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TRABALA. By Dr. C. Aueivillius. 
second transverse line at vein 7 angularly broken and behind it obliquely turned towards the centre of the anal 
margin; submarginal band broad, irregular, silvery grey. Hindwing greyer than the forewing, with a dark 
area at the apex and therein traces of a light line. Expanse of wings: 52 mm. Uganda: Entebbe. 
Tpratti. L. pratti Kenr. (29 f). ,,Head, legs, palpi, and thorax greenish golden yellow. Antennal shaft light, 
pectinations black. Abdomen golden yellow. Forewing greenish golden yellow, rather variable, with faint 
traces of dark transverse lines, and without them with a transverse band of silvery scales which, however, do 
not reach to the costal margin. Hindwing similarly coloured with a broader silvery transverse band, at the 
base and hind-margin clothed with golden hair. Expanse of wings: 54 mm.“ Madagascar. — The species was 
described as a Chrysopsyche, but it is evidently a Lechriolepis. 
flaveola. L. flaveola B.-Bak. <$. Head, thorax, and abdomen light yellowish. Both wings light ochreous- 
yellow. Forewing with a small white basal spot; the first transverse line is dark, feebly undulate; the second 
transverse line angularly broken at vein 7, then obliquely bent as far as the anal margin; a broad irregular grey 
submarginal band. Hindwing at the apex covered with dark grey; this colour is hindwards continued as a 
line. Expanse of wings: 46 mm. West Africa: Gunnal. 
gyldenstol- L. gyldenstolpei Auriv. (29 f). Body and wings yellowish tan-coloured; both wings above and 
P ei - beneath with blackish longitudinal streaks in nearly all the areas. Forewing above with a small whitish basal 
dot, black transverse lines, and a very indistinct grey submarginal band; the first transverse line is erect, straight, 
the second bent at the costal margin, not angular. Hindwing beneath near the base of the costal margin with 
a white spot. Expanse of wings: 39 mm. By the dark ground-colour and the black longitudinal rays of the 
wings this species forms a transition to the next group of species. Central Africa: Ruanda District. The $ is 
unknown. 
It may be stated here that the species figured as L. anomala by H. Dewitz in 1881 belongs to this 
group of species and not to the first group. But it does not correspond with any of the above-mentioned species 
dewitzi. and may be denoted as: Lechriolepis dewitzi sp. n. (30 a). West Africa: Chinchoxo. 
Third Group of Species. 
Veins 7 and 8 of forewing, as in the species of the second group, on a joint pedicle from the apex of the discal cell 
or from the base of vein 6. Fringes of the wings at least at the base darkened or with dark spots. The first transverse line of 
the fore wing is at the costal margin distinctly bent towards the base. — Fore wing above without a white basal spot in 
area 1 b. Hindwing beneath without a distinct light spot near the base of the costal margin. Wings on both sides almost 
entirely or for the greatest part blackish. 
heres. L. heres Schs. ( = disparilis Strd.) (30 a). Both sexes are distinguished by the hindwing showing 
on both sides a dark transverse line proceeding from the centre of the costal margin and reaching to the hind- 
margin or at least to the median vein. <$. Both wings for the greatest part covered with blackish. Fore wing 
on both sides at the anal margin in 1 a and 1 b yellowish. Hindwing above at the centre of the costal margin 
and at the hind-margin more or less, beneath at the base and hind-margin lighter yellowish. The $ has almost 
the same ground-colour and markings as the of L. tessmanni (29 c) and griseola, but it has darker fringes, 
darker not whitish hindwings, a very much bent proximal transverse line of the forewing, being at the anal margin 
almost united with the distal transverse line, and a distinct median transverse line of the hindwing. The forewing 
dimidiata. is pointedly extended as in L. griseola -£• Sierra Leone. — ab. $ diniidiata Strd. (30 a). Both wings above in 
obscurata. the basal halves of a bright brownish-yellow. Sierra Leone. — ab. <$ obscurata Strd. (30 a). Both wings above 
everywhere with a blackish ground-colour; only the hindwing close at the base with some yellowish-brown 
hairs. Sierra Leone. 
noctis. L. noctis Drc. Of this species being unknown to me only the $ is known. ,,Head, palpi, collar, and 
thorax black; abdomen black, under surface red-brown; legs brown. Forewing and hindwing brownish-black; 
a blackish-grey, indistinctly defined spot without the discal cell. Fringes of both wings black. Forewing beneath 
yellowish-brown, costal margin, apex, and distal margin brownish-black. Hindwing beneath yellowish-brown, 
densely strewn with brown scales; an undulate brown line right across the centre of the wing from the costal 
margin to the hind-margin; some indistinct brown spots near the anal angle.“ Expanse of wings about 50 mm. 
Congo District: Kassai. 
5. Genus: Trabalit Walk. 
Palpi short, below with stiff hair. Hind tibiae with short terminal spurs. Discal cell of forewing closed, 
of hindwing open. Vein 8 of forewing rises separately from the anterior edge of the discal cell. Wings broad, 
distal margin of fore wing feebly bent or almost straight, entire or feebly undulate. Distal margin of hindwing 
uniformly strongly bent, always undulate. The genus is also represented in South Asia (cf. Vol. II, p. 165, 
and Vol. X, p. 403), and the Ethiopian species are closely allied to the well-known T. vishnu Lef. The stages 
of the Ethiopian species are not known. 
The wings of fresh specimens exhibit a delicate apple-green or yellowish-green ground-colour which, 
however, is very sensible to light and dampness and then turns light yellow or ochreous-yellow. 
