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E. sulphureovitta Strd. (18 e). The band on the forewing is yellowish, narrower, situate more towards sulphureo- 
the base, not quite reaching the costal margin and anal angle. Hindwing orange-red, margin in front broad, 
behind narrow. 50 mm. Gold Coast. 
E. albofasciata Drc. resembles fulleri. The subapical band is situate outside the cell and extends from albofascia- 
the costal margin to the anal angle. Hindwing broadly margined with black, with dark stripes at the hind- 
margin. In the $ the hindwing is lighter. 40 to 55 mm. Cameroon. 
The two following species are doubtfully ranged here, since the forewing is much more pointed and 
a proboscis is not to be ascertained. 
E. biplagiata sp. n. (18 e). Thorax and forewing dark red-brown. At the cell-end and below it 1 large biplagiata. 
white spot each, separated by the median vein. Abdomen orange-red with black dorsal dots. Hind wing orange- 
red, narrowly margined with blackish-brown. 44 mm. Madagascar. 1 o in the Berlin Museum. 
E. obscurascens Strd. (18 f). Blackish-brown. Forewing with a narrow white subapical band within obscuras- 
the base of vein 4. Abdomen and hindwing likewise blackish-brown, without any marking. 38 mm. Cameroon, 
Lagos. 
3. Genus: XycU’iiiera Hbn. 
Palpi long and thin, somewhat shorter than in Secusio. Antennae of strongly pectinate. Veins of 
forewing: veins 3, 4 and 5 distantly separated, 6 from the upper angle, 7 + 8 + 9 forked. Veins 10 with 8 
forming a very long accessory cell, 11 rising close at 10. In the hindwing veins 6 + 7 on a short stalk. Vein 
8 branching off near the base, as in Eoliemera. Type: coleta Stoll. 
Group I. With abnormal forelegs of the <+ 
N. leuconoe Hpjfr. (18 f). Thorax and forewing blackish-brown. Veins in the central area of the leuconoe. 
forewing light. Subapical band large, white. Fringe above the anal angle and below the apex white. Abdomen 
above light brown with black lateral dots, beneath whitish. Hindwing white, somewhat hyaline with a blackish- 
brown marginal band. -— limbalis Strd. The subapical band extends to the distal margin, in the sub edian Umbalis. 
fold there is a light longitudinal patch. 40 to 45 mm. East Africa, DeJagoa Bay. 
N. restricta Btlr. (18 f). The white band of the forewing is narrower, the black margin of the hindwing restricta 
broader than in leuconoe. The white fringe extends to the apex on the forewing. — ottonis Strd. The subapical ottonis. 
band extends to the distal margin. — subhyalina Strd. has besides yet a light stripe in the submedian fold, subhyalina. 
45 to 50 mm. East Africa. 
N. rasana Mob. Abdomen with black dorsal dots without a yellow lateral line. The band on the rasana. 
forewing is yellowish-white. Below the cell a broad, somewhat hyaline stripe. Hindwing intensely hyaline 
with a narrow marginal band. — In pauli Strd. (18 f) this band extends to the distal margin. 38 to 40 mm. pauli. 
Greater Comoro, Madagascar. 
N. seychellensis Hmps. (18 f). Abdomen with black lateral dots. The band on the forewing is proximad seychellen- 
rather straightly defined and reaches the margin; the fringe is also white there. In the cell and the submedian sls - 
fold there are fine light stripes. Hindwing broadly margined with dark. 45 mm. Seychelles. 
N. plana Wichgr. The distal edge of the subapical band is straight, its proximal edge somewhat run plana. 
out. Hindwing as in rasana. 34 mm. East Africa. 
N. perspicua Wkr. (= fallax Holl.) (18 f). The band on the forewing is broad, very diaphanous, perspicua. 
extending almost to the hind-margin. Below the cell hyaline of variable intensity. On the hindwing the black 
margin is somewhat dentate. 42 to 50 mm. Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Spanish Guinea, Ruwenzori. 
N. tramsitella Strd. (18 f). On the forewing the band is as broad and long as in 'perspicua , the light part transitella. 
below the cell only very narrow. Hindwing as in rasana. Abdomen above black. 40 mm. East Africa. 
N. howa Strd. (18 g). The band on the forewing as in perspicua, but only extending to vein 2; below hoiva. 
the cell broadly white. Hindwing as in rasana. Abdomen light with black dorsal dots. 45 mm. Madagascar. 
N. pallescens Oberth. (18 g). The typical form is almost white. The hind-margin, a spot above the pallescens. 
base of vein 2 as far as the anterior edge of the cell, a subterminal band between the veins 3 to 5 pale brown. 
Greater Comoro. — madagascarica Strd. has a darker marking and an indistinctly defined light subapical band, madagas- 
Hindwing in both the forms of a pure white in the (J, feebly dark-edged in the Abdomen light with black 
dorsal dots. 40 to 45 mm. Madagascar. 
N. (?) gracilis Saalm. (18 g). Forewing white, at the apex and more narrowly towards the anal angle gracilis. 
blackish-brown. By a somewhat irregular, pale brown oblique line a light subapical area is set apart. Hindwing 
only at the apex somewhat blackish. Abdomen yellow with black dorsal dots. 36 mm. Madagascar. 
D. chalcosidia Hmps. White. Costal margin of forewing pale brown. The brown oblique line of gracilis chalcosidia. 
is here broader and fused with the brown distal margin at the hind-margin. Hindwing as far as vein 3 narrowly 
