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BRACHAROA; STENAROA; DASYARCTIA; RHODE SANA. By Dr. M. Hering. 
bistigmige- 
rci. 
dregei. 
quadripunc- 
taia. 
reducta. 
charax. 
paupera. 
ignepicta. 
g rise a. 
63. Genus: Bracliaroa Hmps. 
Forewing with an accessory cell, vein 11 from the cell, margin uniformly bent. In the hindwing vein 3 is 
nearer to 4 than to 5 or forked with 4. Hind tibiae only with 1 pair of spurs. — Separated from Orgyia 
by veins 4 and 5 of the forewing being forked. The $$ are often without wings, the G<S fly in daytime. 
B. toistigmigera Btlr., is quite similar to quadripunctata Wllgr. (23 d), but the fringe of the forewing 
is dark grey. Eypanse: 27 mm. Nyassa Land. It is questionable whether it is a distinct species. 
B. dregei H.-Schaff. (23 d). Eorewing brownish, only the margins ochreous-yellow, hindwing blackish- 
brown, proximad only traceably lighter, fringe ochreous-yellow. $ uni-coloured grey, without wings. Expanse 
of $ 22 mm. Cape Colony. 
B. quadripunctata Wllgr. (23 d). Wings ochreous-yellow, forewing with two black spots on the cross¬ 
vein. Hindwing with a blackish-brown marginal band. Beneath forewing before the apex extensively blackish- 
brown, the blackish-brown marginal band of the hindwing being posteriorly very much narrowed down. South 
Africa, Nyassa Land, East Africa. —- $ with short stunted wings, blackish-brown, with ochreous-yellow collar, 
tegulae, and segmental margins of the abdomen. 
B. reducta sp. n. (23 d) is separated from quadripunctata by the following marks: on the whole smaller, 
colour darker ochreous, wings shorter and broader, costal margin and distal margin of forewing more convex. 
The black marginal band of the hindwing is uniformly broad (rarely absent), not narrowing down behind. 
East Africa. A large series, mostly from Dar-es-Salaam in the Berlin Museum. 
B. charax Drc. (22 k). $ and $ similar, varying from ochreous-yellow to orange, forewing with a black 
apical third, hindwing with a similar marginal band, both wings with a black spot on the cross-vein. — In 
a (J from L. Nyassa this spot is only present on the forewing beneath: paupera form. nov. (22 i). The marginal band 
of the hindwing is narrower (Berlin Museum). East Africa. In this species veins 4 and 5 of the forewing are 
well separated; it would therefore have to be ranged with another genus. 
64. Genus: Steiiaroa Hmps. 
Palpi projecting beyond the head, hind tibiae with 1 pair of spurs. Forewing long and narrow, vein 
4 from the cell-angle, 9 and 10 forked, 11 from the cell. In the hindwing 3 nearer to 4, 6 and 7 from the 
upper cell-angle. 
St. ignepicta Hmps. Body red-brown, head, tegulae, and legs yellow and fiery red. Forewing dark red- 
brown, before the centre yellow and fiery red dots in and below the cell. A large spot at the cell-end, small 
dots on vein 2 and below the cell-end. Subterminal yellow and fiery red dots between the veins 7 and 6, and 
5 and 3. Hindwing dark red-brown. Expanse: 24 mm. Madagascar. 
65. Genus: Dasyiirctia Gaede. 
Very similar to the preceding genus in the neuration, in the hindwing vein 8 at the base for a long 
distance fused with the anterior edge of the cell, veins 3, 4 and 5 almost equidistant. Tibial blade of forelegs 
much shorter. 
D. grisea Gaede (21 e $, 28 g $). Forewing reddish-grey, bespangled with black dots, at the cell- 
end a black spot from which a blackish straight line extends somewhat obliquely to the hind-margin. Postmedian 
line only in the posterior portion distinct, where it is almost straight. Hindwing white, with a black spot on 
the cross-vein. Forewing beneath at the costal margin red. Body blackish-grey, sides of abdomen red. The 
$ probably belonging hereto has a more yellowish-grey ground-colour of the forew ing, with very feebly indicated 
bands. It lacks the red under surface of the costal margin and the black spot on the cross-vein of the hindwing, 
the body being yellowish-white, without red. Cape Colony, German East Africa. 
66. Genus: Mliodesasia B.-Balc. 
Forewing with an accessory cell, 9 rising from 10 and anastomosing with 8, thus forming the accessory 
cell, 7 from the end of the latter; in the hindwing 6 and 7 are not forked. 
