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OC INARA. By M. Gaede. 
maculi- 
f rons. 
grisea. 
obi iquisig- 
na. 
sign icostu. 
fuscocervi- 
na. 
pall icornis. 
jan the. 
albivertex. 
metalles- 
cens. 
On the brown hindwing the proximal and distal hands are defined by narrow yellow colour behind the distal 
band and broader yellow colour before it. Base yellowish. On the forewing beneath the brown undulating 
line and on the hindwing beneath the two border-lines of the distal band are distinct. 29 mm. Cameroon. - 
niaculifrons Strd. (41 b). The spot at the apex of the forewing is stronger, otherwise probably only an indistinct 
form of ruficollis. The distal band on the hindwing is feebly indicated by its margins. The apical spot on the 
forewing beneath is very strong. 25 mm. Spanish Guinea. 
0. grisea sp. n. (41c). Thorax and abdomen above greyish-white. Fore wing the same. All the lines 
very faded brown, the most distinct are the ends at the hind-margin. Basal line double, with a but slightly 
projecting angle at tire median vein, then rather vertical to the hind-margin. Almost parallel with it the proximal 
and distal lines. Undulating line as in ruficollis. At the apex no spot. At the distal margin behind the cell 
and below the whole extent of vein 2 as far as the anal angle feebly brownish. The streak at the cross-vein 
is very intense. Antennal shaft white. Hindwing red-brown. Beneath both wings lighter reddish-brown, 
with less distinct lines At the costal margin of the fore wing the last quarter as far as vein 6 whitish. £ 23 mm. 
Cameroon. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
0. obliquisigna Hmps. Body and wings pale yellow. Forewing with red-brown marking. Near the 
base 3 indistinct undulating lines. At the cross-vein a black streak. Distal line marked by a spot at the costal 
margin. Before the distal margin two wavy lines, the first very indistinct, the second with a spot at the costal 
margin, behind it an oblong apical spot. Hindwing with 3 indistinct proximal undulating lines. A dot on the 
cross-vein, 2 curved undulating distal lines, and a faded red-brown shadow from vein 4 to the hind-margin. 
Fringes of both wings red-brown. 28 mm. North Angola. As the marking of the Ocinara- species is very indis¬ 
tinct, it cannot be decided whether and with which of the forms described by Straxd this species may be 
identical. 
b) On the cross-vein only a feeble streak or dot. in the $ mostly absent. 
0. signicosia Strd. (41 a,b). Thorax and forewing of H bluish grey, similar to grisea. Costal margin 
finely ochreous. The light basal line projects sharply at vein 2, similar to ruficollis, proximad and distad 
finely edged with brown. This line and the 3 others begin at the costal margin with a brown spot. The proximal 
line through the dot at the cross-vein, close behind it the distal line, almost in the whole of its length vertical 
to the hind-margin. The black undulating line is very fine. Distal margin behind the cell, and the anal angle 
with a brownish hue. Beneath whitish-grey mixed with brown. Costal margin finely ochreous. Undulating 
line almost straight, distal line quite straight, nearing each other at the hind-margin, both distinctly rust-brown. 
On the hindwing 2 corresponding lines parallel with the distal margin, between them at the hind-margin a 
short darkening. $ above of a purer fawn-colour, costal margin finely lighter. Of the basal line only the 
distal brown edge is present, which is also angular at vein 2. Proximal line beginning a little farther inward 
at the costal margin and thereby more strongly bent. Under surface also of a purer brown. (<$) 25 to 35 ($) mm. 
East and West Africa. — fuscocervina Strd. (41 a, b) is probably the Togo-form of it. In the $ the forewing 
is somewhat falcate, almost as red-brown as the hindwing. The $ is also somewhat darker and thereby the 
light costal margin is more prominent. Beneath both sexes are darker than signicosta, the distal line of the 
forewing is very distinct. 22 to 34 mm. Togo. — From the material and report of Dr. Rettss the following 
is known of the early stages of signicosta'. eggs deposited close together in the shape of round discs like 
rolls of money. Shape of larva similar to Bomb, mori, with a small horn on the 11th segment, yellowish-white, 
irregularly marked brown, on the dorsum with a light saddle-spot. It lives on a species of Ficus. Cocoon oblong 
oviform, sulphur-coloured or lemon-coloured. 
0. pallicomis Strd. (41 c) may be only a feebly marked signicosta. Ground-colour the same but the 
lines very indistinct, so that it cannot be decided whether the basal line is angular. Costal margin in the centre 
fine ochreous. Separable, however, by the white antennal shaft. Beneath particularly the forewing is dark 
brown as in fuscocervina (41 a, b), the distal line less distinct. 26 mm. Natal. 
0. jan the Drc. (41 b). Light fawn-coloured, powdered a little grey. Hindwing less intensely reddish- 
brown, more similar to the forewing. At the costal margin of the forewing 5 fine brown spots for the basal 
line, the three other lines and one at the apex. Basal line and proximal line rather uniformly bent. All the 
lines very pale. In the <$ a black dot at the cross-vein. On the hindwing a light line marked near the distal 
margin. Beneath the ground-colour is similar as above. On the forewing only the uniformly slightly curved 
undulating line is distinct. Hindwing as in signicosta. 26 to 32 mm. Natal. — albivertex Strd. (41 c) may he 
only a very indistinctly marked form of janthe. But the head is white, and the apical spot of the forewing 
is stronger, similar to ruficollis. At the hind-margin of the hindwing behind the distal line narrow whitish. 
28 mm. Togo. 
0. metallescens Mschlr. (41 a). Distal margin of forewing somewhat falcate. Body and wings uniformly 
reddish-brown. The indistinct lines on the forewing somewhat intensified. The proximal line in a bow from % 
of the costal margin to U of the hind-margin. From the cross-vein to the centre of the costal margin a band 
which seems to unite posteriorly with the distal line. The dark undulating line is the most distinct of all. On 
