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submarginal dots; in the basal half for the greatest part of a bright orange-yellow with black transverse lines. 
Hindwing above yellow, at the costal margin as far as vein 5 or 4 varying from blackish to orange-yellow, generally 
with a whitish (almost silvery) transverse streak near the apex in the areas 5 and 6. Both wings beneath yellow; 
hindwing at the costal margin spotted brown and with violettish-brown submarginal spots in 4 to 6. The 
species is very variable, and rarely two specimens are cpiite similarly coloured or marked. — The $ (30 c) 
which I described formerly as clubia, has cpiite a different shape of the wings and colouring, what is best seen 
from the figure. Angola Rhodesia. — poeciiosticta Griinb. (30 c) makes the impression of a different species, poecilosiic- 
but it shows distinct transitions to the typical form and can therefore only be regarded as a local race. It chiefly 
differs in the basal half of the forewing above being much darker, from a violettish brown almost to black, 
and the costal-marginal band of the hindwing being generally on both sides broader and darker. As the $ 
of this race I regard a form showing on both sides a dark grey colour, but otherwise corresponding with 
the $ of the type. Damara Land. 
C. kilwicola Strd. (40 a) is probably also only a form of C. igneotincta. Ground-colour of the Irilwicola. 
wings orange-yellow, forewing at the base and costal margin in the basal half brownish and with a black sub¬ 
median oblique cross-band which at the anal margin is 5% mm distant from the base and 7 mm distant from 
the anal angle, whereas at the costal margin it is outside of the centre, 10 mm distant from the base and 6 1 /, mm 
from the apex of the wing. A sublimbal, or let us say postmedian transverse row of blackish or dark 
brown spots is turned towards the apex of the wing and towards shortly within (the end of) the anal margin, 
slightly undulate and at both the ends shortened. Fringes violettish-brown. Costal half of hindwing red-brown 
with two black transverse streaks and a light greyish one. Beneath the hindwing shows a small black costal 
spot near the base and a similar transverse area without the centre of the costal half, as well as between them 
a dark transverse line not reaching to the anal margin, and in the forewing there are traces of the two dark 
transverse markings above. Body red-brown, in places orange-yellowish. Expanse of wings: 31 mm.“ East 
Africa: Ivilwa. 
8. Genus: Beralade Walk. 
The numerous species of this genus are distinguished by their small size, the ground-colour being often 
white or grey, and the plain markings of the fore wings. Palpi short, not or hardly projecting beyond the frontal 
hair, below densely haired. Eyes hairy. Wings with entire margins. Discal cells closed. Veins 4 and 5 of fore wing 
rise separately from the posterior angle of the discal cell, 6 and 7 on a short fork, 8 separately from the discal 
cell, 9 and 10 longer than their fork, 9 into the margin. Hindwing: veins 4 and 5 from the same place or on 
a very short fork, basal cell in the centre with a strong distally bent accessory vein often running parallel 
to vein 8 and making the impression of a ninth vein. The following species have been described from the 
palearctic region and probably do not occur in the Ethiopian region: Beralade geyri Bothsch., hilgerti Bothsch., 
malacosomoides Bothsch ., obliquata King., and virgo Oberth. In order to facilitate the determination of the species, 
I distribute them among three groups of species. 
Table o f Groups of Specie s. 
A. Tarsi white or yellow, with black rings. Forewing without a light transverse spot at the end of the discal 
cell — Beralade Walk. sens. str. (= Lcibea Wallengr.). Eirst group of species. 
B. Tarsi not with black rings or almost quite black. — Chilena Walk. 
a. Forewing without a white spot at the end of the discal celi. Second groiqr of species. 
p. Forewing with a white spot or transverse -streak at the end of the discal cell. 
Third group of species. 
First Group of Species. 
Ground-colour of the body and wings in the <$ generally white, in the $ also white or light grey or mouse-coloured, 
rarely blackish-grey. The marking of the forewing above is very plain and often only consists of two slanting dark lines or 
bands turned from the anal margin towards the apex or the distal margin, both of which extend without the apex of 
the discal cell; they are denoted as the postdiscal and submarginal lines. Besides, the costal margin may be more or less darkened. 
The hindwing and the under surface are without any marking. 
B. perobliqua Walk. (30 d). The transverse lines of the forewing are not coherent, but composed perobliqua 
of short black streaks on the veins; the postdiscal line is directed towards the apex of the wing; generally a 
short black streak at the centre of the base of the wing. Costal margin of fore wing very narrow ochreous- 
yellow. Antennae and palpi yellow; palpi on the outside and the eye-circle are black. Body and wings in the 
d with a white or light grey ground-colour, in the $ mouse-coloured. Natal to Rhodesia . — fumosa Dist. seems 
to differ only in the body and wings being mouse-coloured in both sexes. 
