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TRICHOBAPTES; DILOPHURA; MELISOMIMAS; BYBLISIA. By M. Gaede. 
cycinoxan- 
tlia. 
elegans. 
borotzana. 
septentrio- 
nalis. 
auri guttata. 
data. 
guttulosa. 
viridijascia- 
ia. 
chalcopasta. 
auristrigata. 
caudata. 
metallica. 
latipes. 
A. cyanoxantha Mob. differs from poecila (1 i) in the abdomen above not being red. In the typical 
form the spots are yellowish. The marginings of the two middle spots are more or less connected. - — elegans 
Weym. (2 a) has carmine spots. •—- borotzana Jord. has the shoulder-covers not margined with red. - — septen- 
trionalis Aur. neither has any spot besides at the anal angle. — Hindwing in all the forms bluish-black. Expanse 
24 to 32 mm. Cameroon, Rhodesia, East Africa. 
A. auriguttata Hpffr. (= melanopyga Wllgr., chrysosticta Btlr.) (2 a). Costal margin of forewing 
with a green lustre, spots golden yellow. Two larger ones of them in the submeclian fold with a small one 
between them. Above the latter, at the costal margin, an obsolete spot, one at the cell-end and above vein 2, 
as well as a large subapical spot. Hindwing with a blue gloss. The number of spots varies a little. Expanse 
25 mm. South Africa. 
A. data Jord. (2 a) is easily recognizable by the large round basal spot, altogether 4 lustrous coppery 
spots. Hindwing lustrous blue. In this species veins 7 + 8 of the forewing are exceptionally forked. Expanse 
34 to 42 mm. East Africa. 
A. guttulosa Jord. (2 a) is similar to auriguttata , but with more and therefore smaller golden yellow 
spots. Hindwing of the A below the cell with an oblong white spot. Expanse 25 to 28 mm. Abyssinia. 
A. viridsfasciata Aur. (2 a). In the form of the bands it resembles sternecki, but they are here metallic 
green. Hindwing black. Expanse 25 to 30 mm. Gabun. 
A. chalcopasta Hmps. (2 b). Forewing black, with a metallic blue lustre with 3 golden lustrous bands. 
Hindwing dark brown, at the hind-margin somewhat blue. Expanse 30 mm. Rhodesia. 
8. Germs: Tricliohaptcs Holt. 
Separated from the preceding genus by the very strong hair-pencil on the hind-tibiae of the <$. Antenna 
far before the apex moderately thickened. 
T. auristrigata Ploiz (= sexstriata Holl.) (2 b). Black. Fore wing with 3 narrow pale yellow transverse 
lines. Hindwing with a large hyaline spot. Body with yellow and carmine rings. Expanse 24 to 30 mm. Cameroon, 
Togo, Spanish Guinea, Sierra Leone. 
9. Genus: Bilophura H m j)s. 
Antenna before the apex moderately thickened. Abdomen with long anal tufts. Forewing narrow, 
in the hindwing veins G + 7 forked. 
B. caudata Jord. Wings bluish-black with small white, semi-transparent spots: a double antemedian 
spot, one at the cell-end, and a postmedian spot. On the hindwing one spot each at the base and at the cell- 
end. Abdomen with red rings. Mashona Land, Lake Nyasa. 
10. Genus: Melisomiuaas Jord. 
Palpi and proboscis short. Antennae pectinate. Legs with hair-pencils, hind tibiae with 1 pair of spurs. 
Veins of forewing: veins 4 + 5 from the lower, 6 from the upper angle, veins 7 + 8 + 9 forked. In the hindwing 
the cell is short, 3 + 4 on a short, 6 + 7 on a long stalk, 8 connected with the cell by a fillet. 
M. metallica Hmps. (= grandis Holl.). Black. Forewing with a slight blue gloss, below the base 
of the cell white hairs. Hindwing likewise with a blue gloss, a little white below and behind the cell. Expanse 
30 to 44 mm. Sierra Leone, Nigeria. 
11. Genus : ISyblisha Wkr. 
Antenna before the apex only moderately thickened. Third palpal joint long. Abdomen without anal 
tufts. In both wings vein 2 rises very near to the base of the cell. None of the veins is forked. In the hindwing 
vein 8 is separate. Hind tibiae with 2 pair of strong spurs. Type: latipes Wkr. 
B. latipes Wkr. (2 b). Black with narrow hyaline white spots the positions of which is to be seen 
from the figure. Hindwing at the base and before the apex hyaline. Abdomen reddish yellow, at the base and 
before the ap;-x bluish-black. In the form from the Niger District the base of the body is not black. Ex¬ 
panse 28 mm. Sierra Leone, Niger. 
B. ochracea Jord. resembles latipes (2 b). The hyaline spots are larger. Abdomen above yellow except 
on the three last segments. Middle and hind tibiae yellow. Base of body beneath white. Niger. 
ochracea. 
