcra. 
immalara. 
alloeonior- 
pha. 
perscoiia. 
paialaia. 
fontarhaia. 
mesotoecha. 
stru/oftissi- 
uta. 
ca^lella aa. 
tiindwing certainly has such dots, liotli above and beneath, also a diffuse and not intense median shade, about 
2—4 mm proximal to cell-mark, and a very slight brownish presubterminal shade. Possibly nearer to "'Ectropis” 
inelegans Warr.. Init the wings are less crenate, the colour less ochre, the ])ostmedian punctiform. and it seems 
to have the venation of Apilopoia. 
A. plethora sp. n. (16 g). Tongue slender and cpiite short (perhaps twice the length of diameter of eye). 
I’al 2 )irs short. Antenna of the d' pectinate to about Forewing with termen well curved; somewhat more 
suffused with brown than in semiusfa, at least in a narrow shading outside the postmedian; markings formed 
nearly as in those semiustn in which the postmedian is nearest to the cell-spot, but stronger, notably the sub¬ 
terminal and its proximal shade; postmedian in jdaces rather thick, on hindwing sharjily angled at fold; a relat¬ 
ively pale band between this and the sulfferminal shade. The principal markings developed beneath, though 
less strong. Q larger (52 mm). Bulawayo. 1 December 1924 and 14 Janiiarv 1925 (R. Stevensex'), a pair. Type 
ij* in the Transvaal Museum. 
Section IT. T o n g u e wanting or vestigial {A p> h i I o p o t a v e r a). 
A. semidentata Prout (16 g). Forewing with termen rather strongly curved, hindwing more crenulate 
than in continental AphUopota. Irroration coarser and in part more confluent than in most; cell-spot of fore¬ 
wing large. Variable, but distinctive. Diego Suarez, a good series of Ac?, collected by Melou. 
A. aspera sp.n. (15 g). Closely similar to the least variegated, greyest sevvidentaia. Forewing Avith 
termen more concaam and crenate betAveen apex and 1st radial, then very oblicpie to tornus; postmedian puncti¬ 
form throughout, on the underside Avell cuiA'ed near costa. HindAving Avith termen rather more strongly coiiA^ex 
then in semidentata., the teeth perhaps slightly stronger. Perinet, 149 km. E. of Tananarivo, March 1935 (N. and 
G. Olsoufieef). the uniqAie type, 1 A. i” Tring Museum. 
A. immatura .sp. n. (15 a). Much smaller than the tAvo preceding. In shape nearer semidentata. though 
the termen of the foreAA’ings a little smoother; in markings nearer aspera, at least as regards the anterior curve 
of the postmedian of the forcAving both above and beneath; the blackish cloudings proljably Amry but are less 
deA-eloped than in the allies, in the distal area of the foreAving they concentrate in a narroAv band outside the 
jmstmedian and a pair of sidAterminal spots between the radials. bfindAAung also relatiAmly clearer, the cell- 
mark smaller, scarcely ])upilled. Underside })ale, especially the hindAA’ing, irroration reduced. Both Avings AA'ith 
cell-ring (that of the liindAving incomplete); foreAA'ing AA'ith the punctiform postmedian line. S. W. IMadagascar: 
T.,ambomakandro. Sakaraha, Tidear, March 1935 R. Catala). 1 A- 
A. alloeomorpha sp. n. (15 a). Curiously similar to the jireceding in structure, coloration and scheme 
of markings, but so different in shape that it seems ini])ossible to regard it as a form thereof. ForeAving Avith 
the oblicpie termen of a Colocleora or HemerophiJa, hinclAving also definitely more elongate and at 3rd radial 
less elboAved than in immatura. Cell-marks of upperside about ecpial in size and intensity; antemedian shade 
of foreAving A'ery oblique, directed toAvards the end of the cell; postmedian A^ery oblic[ne, obsolescent near costa, 
irregularly crenulate, Avith a deep iiiAvard cinwe in submedian area; distal area almost Avholly dark. HindAving 
AA'ith antemedian faint, postmedian more distal than in immatura and reaching costa near apex; a strong dark 
distal cloud. Underside much like that of immatura, more irrorated. Lambomakandro, cellected Avith the 
])receding; both types are in the Tring Museum. 
A. perscotia Prout (16 g). Also distinctiA’e in shape, termen forewing scarcely oblique anteriorly, strongly 
cuiwed behind the 3rd radial, of hindAving faintly sinuous, apjiearing A'ery slightly prominent (but not toothed) 
betAveen 3rd radial and 2nd median. Postmedian line characteristic, lunnlate-dentate. Transkei, only the 
type A knoAvn. In markings similar to a less dark diccwipsis. 
A. patulata Walk. (17 c). Pal]>us less short than in most AphUopota. T^ostmedian line marked AA'ith 
black vein-dots. IMedian area often lighter than ])roximal and distal, giAung it a banded ap]Aearance. Ca]'ie Colony 
(type). Natal and Delagoa Bay, seldom if eAmr common. — $ — f. conturbata Wcdk., also from the Cape, is 
]Aale and Aveakly marked and Avas formerly (but erroneously) sunk to vicaria. I gather from Jaxse's account 
that this may be the regular $ form of the species. - mesotoecha form. nov. Considerably smaller (36 mm), the 
darkened areas less pronounced than in tyjiical AA! foreAving Avith a strong, liroad, dark median line or shade, 
Avell proximal to the cell-mark; hindAving Avith the cell-mark reduced; underside AA'ith the postmedian of both 
AAdngs slightly more curved near the costa. Pretoria. November 1913 (T,iord Gladstone), 1 A ffi tffo TransAmal 
MusexAin. Whether an aberration or subs])ecies shoxdd be revealed by further ca].)txn-es in the district. 
A. strigosissima Bastelh. (18 c). Relatively broad-Avinged. above and beneath almost uniformly irrorated 
and strigulated. so that the usual lines are obliterated or only discernible Avith close attention; A^eins conspicu¬ 
ously ]xale; cell-spots sharply black. Only knoAA'u from Angola. - castellana form. nor. is similar but smaller 
