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CATARCTIA. List of Original Descriptions. By M. Gaede. 
divisa. 
termini¬ 
puncta. 
subrosea. 
biseriata. 
C. divisa Wkr. (68 f). Thorax and forewing yellowish-brown with faded reddish-brown bands. At the 
base of the cell a black dot, an orange-red dot before the cell-end and above vein 3, and brown marginal dots. 
Abdomen orange-yellow with two rows of black dorsal spots. Hindwing pink, at the costal margin yellowish- 
brown. $ with a broader forewing and entirely faded marking. 50—56 mm. Sierra Leone, Cameroon. 
C. terminipuncta Hmps. Thorax and forewing whitish ochreous, dusted with reddish-brown. The spot 
at vein 3 is absent. An interior and exterior dark line curved, indistinct. Submarginal line notched, whitish, 
behind it reddish-brown. Marginal dots black. Hindwing pale yellow, at the costal margin reddish-brown. 
At the cross-vein a pink spot and traces of a white submarginal line. 45 mm. Gold Coast. 
C. subrosea B.-Bak. Thorax and abdomen as in divisa. Forewing brownish-yellow with a black basal 
dot. Median line fine, irregular. Exterior line broader, excurved, more distinct. Apex and distal area somewhat 
darker. Hindwing yellowish, marginal third of a bright pink. In the $ the exterior line on the fore wing is double, 
the hindwing entirely pink. 50— 60 mm. Lokoja-District. 
C. biseriata Ploetz (68 d). Thorax and abdomen as in divisa. Forewing unicoloured red-brown. Hind¬ 
wing more reddish, unicolor Drc. in which both wings are unicoloured reddish-brown, is presumably the same 
species. Probably biseriata and unicolo: are merely faded, unmarked specimens of divisa. 
Alphabetical List 
with reference to the original descriptions of the African Thaumeto'poeidae. 
* signifies that the species is also figured at the place quoted. 
abyssinica Thaum. Strd. Bnt. Z. Guben 5 (1911), p. 17. 
ainbrizia An. Btlr. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 19, p. 462. 
ainbriensis Hyps. Pouj. Bull. Mus. Par. 9, p. 57. 
anosibeana Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 19, p. 110. * 
antsianakana Hyps. Oberth. Bt. Comp. 19, p. 110. * 
apologetica Thaum. Strd. Ent. Z. Guben 3 (1909), p. 196. 
aurea An. Btlr. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 10, p. 398. 
barrei Hyps. Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. (6) 10, p. 146. 
bipars Hyps. Btlr. Cistul. Ent. Ill (26), p. 1. 
biseriata Cat. Plots, Stett. Ent. Z. 41, p. 84. 
canddzei Ep. Houlst. Rev. zool. afr. 12, p. 399. 
carteri Ep. Wlsgh. Trans. Sinn. Soc. Lond. (2) 2, p. 423. * 
clara Ep. Holl. Psyche 6, p. 390. * 
clarilla Ep. Aur. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1904, p. 699. * 
cleotis Hyps. Sioh. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19, p. 202. 
conglomerata Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 21, p. 144. * 
coquereli Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 19, p. 104. * 
culminidentata Hyp. Oberth. Ft. Comp. 21, p. 140. * 
dempwolffi An. Strd. Iris 22, p. 191. 
diego Hyps. Coqu. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) 3, p. 532. 
distalis Ep. Gaede, Seitz, Macrolep. 14, p. 399. * 
divisa Cat. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. Br. Mus. 3, p. 765. 
ealana Ep. Strd. Arch. f. Nat. 88 A (12), p. 170. 
etiennei An. Schout. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 56, p. 21. 
euprepiaeformis An. H.-Schaff. Aussereur. Schmett. f. 434. 
faseiata Ep. Aur. II. Centr. Afr. Exp. p. 1269. 
flavens Hyps. Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) 10, p. 146. 
infracta An. Wlsgh. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 2, p. 422. * 
leplaei A. Mayne , Rev. zool. afr. 3, p. 342. * 
lambertoni Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 19, p. 109. 
maynOi Ep. Houlst. Rev. zool. afr. 12, p. 399. 
ineioui Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 19, p. 108. 
moloneyi Ep. Drc. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 673. * 
nigripicta Ep. Houlst. Rev. zool. afr. 12, p. 399. 
nyansae An. Strd. Iris 24, p. 183. 
panda An. Bsd. Voy. Deleg. II, p. 600. 
parva Ep. Aur. Tidskr. Entom. 12, p. 228. * 
paulinus Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 21, p. 142. * 
perroti Hyps. Oberth. Ft. Comp. 19, p. 109. 
placidus Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 21, p. 142. * 
punctigera Par. Houlst. Rev. zool. afr. 12, p. 398. 
radama Hyps. Coqu. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) 6, p. 342. * 
radaina Hyps. Coqu. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3) 3, p. 530. 
reticulata An. Wkr. List. Lep. Het. Br. Hus. 4, p. 856. 
rhodesi Par. B.-Bak. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 2, p. 256. 
subrosea Cat. B.-Bak. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 7, p. 558. 
subsordida Ep. Holl. Psyche 6, p. 390. * 
terminipuncta Cat. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5, p. 488. 
timoleon Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 21, p. 141. * 
unicolor Cat. Drc. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 1, p. 210. 
unicolor Hyps. Oberth. Et. Comp. 21, p. 143. * 
unifascia Ep. Houlst. Rev. zool. afr. 12, p. 402. 
venata An. Btlr. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 2, p. 459. 
vuilleti Ep. Joann. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1907, p. 208. 
