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GIRINA; TJROTA. By M. Gaede. 
truncata 
senegalen 
sis. 
maeroth y- 
ris. 
eblis. 
buchholzi. 
for da. 
orientalis. 
butyrosper- 
mi. 
sinope. 
I. truncata Aur. Smaller than deyrollei. Apex of forewing obliquely cut off. Hindwing of with 
along tail, of $ obtusely angular. Fore wing light greyish-brown, with a light antemedian band, at the costal 
margin broader, behind indistinct. Hyaline spot only 3 mm large. Close behind the cell a dark band, curved 
towards the base, at the costal margin much broader and 6 mm farther to the margin an anteriorly broader 
brown line, inside bordered by a white line, outside by a whitish-grey shadow. Apex as far as vein 6 grey, below 
it brown. Hindwing similar to deyrollei. In the 2 with a light band before the distal margin. Beneath the 
eyespot is altogether absent. $ 148 mm. Congo. 
I. senegalensis Oliv. This species which is not to be found in any collection does not make the impression 
of a Btinaea-form according to Oberthur’s photo of the original figure. The costal margin of the forewing 
is grey at the base with traces of the inner line which is inwardly broadly washed out. Then follows a light 
median area, inside distinctly edged with white, then turning greyer almost to the very long hyaline spot which 
extends to the exterior line, being the darkest before the latter. Marginal area somewhat separated from the 
exterior line, inside distinctly margined, white, turning grey outside. Hindwing blackish, at the base lighter. 
The large eyespot is with black, rusty red, white rings. Exterior line fine, white, curved, margin outside lighter. 
9 160 mm. It may, according to the size and patria, be an aberrative specimen of Irnbr. deyrollei, in which 
the angles of the hindwing are not developed. It may also be that the native collector rounded off the hindwing 
with the scissors. 
I. macrothyris Rothsch. (= regalis Rbl., heroum Obth.). On the forewing the dark basal area shows 
rusty brown scales, being dentately defined with an angle below the cell. Behind it white, outwardly more 
intensely dusted with red-brown. The hyaline spot is large as in deyrollei with fine black and cerise rings, 
on the basal side a white halo. The faded dark brown median band is interrupted by the apex of the hyaline 
spot. Exterior line straight, dark brown, before it at the costal margin whitish, behind it loam-coloured. Hindwing 
of only obtusely angular, blackish-grey. Interior line broad, white, exterior line narrowly white and grey, 
distal margin as on the forewing. The black eyespot shows red and white rings. In the 9 the ground-colour 
is brown. On the forewing the red ring of the eyespot is more intense, the white ring is closed, the median band 
more distinct. 150—160 mm. East Africa, Angola, Transvaal. 
1. eblis Streck. (56 a). Dark reddish-brown. The hyaline area of the forewing is less large than in 
the preceding species, without margins. Interior line often absent, white, notched. The exterior line is also 
fine white, at the costal margin widening a little inwards, on the veins with short streaks. On the hindwing 
the two white lines are distinct. The eyespot is often gigantic, in which case it touches the exterior line, with 
a triangular hyaline spot with brown, black, reddish-white rings. In the the hinclwing is still more feebly 
angular than in macrothyris. 140—180 mm. Cameroon. — buchholzi Maass. is much lighter brown. Gold 
Coast. 
10. Genus: Cirina Wkr. 
Anterior tibiae very short, apically with a long spine. Apex of $ slightly produced to vein 5. Hindwing 
of <$ with an angle below vein 4, in the 9 with a uniformly round distal margin. In the forewing veins 5 and 6 
from the same place, 7 + 8 stalked, 10 free from the cell. 
C. forda Westw. (= cana Fldr., semicaeca Wkr., invenusta Wllgr.) (55 d). Ground-colour reddish- 
brown, also yellowish-brown, at the bases of both wings mostly pink. On the forewing mostly only an exterior 
dark line, parallel to the distal margin. On the hindwing always also a dark grey spot as an eyespot, the 
exterior line sometimes edged with light. Ground-colour of 9 mostly more intensely reddish. 75—95 mm. 
West, East, and South Africa. — orientalis Bouv. is quite pink, not only at the bases of the wings. The 
distal margin of the forewing is almost not inserted. On the hindwing the eyespot is smaller, the exterior line 
is only traceable. Congo. — butyrospermi Vuillot. Colouring in $ and 9 typical, but the marking is almost 
completely absent, particularly the conspicuous eyespot of the hindwing. Senegal. Saturnia cervina Westw. 
may be the same species, and Cirina similis Dist., according to the original figure, is only a large, dark forda. 
11. Genus: Urota Westw. 
In the shape similar to Cirina. Anterior tibiae without spines. Hindwing also in the 9 somewhat 
angular. Antennae of <$ only bipectinate, in the 9 slightly shorter. 
U. sinope Westw. (55 d). Reddish-brown. Forewing with a double yellowish-white interior and exterior 
line, nearing each other at the inner margin. Hindwing with a broad single exterior line, often from the base 
to the exterior line pink. At the cross-vein of both wings a white spot which is often absent posteriorly. On 
the centre of the distal area on both wings sometimes light spots. 70—90 mm. Natal, East Africa. 
