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HOMOCHIRA; LEPTAROA; MICRAROA. By Dr. M. Heeing. 
36. Genus: MomacSsira limps. 
Hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs, forewing without an accessory cell, vein 10 forked with 7 to 9, rising 
behind vein 7; in the hindwing 3 and 4, and 6 + 7 forked, 5 present. Separated from Euproctis by dorsal hair- 
tufts on the abdomen and a shorter tibial blade of the forelegs. 
rendalli. H. rendalli Dist. Body brown, forewing brown, with 5 darker undulate transverse lines: the first 
subbasally, the second crossing the cell, the 3rd beyond the cell and very much removed, the 4th about distally 
to the 3rd, the 5th submarghially. Between the 1st and 2nd lines an irregular discal spot. Hindwing pale 
ochreous. Wings beneath paler, forewing with an oblique transverse band beyond the cell, hindwing .with a 
transverse band, both wings densely irrorated with brown. Expanse: 32 mm. South Africa. 
ruandana. H. niandana ( Griinb.) sp. n. (28 c). By this name there is a + in the Berlin Museum, the description 
of which was not to be discovered, but which probably belongs hereto in spite of the absence of the dorsal 
tufts. Body and forewing dark chocolate with almost straight subbasal, antemedian, and postmedian darker 
transverse lines. Distally to the latter an indistinct transverse line which, however, is thickened into distinct 
spots above veins 4 and 6. A submarginal row of dark dots and a dark spot at the cell-end. Hindwing and 
under surface blackish-grey. type from North-West Ruanda in the Berlin Museum. 
37. Genus: Leptaroa Hmps. 
Hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs. Forewing without an accessory cell, vein 11 separate, 9 and 8 fused 
into one vein, only bifurcating with vein 10 very shortly before the margin, 7 rising about in the centre of 
the pedicle of this fork, 6 from the same place or on a short pedicle. In the hindwing vein 8 is fused 
with the anterior edge of the cell and rises only shortly before its end; 6 + 7 on a long pedicle, 3 + 4 on 
a short one, 5 distantly separated from 4. — In Euproctilla showing a similar structure, vein 10 of the forewing 
rises before vein 7. 
fulvicolora. L. fulvicolora Hm/ps. (22 e). Wings deep dark reddish-brown with three paler greyish antemedian 
and two postmedian transverse lines, and three large blackish-brown dots at the cell-end. Marginal area of 
aurantia. both wings somewhat darker. Rhodesia. — In aurantia Strd. both wings are orange-yellow with a distinctly 
dissimilis . marked brown marginal band. — In dissimilis Strd. the G is similar, but without a dark marginal band, the 
+ is yellowish-white, the lines in the forewing are edged with orange-yellow. Congo, Rhodesia. 
deleta. L. deteta sp. n. (22 e) is like the preceding, but without any transverse lines; only the marginal areas 
are darker and the three black spots at the cell-end of the forewing are present. Forewing somewhat more 
elongate, ground-colour lighter. Lake Tanganyika. type in the Berlin Museum. 
ochricoloria. L. ochricoloria Strd. Similar to flava (22 f), but forewing above and beneath equally distinct with 
a brown streak surrounded by light on the cross-vein (in nosera (22 f) there is only a dot at this place, being 
quite indistinct beneath). Expanse: 20 mm, larger than in nosera. Mikindani. 
paupera . L. paupera sp. n. (22 e). Similar to fulvicolora, wings more orange-yellow, margin of fore wing not 
darker, the pale lines more angular, the dark spots at the cross-vein are absent, only a light spot being there. 
Hindwing with a distinctly defined dark brown margin. German East Africa. + type from Amani (February) 
flava. in the Berlin Museum. The form flava form. nov. (22 f) from Lindi (+■ in the Berlin Museum) has uni-colouied 
orange-yellow hindwings; the under surface is likewise uni-coloured yellow; in paupera the apices are brownish. 
nosera. — j n n0 sera subsp. nov. (22 f) there is at the cell-end of the forewing a black dot, the first postmedian line 
beneath is more oblique, more proximad; the race is besides smaller, but has a habitus similar to flava. q type 
from Luchonza, Blantyra (Nyassa) in the Tring Museum. 
jordani. L. jordani sp. n. (22 f). Larger than fulvicolora, without black spots at the cross-vein, the pale bands 
similar to that species, only the first of the post median lines is more remote towards the base, so that the distance 
between the second and 3rd transverse lines is not much smaller than that between the 3rd and 4th. Ground¬ 
colour of wings lighter reddish-brown. Bihe, Angola. <+ type in the Tring Museum. 
38. Genus: Micraroa Hmps. 
Hind tibiae with 1 pair of spurs. In both wings the cell is open, in the forewing 8 to 10 forked, 7 absent; 
in the hind wing vein 3 is absent. 
rufesccns. M. rufescens Hmps. Uni-coloured red-brown, costal margin, distal margin and veins partly sometimes 
darker brown; antennal pinnae black. Expanse: 22 mm. South Africa. 
minima. M. minima Janse. Light tan-coloured. Hindwing orange-ochreous. Expanse only about 14 mm. 
Natal. 
