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TARAGAMA. By Dr. C. AurivillicS. 
distinguen- 
dum. 
earner uni- 
cum. 
directum. 
livid um. 
deceptrix. 
aculeatum. 
singulare. 
the anal-marginal area and vein 7 or 8 and directed towards the costal margin, in the it is strong, quite straight, 
and extends from the apex to the hind-margin. Spanish Guinea. 
T. distinguendum Auriv. (= aculeatum Fawc .) (32 e) is a third species or race very closely allied with 
the two preceding ones. Head, body, upper surface of hindwing, and both wings beneath brownish grey ($) 
or brown (d). Patagia deep red-brown. Anal pencil of $ blackish. Forewing above darker (G) or lighter (0) 
red-brown. Anal-marginal area of the colour of the hindwing or in the still darker; the first transverse line 
distally convex, in the $ often hardly recognisable; the distal line is feebly bent, distally concave, or almost 
straight, and in the it terminates into the apex and in the $ into the costal margin close before the apex. — 
The larva shows a greyish-yellow ground-colour with numerous black longitudinal lines, densely haired magni¬ 
ficent spots on the dorsum of the joints 2 and 3, and large oblong black or black-circled dorsal spots on the 
joints 4 to 11. Cocoon thin and soft, common to several specimens. The larva lives gregariously on a Meliacea, 
Trichilia dregeana (Harr, and Solid.). Natal and Nyassa Land. 
T. eamerunicum Auriv. (33 b). G- Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen as far as the apex monotonously 
greyish-yellow; patagia with a dark red-brown spot. Forewing above greyish-yellow, at the margin as far 
as the distal transverse line reddish; a deep black discal dot; the proximal transverse line is dark brown, feebly 
bent, at the costal margin indistinct; the distal transverse line is blackish, bent, from the apex to vein 2; from 
the base of the wing along the posterior edge of the discal cell a dark brown longitudinal stripe which 
unites with the transverse lines and terminates at the distal line; anal-marginal area very long, reaching the 
anal angle, not angular at the base, anteriorly bordered by the brown longitudinal ray. Hindwing above at 
the costal margin and hind-margin yellowish, in the centre brownish. Wings beneath red-brown with lighter 
veins. ^ unknown. Cameroon. 
The three following species are unknown to me and cannot be determinated for certain according* to the descriptions. 
T. directum Mob. ,,Forewing chocolate-brown, lighter at the margin; fringes black with a light marginal 
line. A black line distally bordered with violettish-grey extends from the costal margin near the apex and reaches 
the anal margin, whereupon it bends round towards the base and forms an angle near the base. The space 
between this line and the anal margin is very light yellowish-brown, like the costal margin. Marginal area with 
a series of short blackish slanting transverse streaks. Almost from the centre of the costal margin a blackish 
line bordered with grey extends to the centre of the anal-marginal area. The base of the wing is of a brighter 
red-brown colour. Hindwing light yellowish, covered with red-brown, particularly at the margins. Body and 
under surface of both wings brownish-yellow. Patagia deep red-brown.“ Gabun. 
T. lividum Holl. <$. Body slate-coloured grey or mouse-coloured, at the apex of the abdomen blackish. 
Patagia black, surrounded by grey. The costal margin and anal margin of the forewing above are broadly light 
mouse-coloured. From the centre of the base of the wing a black shadow proceeds, widening distally, extending 
from the apex to the anal angle and being darkest at the base of the wing. It is traversed by a dark black line 
extending from the apex of the cell to the anal margin. A similar line runs from the apex of the wing to the 
anal margin. Outside this line the dark colour is interrupted by 5 or 6 small submarginal whitish spots, of which 
those next to the apex are the most distinct. Hindwing above dark mouse-coloured, at the costal margin and 
hind-margin lighter. Expanse of wings: 38 mm. Talaguga. 
T. deceptrix Kenr. (33 b). Head, legs, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark chestnut-brown. Antennal 
shaft black, pinnae reddish. Forewing of a reddish chestnut-brown ground-colour, lighter along the costal 
margin and anal-margin, where the anal-marginal area is lighter haired, as if the costal margin of the hindwing 
would continue there; forewing before the anal-marginal spot of a bright chestnut-brown colour, at the cell- 
end with a yellowish lunar spot; an indistinct dark antemedian transverse line and a scalariform submarginal 
line. Hindwing brown with a dark transverse band. Expanse of wings: 46 mm. Madagascar. — It evidently 
belongs to the fourth group of species of the genus Taragama. but as the distal transverse line is not mentioned 
nor figured, the position within this group is uncertain. 
2. Species in which the anterior edge of the anal-marginal area of the forewing is near the base sharply broken, 
almost in a right angle, and distinctly bordered with white. 
T. aculeatum Walk. (33 b). G- Body violettish-grey with red-brown patagia. Anal pencil reddish 
or fawn-coloured. Forewing fawn-coloured, close at the base red-brown; discal dot black; the proximal transverse 
line is indistinct; the distal line blackish, distally very finely bordered with whitish, bent distally concave, 
terminating into the costal margin close before the apex of the wing; scalariform line distinct; anal-marginal 
area anteriorly defined by deep brown, its basal angle distally defined by a silvery white streak. Hindwing 
above fawn-coloured, at the anal angle somewhat darkened. Wings beneath fawn-coloured; hindwing in the 
basal half lighter yellowish. The $ is not described and unknown to me. Natal. 
T. singulare Auriv. (32 f) is recognisable by the grey ground-colour of the body and of the wings 
above, the blackish-brown longitudinal ray of the forewing, the basal angle of the anal-marginal area being 
defined by silvery white, and the semi-transparent grey proximal division of the marginal area (between the 
