404 SCALMICATJDA. By M. Gaede. 
the body almost quite red-brown. Forewing with red-brown ring- and reniform maculae. Before the distal 
margin red-brown sj)ots. Hindwing pale red-brown. 40—42 mm. Cameroon, L. Kiwu. Type $ in the British, 9 
in the Berlin Museum. 
flavipennis. S. flavipennis Hmps. (68 f). Head and tegulae light red-brown. Thorax greyish-brown, abdomen 
whitish-brown, at the end red-brown. Forewing yellow, dusted with brown; costal margin and interior margin 
red-brown, excepting the base. Marking dark brown. Two interior lines undulate, the exterior line parallel 
to the distal margin, below vein 3 more oblique. The 3 maculae are finely edged with brown. Submarginal 
line undulate, brown. Hindwing yellowish-white. 50 mm. Sierra Leone. 
argenies- S. argentescens Hmps. Costal margin of forewing at the apex strongly curved. Body red-brown, at 
cens. ^.j ie enc | pai er Forewing red-brown, dusted with a silvery grey, at the base of the costal margin paler. Interior 
line dark, angular below the cell. Ring-macula and reniform macula edged with black, both inside with white 
dots. Apical line indistinct, outside silvery grey. Submarginal dark lunae. Hinclwing pale red-brown. 48 mm. 
Gold Coast. 
xanthogyna. S. xanthogyna Hmps. Antennae of dentate. Forewing short and broad. Thorax and forewing dark 
chocolate-red. Traces of an undulating oblique interior line. Ring-macula and reniform macula finely edged 
with brown, below the former another ring and a black dot above the base of vein 6. Exterior line indistinct, 
dark, from near the apex obliquely to the centre of the inner margin, behind it at the costal margin a greyish- 
brown spot. Submarginal lunae, two of which are next to each other below vein 3, and below vein 2 two pairs. 
Hindwing pale red-brown. $ forevving yellow, proximal half excepting the base red-brown; all the markings 
more faded. 42—44 mm. Niger. 
aibicostata. S. aibicostata Hmps. (68 f). Antennae of $ strongly pectinate. Thorax dark chestnut, costal margin 
fine white. Interior and exterior lines fine white, at the inner margin both very close together. Hindwing 
white, veins fine dark brown. 45 mm. Mashona Land (East Africa). 
griseomacu- S. griseomaculata sp. n. (68 g). Forewing somewhat more reddish, suffused with violet. Lines as in 
,aia - aibicostata. The three maculae greyish-violet, edged with black. Before the distal margin grey lunae. Hindwing 
yellowish-pink. 48 mm. Nyassa Land. Type: 1 $ in the British Museum. 
niveiplaga. S, niveiplaga Hmps. (68 f). Thorax red-brown, abdomen ochreous-brown. Forewing red-brown with 
a fine subbasal line. Interior line brown, in the submedian fold introangular, then outwards. Ring-macula 
and reniform macula edged with brown, below the former a black spot. Exterior line blackish, double, filled 
with light, as far as vein 2 uniformly curved, then more obliquely to the inner margin. An oblong silvery white 
spot at its beginning at the costal margin. Dark submarginal lunar spots. Hindwing pale red-brown. 55 mm. 
Niger, Gabun, Cameroon. 
obliquifas- S. obliquifascia Kent . (68 g). Thorax dark violettish-brown, abdomen brown, anal tuft black. Forewing 
cia • like thorax. The maculae and the interior line fine black. Apical line black, double, straight, filled with a 
lighter colour; before and behind it the ground-colour is lighter. Hindwing pinkish-brown. On the forewing 
the maculae are sometimes more prominently black, thereby similar to griseomaculata. In the total impression 
also similar to Graph, tessmanni, though in the latter the apical line is more undulating. 40 mm. Madagascar. 
ochreopicta. S. ochreopicta Kenr. (68 g). Body and forewing redclish-brown. Ring-macula and reniform macula in 
the dark ground-colour hardly recognisable, without any lines. In most of the specimens the base and anal 
angle are somewhat lighter, more yellow. Hindwing pale reddish-brown. 36 mm. Madagascar. Owing to 
the different marking it may be no Scalmicauda. 
rufula. S. rufula Hmps. $ antennae with short dents. Forewing narrow. Body red-brown, anal pencil very 
long. Forewing red-brown, mixed with grey. Basal and interior lines double, filled with white. Ring-macula 
edged with white, with a double undulate line to the inner margin. Reniform macula elliptical, edged with 
white, inside white. In front of it below the cell a black dot, behind it a double oblique median line, filled with 
white, below vein 3 undulating and two similar exterior lines. Before the margin whitish spots. Hindwing 
red-brown. 35 mm. Niger. 
pratti. S. pratti Kenr. (68 g). Pale reddish-brown and ochreous brown. On the forewing an indistinct white 
interior and median line obliquely outwards. The exterior line is nearing the median line at the inner margin. 
Black submarginal dots. Hindwing pale reddish-brown. Apparently a faded specimen. 32 mm. Madagascar. 
griseitinda. S. griseitincta Hmps. Apex of forewing rounded. 1'horax dark brown, abdomen copper brown. Forewing 
red-brown, with a grey lustre. Veins dark brown; lines red-brown, double, the median incurved at vein 1. 
Cross-vein dark, at the angles white dots. The two branches of the exterior line are distantly separated. Behind 
it dark dots on the veins and white dots at the costal margin. Hindwing of the 3 greyish-brown, of $ dark 
brown. 30—35 mm. Natal. Owing to the different marking the species will hardly belong to this place. 
biscda. S. bisecta Rothsch. Distinguished by the sharp anal angle on the forewing. $ tegulae blackish-brown, 
thorax greyish-brown, abdomen dark brownish-red. Forewing greyish-brown. Costal margin broad chocolate- 
brown; a triangle before the exterior line at the costal margin and behind it at the inner margin the same. 
Basal and interior lines obliquely outwards, exterior line parallel to the distal margin, light. The 8-shaped ring- 
macula and reniform macula light. Before the distal margin a bluish lunular line. Hindwing reddish-brown. 
formosa. A $ probably belonging to it is lighter, more yellow, with a darker marking. Sierra Leone. — formosa /. n. 
