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a minute spot above it. •— In the form reutlirigeri Holl. the large submedian spot extends farther into the cell reuilingeri. 
and is also expanded more towards the proximal angle. West Africa. 
S. stenoptera Zy. (= attenuata Rothsch.) (4 d) is a very small, delicate insect; abdomen at the base stenoptera. 
and before the end yellow; in the forewing 6, in the hindwing 2 spots are comparatively large and oval. East 
Africa. 
S. veronica Oberth. (4 b). In this delicate species the spots have flown together forming 2 large hyaline veronica. 
areas on the forewing, one of which occupies the whole proximal half, whilst the other one forms a broad 
postmedian hyaline band. — In the form magdaiene Oberth. (4 b) the two large hyaline areas of the forewing magdalene. 
are confluent. — Madagascar. 
S. hemiphoenica Hmps. (4 c). This rather small insect is to be recognised by the abdomen being hemiphoe- 
scarlet except the 3 last blackish segments. The hyaline spot in the submedian area is very much enlarged, mca 
extending from the proximal third of the forewing almost to the distal margin. Congo. 
S. discafa Drc. (4 d). Here also the 2 large hyaline areas of the forewmg are confluent below the discata. 
cross-vein; the hyaline basal spot of the hindwing is basally yellow; also the whole body is of a bright honey- 
colour, the thorax and the end of the abdomen being marked blackish. From Dar-es-Salaam. 
S. leimacis Holl. (4 d) is at once recognisable by the basal half of the abdomen being strongly attenuated leimacis. 
like a stem. Wings very elongate, hyaline, with a narrow dark distal margin and hind-margin, a dark ray from 
the cross-vein to the margin and a similar one at the lower median branch. West Africa (Ogowe). 
7. Genus: Eressa Wkr. 
As to the neuration and range of this genus we refer to Vol. X, p. 82, where the Indo-Australian forms 
are described and figured (pi. 12). Typical Eressa do not occur in Africa; but some very small lepidoptera 
with pinnate antennae have now been placed to this genus (forming the subgenus Eressades B.-Bafc.). 
E. flavipunctata B.-Bale. (4 d). The spots differ from their usual arrangement in Syntomis in one spot fiavipuncta- 
being situate very close at the apex of the forewing. Body orange, thorax marked dark. Spots yellowish-white; ta - 
antennae with long pinnae. Angola. 
E. africana Hmps. (4 d). The hyaline spots are all confluent, creating a large hyaline area in the africana. 
forewing, pierced by the veins and a thick streak on the cross-vein. Body dark brown. A very small species. 
Uganda. 
E. pleurosticta Hmps. (4 c). Body similar to that of Syntomis miozona (3 k) with a red transverse pleurosticta. 
spot at the base of the abdomen. But the wings are quite differently spotted; in the angle of the median 
branch on the forewing there is another small accessory spot; the costal preapical spot is traversed by a vein, 
and the anal spot of the hindwing is situate at the distal margin which it accompanies as far as the centre. 
Congo. 
8. Genus: Epitoxis Wallgr. 
The Epitoxis are recognisable by an indentation at the costal margin of the hindwing, near the base 
of the wing; otherwise they are very similar to the Eressa ; the antennae are in the E bipectinate. 5 forms are 
known, all from Africa. 
E. amazoula Bsd. (4 d). Thorax yellow, marked dark, abdomen with 7 yellow bands. The spots of amazoula. 
the wings are in typical specimens (from Natal) yellowish hyaline, of a moderate size and elongate; but they 
may also be dull whitish (in South West Africa) or much larger. In some places common. 
E. duplicata Gaede (ined.) (4 e) is similar to amazoula, but the hyaline spots are increased in number duplicata. 
and size, so that the wings are occupied by a hyaline surface with but fine veins. From Zanzibar *). 
E. procridia Hmps. (4e). Size, colouring and spotting very similar to Syntomis marina (4 c), but procridia. 
the hyaline spots are all very large and exactly oval. From the Ruwenzori. 
E. nigra Hmps. (4 e) is almost exactly like procridia, but the white hyaline spots are somewhat smaller, nigra. 
and in the hindwing there is beside the central spot another large wedge-shaped spot from the base. Natal 
and Gaza Land. 
E. albicincta Hmps. (4e) has a much smaller subbasal spot of the forewing, whilst the basal spot albicincta. 
of the hindwing is broader though shorter. Central and East Africa. 
*) Mr. M. Gaede had the kindness to send the following diagnose together with the figure: „E. duplicata nov. 
spec. Similar to amazoula. The hyaline spots in the forewing are somewhat longer extended. At the hind-margin at the 
base somewhat yellowish. As the $ of amazoula is said to be without wings and the typical specimen is a it must be 
a different species in spite of the great resemblance. 32 mm. 1 $>. Zanzibar.“ 
