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MICROHYLE; LEXIS; MILTOCHRISTA; LYMANTRIOPSIS; ASURA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
rufipes. 
fadella. 
bipunctige- 
ra. 
rivulosa. 
thomensis. 
lacteata. 
obsolescens. 
neavei. 
craigi 
prythrigs. 
P. rufipes Hmps. <+ Expanse 28 mm. Head, tegulae, and prothorax reddish-yellow, rest of body red- 
brown. Palpi and chest orange. Fore wing greyish-brown, feebly tinted reddish; a small round black discal 
spot. Hindwing greyish-brown, apical area as far as vein 3 reddish-yellow. Beneath the forewing is greyish- 
brown with a whitish proximal area; hindwing whitish, the costal area tinted reddish-yellow. Uganda. 
17. Genus: Microliyle Hmps. 
This genus only contains one very small species from Madagascar, its type being in the Coll. Mabille. 
Separated from the genus Paidia (Vol. II, p. 57, pi. 11 f), which the insect, however, neither resembles in 
any other way, by vein 10 being forked with 7 + 8. 
M. fadella Mab. (8 k). Forewing ochreous-white, tinted orange. Basal part, a postmedian transverse 
band, and the distal margin are dark brown. Hindwing of a bright orange. Madagascar. 
18. Genus: I^exis Wallgr. 
To this genus which formerly comprised many species only 1 species is reckoned to-day. 
L. bipunctigera Wallgr. (= rubriceps Rghf.( (8 k). Orange, forewing with an oblique black spot in the 
cell-end and in the submedian area. Hindwing lighter yellow. British East Africa. 
19. Genus: Miltochrista Hbn. 
Of the almost 100 forms of this genus, nearly all of which inhabit South Asia, only 2 are apparently 
ascertained in Africa. As to the genus itself cf. Vol. II, p. 54, and Vol. X, p. 134. 
M. rivulosa Wkr. (8k), from Natal, is a small orange-coloured insect; on the forewing 2 irregular 
zigzag-lines, between and around them small black dots. 
M. thomensis Rothsch. (8 k). On the pale orange ground of the forewing there are 3 transverse bands 
of a darker yellow. Isle of Sao Thome. 
Note: Sarapus bicolor Wkr. , described from the Cape of Good Hope, is an undefinable species of Walker. The 
type is lost. 
20. Genus: layman triopsfs Hmps. 
This genus was established for a single species described by Holland as Nudaria. Proboscis stunted, 
palpi correspondingly small, porrect. Tibiae densely haired. In the forewing no anastomoses, the three-branched 
subcostal rises shortly before the upper cell-angle, the three radials rising separately. The very small imago 
by no means resembles a Lymantria. 
L. lacteata Holl. (8 k). White with few oblique brownish nebulous stripes and some small dots between 
them, Ogowe in West Africa, 
21. Genus: Asura Wkr. 
A gigantic genus of almost 200 forms known, of which, however, scarcely I dozen have been found 
in Africa. The Asura likewise penetrate into the palearctic region with but very few forms at its south-eastern 
frontier, whereas in the Indian Region they are very numerous (cf. Vol. X, p. 142—155). As to the genus and 
its relations to the Miltochrista we refer to the volume cited. 
A. obsolescens Hmps. (8 1) is very similar to Miltochrista thomensis (8 k), larger, paler, the yellow 
transverse bands in the forewing are duller, but increased. Uganda. 
A. neavei Hmps. (8 1). Like the other African Asura it resembles more Miltochrista rivulosa (8 k). 
Only in the basal part of the forewing there are yet 2 more dentate transverse stripes. A very small species. 
Uganda. 
A. craigi Holl. (81) is but slightly larger than neavei ; similar but in the basal part of the forewing 
the transverse dentate lines are partly broken up into dots. Togo, Cameroon. 
A. erythrias Holl. (81). Hardly smaller than the preceding species, marking also similar but the 
forewing more tinged with a red orange colour, West Africa. 
