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EUPROCTILLA. By Dr. M. Hering. 
nigrijinis. 
putilla. 
aethiopica. 
dewitzi. 
hardenber- 
gia. 
lyona. 
mima. 
vagans. 
sub-alba. 
erythrostic- 
la. 
pectinala. 
iabida. 
lemur ia. 
insignis. 
P. nigrifinis Swh. ( = nigrifrons Sivh.) is quite similar to producta (20 h), but larger, abdomen of 
$ above black, beneath golden yellow, beneath with a black median line. Expanse: 40 mm. Kikuyu. 
P. putilla Saahn. deviates from producta in the following marks: palpi shorter, outside brownish, not 
purely white. Eyes bordered by ochreous-yellow hairs also the inner side of the anterior tibiae with such 
hair. Wings above white, beneath the costal margin of the fo^ewing is ochreous-yellow. Expanse: $ 19 to 
2 2 nr m. Madagascar. 
P. aethiopica Snell. (= natalensis Janse) (20 i) is separated from the following dewitzi (20 i) in the 
G by its smaller size and more confluent bands which are more violet. South and East Africa. 
P. dewitzi Grunb. (20 h, 28 f). Body quite ochreous-yellow, anal tuft more brownish. Forewing 
yellow, parallel to the margin a row of very distantly interrupted spots powdered with blackish-brown; a 
similar spot between 1 b and 1 c towards the base. Hindwing uni-coloured pale yellow. — with an antemedian 
and postmedian band powdered with violettish-grey, being somewhat fused at the hind-margin and often not 
reaching the costal margin. Chinchoxo, Cameroon. 
P. hardenbergia Janse. Forewing yellow, the bands composed of orange and blackish scales, one 
of which is antemedian, the other subterminal, both being almost parallel; thej neither read? the costal 
margin here. Hindwing darker yellow than in dewitzi. Expanse: 25 mm. Natal. 
P. lyona Swh. This species probably belongs to Porthesia and was originally described in the Euproctis. 
Expanse only 22 mm. Ground-colour of wings as in dewitzi (20 li), but with 2 rows of black irroration, often 
connected at the hind-margin, the proximal row before the centre, neither of them reaching the costal margin. 
Bipindi. 
P. mima Strd. (20 i). Foreving ochreous-grey with a broad antemedian and postmedian band of 
blackish irroration, being, however, only distinct from the hind-margin to about half of the wing. Hinclwing 
grey; 6 7 are fused forming one vein. Cameroon. 
P. vagans n. sp. (28 f). Body and forewing white, covered with brown scales across which some 
blackish scales are strewn. Apparently the centre of the costal margin, the hind-margin of the cell, and some 
marginal spots are whitish in the undamaged insect. Abdomen and hindwing white. Cameroon. $ type from 
Yaunde Stat. in the Berlin Museum. 
P. sub-alba Janse. Body light yellow, abdomen on the first 3 segments white, then ochreous-yellow. 
Forewing light yellow, with an indistinct white antemedian line and a distinct postmedian line extending obliquely 
from the centre of the hind-margin to vein 4. Hindwing and under surface of both wings white. Expanse: 
30 mm. South Africa. 
P. erythrosticta Hmps. Head and thorax yellowish-white; palpi with some black scales. Abdomen 
white, anal tuft yellow. Forewing yellowish-white. A postmedian black dot above vein 7, and below that vein 
an orange-red spot powdered with black. A small similar spot below vein 4, 3 slanting similar dots between 
vein 2 and the hind-margin. Hindwing white. Expanse: 36 mm. Sudan. The species is said to resemble 
Euproctis rufopunctata Wkr. (22 a). 
P. pectinata Fryer. Body yellowish-white, antennae in the very strongly pinnate, the pinnae being 
brown. Wings white. In the $ the costal margin is very convex. Expanse: 40 to 49 mm. Seychelles. 
P. tabida n. sp. (28 c). The $ is somewhat similar to the <$ of aethiopica Snell. (20 i). Body yellow, 
abdomen paler. Forewing yellow, with a narrower antemedian and median band, a broader postmedian band, 
the latter in its upper portion traversed by a light line; all the bands composed of violettish-blackish scales. 
Hindwing and under surface quite pale yellow. $ type from Coomassie in the Tring Museum. 
P. lemuria n. sp. (21 c, 27 a). Body whitish, above mixed with ochreous-yellow. Forewing white, 
the basal 3 / 4 powdered with ochreous brown, towards the costal margin lighter, in the centre parted by a 
paler transverse line, beneath white with a brown costal margin. Hindwing white, above in the hindmarginal 
area with yellowish hair. G type from Diego Suarez in the Tring Museum. Madagascar. 
29. Genus: B^iaproctilla Auriv. 
Hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs. Palpi long, projecting beyond the irons. Forewing without an 
accessory cell, vein 10 forked with 7 to 9, rising before 7, vein 8 absent, as 8 + 9 are completely fused [in Leptaroa 
10 and 8 + 9 only rises behind vein 7]; 6 rises together with the pedicle. In the hindwing vein 8 is partly fused 
with the anterior edge of the cell, 6 + 7 and 3 + 4 being forked. Only Ethiopian forms have been ranged in 
this genus. 
Eu. insignis Auriv. Forewing white, in the centre with a large yellowish-brown spot occupying a great 
part of the distal half of the wing; before the margin some blackish spots. Hindwing scaled blackish. Expanse: 
15 mm. Cameroon. 
