papiliona- 
ria. 
goochii. 
jacksoni. 
aperta. 
why tel. 
latimargo. 
fulva. 
euryperalis. 
ruficilict, 
euryphaea. 
flavida. 
holoiherma. 
mclanoleu- 
ca. 
albdbasis. 
pygmaca. 
24 THYMARA; DIANEURA; STAPHYLINOCHROUS. By M. Gaede. 
6. Genus: TSiymara WJcr. 
Walker did not supply a sufficient description. The only species: 
Th. papilionaria Wkr. is described by Elwes to resemble Doratopt. plumigera, but the upper part of 
the hindwing is broader, and a long reddish-yellow spot is on half its length. Antennae pectinate. Havipson 
mentions the species as being near Semioptila. The <$ type is in an inaccessible private collection, whilst the 
$ in the British Museum is badly preserved. 
B. Subfamily: Phaudinae. 
Wings thinly scaled, proboscis and palpi absent. Wings large, rounded; white or reddish-yellow with 
a dark margin. All the genera exhibit in the forewing two hindmarginal veins. In the hindwing vein 8 is for 
a long distance fused with the cell. 
1. Genus: I^iaiieurtt Btlr. 
Wings very hyaline, apex of forewing very much rounded, at the hindwing somewhat produced. In 
the forewing veins 7 -f 8 on a short fork, 9, 10, 11 separate. Type: goochii Btlr. 
D. goochii Btlr. Wings hyaline. Base and hind-margin brownish. Body reddish-brown. Expanse 
30 mm. Natal. 
D. jacksoni Btlr. (1 d). Wings hyaline. Base and hind-margin pale yellowish. Body brown. Expanse 
22 to 30 mm. East Africa. In contrast with the preceding species, Butler states the cell in the hindwing to 
be here less far produced than in goochii. In the Berlin Museum there are specimens from East Africa, which 
must consequently be jacksoni , in which the cell entirely corresponds with the figure of goochii. The separation 
into 2 species is therefore probably only due to anomalies of the neuration. Specimens with an open cell in 
the forewing are aperta Brk. ■— The establishment of the genus Pletoneura Brk. is only caused by Butler’s 
bad description and figure of Dianeura. 
2. Genus: Staphyliuoclirous Btlr. 
Shape of wings very much rounded off. In the forewing 3 + 4 on a short fork, 7 forked with 8+9 
and 10 + 11. From the fork of 8 + 9 a cross-vein extends to the fork of 10 + 11. Type: whytei Btlr. 
St. whytei Btlr. (1 d) is similar to An. tenellula Holl., but the dark margin on the forewing is somewhat 
narrower and on the hindwing very much narrower. Ground-colour reddish-yellow. — latimargo B.-Bak. 
Distal margin broader black. Expanse 30 mm. Central Africa, Lokoja District. 
St. fulva Hmps. (1 d). Margin of hindwing much broader than in whytei, also the veins dark; larger, 
expanse 38 mm. Katanga District. 
St. euryperalis Hmps. (1 d). Smaller, paler than fulva. On the forewing the dark margin projects 
to the cross-vein. Expanse 30 mm. Rhodesia, Central-Africa. 
St. ruficilia Hmps. Thinly scaled. Forewing as far as the middle of the costal margin and the inner 
angle reddish-yellow, distal area reddish-brown. Hindwing with a dark margin from the apex to vein 2. 
Expanse 22 to 26 mm. Cameroon. 
St. euryphaea Hmps. Forewing reddish-yellow. Distal margin broad dark brown as far as the 
cross-vein, and vein 4, then narrower as far as the middle of the hind-margin. At the apex of the hindwing 
broad dark then narrowing down. Expanse 23 mm. Cameroon, Gold Coast. 
St. flavida Hmps. Forewing brownish-yellow, distal area greyish-brown. The border-line between 
is rectilinear, vertical from the costal margin to the inner angle. Hindwing yellowish-brown as far as behind 
the cell, distal area greyish-brown. Border-line almost straight. Expanse 35 mm. Uganda. 
St. holotherma Hmps. Wings uniformly reddish-yellow, thinly scaled. Expanse 35 mm. East Africa. 
St. melanoleuca Hmps. Forewing at the base, costal margin and distal margin blackish-brown, the 
rest semi-transparent, white, the border of the white surface oblique, distally curved at the middle vein. 
Hindwing ochreous-white, transparent. Expanse 32 mm. Uganda. 
St. albabasis B.-Bak. Proximal half of forewing hyaline white, distally sooty grey. Hindwing hyaline 
greyish-white. Margin narrow, dark grey. Angola. 
St. pygmaea B.-Bak. Proximal half of cell and the space below it creamy, the rest blackish. In the 
hindwing the distal third is blackish, proximally creamy. Expanse 28 mm. Niger. 
