Pnbl. 23. IV. 1026. 
MALAMBLIA; TASCIA; SYRINGURA; TASEMA. By M. Gaebe. 
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A. biplagiata B.-Bak. Abdomen and wings bronze-green, particularly a broad stripe below the cell of biplagiala. 
the forewing. At the cell-end a large white spot and a small oval one below it. Hindwing with a white cell- 
end, at the base below the cell hyaline. Expanse 34 mm. Nandi Land. 
A. assimilis Jord. (2 i). Body bluish-green, likewise without white spots. Forewing bronze-green assimilis. 
with a white spot at the cell-end and in the £ above vein 2. Hindwing bluish-green, beneath bronze-green. 
Nyassa Land. 
A. nitens Jonl. may be merely a form of assimilis. Body and wings a little more bluish. The spot nitens. 
at the cell-end is small. Wings beneath blue, only the costal margin of the forewing green. East Africa. 
A. ostia Drc. Wings lustrous bluish-black. On the forewing a round white spot at the cell-end and ostia. 
on the hindwing one on the centre of the costal margin in the d>- Body bluish-black. On the thorax 2 white 
dots. Expanse 28 to 32 mm. East Africa. 
A. clilorotica Hmps. Head, thorax, abdomen above and beneath blackish-brown, with a green gloss, chlorotica. 
Proboscis yellowish-brown. Wings blackish-brown, with a green gloss. A round discoidal spot on the forewing 
and an elliptical one below it white (rf). Hindwing below the cell hyaline almost to the distal margin. Expanse 
26 to 28 mm. Congo. 
7. Genus: Malamhlia Jord. 
Hind tibiae with 1 pair of spurs longer than in Saliunca. Antennae shorter pectinate. In the forewing 
veins 10 and 11 rising more towards the base, but vein 2 more remote from the base. In the hindwing vein 
6 close at 7, between 5 and 6 the cross-vein is angular. Otherwise the same as in Saliunca. Type: durbanica 
J ord. 
M. durbanica Jord. (2 i). Forewing and body bluish-black without a gloss. Hindwing, and both wings durbanica. 
beneath blackish-brown. Expanse 16 mm. South Africa, Fernando Po. 
M. flavipalpis Hmps. (2 k). Wings uniformly brown with a slight blue reflection. Head, thorax, and flavipalpis. 
abdomen brown. End of abdomen beneath and palpi yellow, third palpal joint black. Expanse 18 mm. Rhodesia 
8. Genus: Tasela Wkr. 
Antennae of long-combed, palpi short, porrect. In the forewing all the veins are separate. In the 
hindwing vein 7 is absent. Vein 8 is connected with the cell by a short fillet. Hind tibiae with 1 pair of 
spurs. Genital armature of $ large. Type: finalis Wkr. 
T, finalis Wkr. (= chrysotelus Wkr., virescens Btlr. $) (2 i). Antennae lustrous green. Body and finalis. 
wings greenish black. On the forewing hyaline spots in the cell-end, above vein 2 and mostly also below it. 
Hindwing at the lower margin of the cell and at the liind-margin hyaline. Apex of $ abdomen red. Specimens 
from Delagoa Bay are mostly smaller than from Transvaal. Expanse 22 to 30 mm. 
T. instructa Wkr. ( = erythropyga Mab.) (2 i). Antennae, head, and thorax black, abdomen hemo- inslructa. 
chrome. Eorewing greenish black, with semi-hyaline spots, a small one at the cell-end, a large one below it. 
Hindwing before and behind vein 2 somewhat hyaline. Expanse 26 to 28 mm. Sierra Leone. 
9. Genus: Syriiigura Holl. 
Antennae of <$ long-combed, of $ very short; hind tibiae with 1 pair of short spurs. In the forewing 
all the veins are separate. In the hindwing likewise separate. Vein 8 connected with the cell by a short cross¬ 
vein. In the ^ the genital armature is tubiform, whereby it is separated from Saliunca and similar to Tascia. 
S. triplex Plolz (= uranopetes Holl., triguttata Aur.) (2 h). Antenna black, before the apex lustrous triplex. 
green. Forewing greenish black. A white spot at the cell-end, one at vein 2, and a lustrous blue one behind 
the cell, sometimes absent. Hindwing at the base and hind-margin hyaline, otherwise black with a slight blue 
gloss. Beneath forewing lustrous blue, hindwing with a greenish spot at the cross-vein. Abdomen in the centre 
beneath white. In the $ the anal end is reddish, thickened and extended into a point. Expanse 32 to 34 mm. 
Togo, Sierra Leone. 
T. pulchra Btlr. (2 i). Greenish black. Forewing with 4 hyaline spots. Hindwing with 2 short spots pulchra. 
at the base, above and behind it with a blue gloss. Expanse 30 mm. East Africa. 
10. Genus: Tasema Wkr. 
Palpi short, body delicate, antennae of d long-combed. Hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs. Abdomen 
of d with a tail of hair. Veins of forewing all separate. Vein 6 of hindwing absent. Type: bipars Wkr. from 
India. Cf. Vol. X, p. 47. 
