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A. bimaculata Holl. Body and wings pale brown. On the forewing a straight brown double line from bimaenlala 
the apex to two thirds of the hindmargin and on the hindwing farther on to y 2 of the hindmargin. On the 
forewing at the base of vein 2 a large oval brown spot. 44 mm. Ogowe. The figure shows that it has somewhat 
different wing-contours compared to those of geometroides (recte natalensis ) having been described together 
with it, and it is probably allied with the following species. 
A. immaculata sp. n. (41 e). Body and wings tan-coloured, abdomen at the end whitish. Palpi and nmnaculnta 
fore tibiae inside carmine. Forewing with fine brown strigae obliquely distally. On the forewing from the apex 
to 3/ 4 of the hindmargin a double dark red-brown line, filled with violet, continued on the hindwing to the centre 
of the hindmargin. Forewing at the apex and anal angle violettish-grey, hindwing only feebly so at the apex. 
Both wings with a distinct black central dot. Beneath on the forewing at the costal margin and below the cell 
pink. Hindwing likewise below the cell pink, coarsely spotted dark, without a transverse line. A 44 mm. Ogowe. 
Type in the Berlin Museum. 
6. Genus: Xegera Wlk. 
Antennae strongly pectinate, body strong. Hind tibiae with a pair of moderately long spurs. Fore wing 
broad, at the apex hardly produced. Hindwing longer than the abdomen. Veins similar as in Ctenogyne. 
N. corsfusa Wkr. Pale reddish-yellow. Palpi black. Fore tibiae with a red spot. Forewing with a confusa. 
fine straight brown line from the apex to a little behind the centre of the hindmargin on the hindwing. Centre 
of the wing with a slight lilac reflection. Costal margin on the forewing with a few grey spots. At the 
base and distal margin somewhat yellowish. Beneath the hindwing lacks the line. 30 mm. Africa. 
7. Genus : Drapeua gen.n. 
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As the typical species has been described by Warren as Dr%peqia, the veins will probably hardly differ 
very much. But it lacks the proboscis and frenulum, while it is allied with the following genus by the presence 
of hyaline spots. Type: forata Wrr. 
D. forata Wrr. Head orange-red, rest of the body and forewing yellowish-brown, towards the distal forala. 
margin brownish. Distal line from % of the costal margin sharply angled distally, then obliquely to % of the 
hindmargin, dark brown in front, turning orange-reddish towards the hindmargin. At the costal margin traces 
of an orange-yellow median line. Before the distal line 4 hyaline spots, the third of which is larger. In the 
cell also a small hyaline spot. Hindwing light brown with an orange-red median line. 24 mm. Madagascar. 
D. tetrathyra Mob. Wings ashy grey. Forewing with a blackish brown line which is notched below tetralhyra. 
the costal margin, then straight. In the cell-end 3 hyaline spots and below them one more. Hindwing with a 
dark brown median line. Beneath ashy grey, forewing in the centre darker. ? mm. Madagascar. Described 
as Drepana, but surely not a Drepana, probably allied with forata. 
8. Genus : Spill ia Btlr. 
Antennae with one row of pectinations. Forewing broad, apex pointedly produced, distal margin below 
the apex excavated, then convex. On the hindwing the anal angle is almost rectangular. Veins in the forew'ing: 
vein 3 far before the angle, 4 and 5 a little separated. Veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk, 8 absent, 9 and 10 
on a very long stalk, vein 11 free. In the hindwing vein 7 from % of the anterior margin of the cell, shortly 
anastomosing with 8. Type: fenestrata Btlr. 
S. fenestrata Btlr. Brownish grey. Wings parted by an oblique black streak from the apex of the fenestrata. 
forewing to % of the hindmargin on the hindwing; behind it darker than at the interior area. Forewing 
with a hyaline white spot at the cell-end and 4 small ones surrounding it distally in a semicircle. Hindwing 
with a shortened black streak through the inner third from the centre to the hindmargin. Under surface silvery 
greyish brown, with black spots. 40 mm. Cameroon. fenestriculata Gaede (41 e). Wings greenish brown, fenestricu- 
at the costal margin of the forewing lighter. A brown streak from the apex of the forewing to % of the 
hindmargin on the hindwing, on the forewing narrow, on the hindwing double. Distal area not darker, hyaline 
spots as in fenestrata. Hindwing with a black dot at the lower angle of the cross-vein and traces of a notched 
distal greenish band before the centre of the distal margin. 42 mm. Niger. 
S. divisa Aur. (41 e). Antennae of $ with one row of long pectinations. Thorax light rust-coloured, divisa. 
abdomen yellowish. Fore wing with a sharp apex. Apical line light yellowish green, before it rust-brown except 
at the apex, behind it greenish yellow with a rust-coloured submarginal band of spots. Above the base of veins 
2—4 one small hyaline spot each. Hindwing dark rust-brown, at the base somewhat yellowish. At the centre 
of the distal margin as far as the centre of the wing the darkest. Beneath greenish yellow with a few dark dots. 
40 mm. Congo. 
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