j mquioinc 
ta 
vmbrina 
matuta. 
apelensis. 
audea. 
utcscens. 
272 PEHRIA; LEPTOMETA; MALLOCAMPA. By Dr. C. Aukivillius. 
I append here A species having been described as Nadiasa (?). It only differs in the distinctly hairy eyes 
from the generic marks. 
P. sanguicincta Auriv. (40 d). Antennae black with yellow pectinations. Head and thorax yellowish 
greyish-brown; sides of thorax and the first abdominal segment above with hemochrome hair. Abdomen with 
golden yellow hair, with black lateral spots. Fore wing above coloured like the thorax, with undulating or 
somewhat notched blackish-grey transverse lines and a small black central dot; the first transverse line is 
indistinct, the second very prominent, almost black; submarginal line composed of almost free nebulous spots; 
space between the discal and submarginal transverse lines filled with dark grey. Fringes lighter brown, very 
feebly undulately margined. Hindwing light yellow, at the hind-margin with yellow hair and at the costal 
margin narrowly darkened by reddish. Mashona Land: Salisbury. 
21. Genus: Strand (Parameta Auriv.). 
Eyes densely hairy. Antennae of $ as far as the apex with moderately long pinnae. Tarsi with appressed 
scales. Wings entirely margined, with a curved distal margin. Forewing elongate, pointed; veins 4 and 5 
separated, 6 and 7 forked, 8 from the apex of the discal cell; 9 and 10 much longer than their stalk, 9 into 
the costal margin. Hindwing with a straight costal margin; veins 4 and 5 stalked, 7 from the centre of 
the anterior edge of the discal cell; basal cell without accessory veins, closed by a long cross-vein. 
P. umbrina Auriv. (40 e). Antennae black. Body above and wings unicoloured dark umber-brown. 
Forewing with a white spot at the end of the discal cell. Body beneath rust-brown. $ unknown. Kudu. 
22. Genus : Jje jitometa gen. nov. 
Eyes bare. Palpi somewhat projecting beyond frons. Antennae of $ with moderately long pectinations. 
Hind tarsi long and slender, with appressed scales. Wings entirely margined. Forewing with a sharp apex, 
and the distal margin being straight as far as vein 3; its posterior margin clad with moderately long, somewhat 
scale-like hairs; veins 4 and 5 free from the posterior angle, 6 and 7 stalked from the apex of the discal 
cell, 8 free from the discal cell; 9 and 10 as long as their stalk or shorter, 9 into the apex. Hindwing 
with an almost straight costal margin; veins 4 and 5 on a long stalk, 7 rising nearer to the apex than to 
the base of the cell; basal cell large without any developed accessory veins (a very short one is noticeable 
before the centre). The only species known was described as Gonometa. 
L. matuta Schs. d unknown. The $ (40 e) is known to me only from the figure. Sierra Leone. — 
sapeSensis var. nov. $. Lighter with white uniformly rounded hindwings. The forewing is thinly scaled, powdered 
with brownish, the transverse lines are less distinct, only undulated, almost straight and much more divergent 
towards the costal margin; the distal line i sdouble; the submarginal line is more distinct than in Schaus’ 
figure, but otherwise similar. It is questionable whether it is a distinct species. — Nigeria: Sapele. 
23. Genus: Malloeampa Auriv. 
Palpi straightly porrect, strong, with almost appressed hair, only slightly projecting beyond the frontal 
hair. Eyes hairy. Antennae of $ with long, of $ with moderately long pinnae. Distal margin and fringes in 
both wings feebly though distinctly undulate. Forewing oblong with a sharp, in the $ often, extended apex 
and a quite round anal angle, so that the distal margin and the posterior margin together form an uninterrupted 
bow; veins 4 and 5 rise close together, 6 and 7 on a short stalk, 8 free from the discal cell, 9 and 10 much 
longer than their stalk. 9 into the apex of the wing. Hindwing with an almost straight costal margin and a 
very round distal margin; vein 3 free, 4 and 5 stalked from the posterior angle of the discal cell, 7 behind the 
centre of the anterior edge of the discal cell; basal cell large with a long cross-vein, but without accessory 
veins. The discal dot of the forewing is invariably small and white. 
The only larva hitherto known differs from all the other Gonometinae- larvae described in the cylindrical 
body and the absence of the decorative spots. Although the differences of the lepidoptera appear to be slight, 
yet the genus is probably quite a natural one. The sexes differ but little from each other. 
M. audea Drc. (= gabunica Auriv. = lutescens Holl.). 3 (39 a) is figured from the type of gabunica. 
The $ was copied from the $ of lutescens Holl. and most kindly communicated by Dr. Holland. We must 
state that the surroundings of the anal angle of the forewing is often light yellowish; ab. lutescens Holl. (35 c,d). 
Old Calabar, Cameroon, Gabun, Ogowe. The larva is above chestnut-brown, finely marbled with blackish- 
brown, with a coherent, sharply defined, yellowish white dorsal line and a lighter lateral band from which 
