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angularly and undulately to the costal margin near the apex. At the costal margin between the transverse lines 
and hindward as far as vein 3 the wing is dark red-brown. Hindwing uni-coloiued red-brown with light grey 
fringes. — The £ is similar to the but the abdomen above is whitish-grey, and the forewing lighter and more 
reddish with more distinct white transverse lines and indistinct reddish spots outside the distal transverse line. 
Hindwing light reddish yellowish-grey with an indistinct whitish transverse band. Expanse of wings: J 42, 
9 82 mm. North-Eastern Rhodesia. — The species is evidently larger than the other closely allied species, 
but the description does not say in what way it differs from T. carinatum and poly dor a. 
T. diplocyma Hmps. (32 b). Uganda and Ruwenzori. 
diplocyma. 
T. abyssinicum Auriv. (35 f). The $ is not known. Abyssinia. 
T. concavum Strd. (32 b, c). South and East Africa. 
abyssini¬ 
cum. 
concavum. 
T. nyassanum Strd. (32 c). The is unknown. On Lake Nyassa. nyassanum. 
T. madibirense Wichgr. is said to be closely allied to nyassanum, but it is quite unknown to me. The madibi- 
description, presumably of a runs as follows: ,,Fore wing above: two thirds from the base dull ochreous, 
distally darkened by a greyer colour. In the centre of the costal margin a cross-shaped white spot. Terminated 
distally by a grey and white line forming three distally convex bows the feet of which are at the veins 7, 4 
and 2, there it runs feebly along the latter vein almost to its centre, from where it extends only as a white 
streak vertically--to the anal margin. The distal portion of the wing is much lighter grey or yellowish brown, 
and defined by white fringes. Hindwing above: dingy yellowish-white with a brownish darkening distally 
and a brown spot at the anal angle, terminating in two blackish dots at the margin. Hind-margin conspicuous 
with whitish hairing. Distal margin indicated, fringes lighter. Expanse of wings: 55 mm.“ German East Africa: 
Madibira. 
T. uniforme sp. n. (35 f). <$. Palpi reddish. Head and collar grey with intermixed darker hairs, uniformo. 
Patagia red-brown, at the costal margin bordered with black. Dorsum brown with intermixed grey hairs. Ab¬ 
domen above light brown with intermixed whitish hairs, beneath and at the apex blackish-brown. Forewing 
above dark reddish-brown, almost everywhere, but particularly at the distal margin, suffused with grey. A 
small white basal dot. The areas 1 b and 5 at the base of a bright red-brown; similar though lighter and rather 
indistinct spots in the marginal portion of the areas 1 b to 5. The proximal transverse line is quite absent and 
the distal line is only between the costal margin and the vein 4 or 3 very feebly marked, grey; hindwing above 
light fawn-coloured at the end of vein 1 b with a dark spot. Both wings beneath reddish-brown without any 
marking, at the hind-margin of the hindwing lighter. Expanse of wings: 41 mm. — In the $ both wings above 
and beneath are reddish-brown without markings; forewing, however, above darker and with a white basal 
dot. Palpi browm, chest greyish-brown. Head, collar, dorsum, and abdomen above grey, patagia chestnut-brown, 
bordered with white. Abdomen beneath yellowish-grey. Expanse of wings: 68 mm. South Africa: Namakunde. 
Second Group of Species. 
This group of species comprises but one species distinguished from all the other species by the entire absence of 
the two transverse lines on the forewing above. 
T. dilutum Auriv. (32 c). $. Yellowish-white. Palpi and patagia ochreous-yellow. Tarsi with black dilutum. 
rings. Eyes outside surrounded by yellowish-brown hairs. Antennal pectinations brownish-yellow. Fore wing 
above beyond the centre very light ochreous with a black dot at the end of the discal cell, at the distal margin 
broadly whitish-yellow; the border between the two colours is very irregular and terminates at the centre 
of the anal margin. Hindwing and the under surface of both wings yellowish-white. unknown. Bornu. 
Third Group of Species. 
The species belonging to this group are distinguished both by the extreme difference of the sexes and by the very 
different marking of the fore wing above in the $ $. In the $ $ the distal white line of the forewing begins at the costal 
margin near the apex of the wing, then it follows undulately or somewhat notched the distal margin and anal margin almost 
to the base of the wing, the band being thereby proximally bordered is narrow and darker than the ground-colour. 
T. splendens Drc. (32 c). <$. Forewing above at the base of the areas 1 b and 2, and at the end of splendens. 
the discal cell covered with lustrous golden scales, then brownish-grey, vein 8 as far as the white transverse 
line blackish; the latter line begins near the apex of the wing, being straight as far as vein 6, where it forms an 
angle, then it proceeds in a straight direction towards the base to the centre of vein 5, where it bends round 
again to the anal margin which it reaches near the anal angle; in its entire length it is broadly bordered towards 
the margin by red-brown or brownish-yellow; anal margin in the distal-marginal half long-haired. Hindwing 
above brown, distally broadly darkened by blackish. — <j>. Head, dorsum, and under surface grey. Collar 
