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APLOSCHEMA; MICRONIA; DISSOPRUMNA. By M. Gabdb. 
angulataria. 
semifascia¬ 
ta. 
albidiorata. 
erycinaria. 
plenifascia. 
Micronia parallel with the distal margin, very indistinct, mostly only the median one recognisable. Hindwing 
without a black spot on the small tail. Beneath white. 28—34 mm. East Africa, Greater Comoro. Madagascar. 
3. Genus: Aploscfltema Warr. 
Forewing at the costa and distal margin slightly curved. Hindwings with small tails at vein 4. In 
the forewing veins 3 and 4 in both sexes from the cell-angle, 6-)-7 and 8+9 + 10 stalked. In the hindwing veins 
3 + 4 and 6 + 7 stalked. Type: angulataria Gn. 
A. angulataria Gn. (= albaria Plotz) (67 h). White. Forewing with fine brown striae chiefly at the 
costal margin. Two pale brown lines from V 3 and % of the inner margin, the distal one extending to the apex, 
the proximal one nearing the distal one. with a few submarginal striae. On the hindwing a straight basal and 
median line and a curved distal brown line, submarginal striae. In the small tail a large black spot, before 
and behind it a smaller one. 26—34 mm. In the wbole of Tropical Africa. 
4. Genus: Micronia Gn. 
Palpi delicate, long. Antennae thickened. Shape of wings similar to Acropteris. Veins in the forewing: 
veins 2+3 on a short stalk, 6 and 7 from the cell-angle, 8+9 + 10 stalked. Type: aculeata Gn. For further 
particulars cf. Vol. II, p. 276. 
M. semifasciata Mob. wings silky white with lead-coloured bands wbich are indistinct on the forewing, 
while on the hindwing 4 are recognisable, parallel with the distal margin, the most distal one being the most 
distinct. Beneath the base and costa of the forewing are grey, otherwise white. 42 mm. Madagascar. 
M. albidiorata Mab. Size and marking similar to semifasciata though whiter. On the forewing the 
oblique white band is only half as broad, straight, not curved. At the margin the grey streaks border on a 
narrow white band. Hindwing similar to semifasciata. Fringe of forewing brown with a black basal line, on 
the hindwing the same, excepting the small tail. Beneath nearly all white. 42 mm. Congo. 
5. Genus: Missoprunma Warr. 
Forewing: costa and distal margin curved, apex rounded. Hindwing with a dent on vein 4, anal angle 
lobate. Neuration of forewing: veins 8 + 9 + 10 and 11+12 stalked. In the hindwing veins 3 + 4 and 6 + 7 on 
short stalks. Type: erycinaria Gn. 
D. erycinaria Gn. (67 f). Wings lactean with 4 light brown bands, almost vertical to the inner margin, 
a subbasal one and a proximal one being single, a median and subterminal one being double. All four are 
continued on the hindwing and meet at the anal angle. Near the inner margin an intense black spot and one 
at the anal angle. 32—36 mm. Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroon, Spanish Guinea. 
D. plenifascia Rbl. Wings white, the two proximal lines on the forewing more oblique, the two double 
lines at the costal margin strongly developed, in front and behind partly filled with brownish. Marginal line 
broader blackish-brown. 38 mm. Tanganyika District. 
3. Subfamily: Epipleminae. 
This subfamily which is difficult to define contains a number of just as heterogeneous genera as the 
Uraniinae. The larvae are only known of 2 or 3 among the 550 species known: a small, very feebly haired larva 
with 16 feet. The lepidoptera of the genus Epiplema comprising almost 300 denominated forms are remarkable 
for the peculiar attidue of their wings. They do not rest flatly spread as Geometrids do, but the forewing is 
most peculiarly rolled up like a paper bag or a small tube and then stretched sideways, whereas the hindwings 
are closely packed to the abdomen. With more than a dozen species in Asia this genus penetrates into the 
palaearctic region; only about 20 species are African, all the others Indo-Australian or American. A remarkably 
great number of species have been described from New Guinea and the adjacent islands, undoubtedly being 
the' centre of the range for this subfamily as well as for the preceding one; also in the northern parts of Australia 
quite a number of common lepidoptera are met with yet. In daytime they rest hidden in the tangled mass 
of weeds and, on being scared, they fly awav, very much like the Acidalia, only for a few paces. Sometimes 
the peculiar folding of the wings is expressed in uncoloured parts of the wings, as for instance in V. instabilata 
(67 h), where the part of the wings, which is rolled up in the resting insect, remains colourless. (Seitz.) 
