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and reniform macula are close together and below them there is another white ring. Exterior line double, black, 
the exterior branch composed of thick spots. Submarginal line fine black. Hindwing brown, costal margin 
bluish-green with 3 black streaks. 40 mm. Natal. 
D. geminata sp. n. (69 g). Thorax green, abdomen brown, at the beginning and end green. Forewing geminata. 
dark green. A basal spot and at the inner margin bluish-green. Interior line dark brown, in the middle incurved, 
inside edged with green. Inside of it reddish-brown. Ring-macula and reniform macula bluish-white, both 
8-shaped, very close together, the circle below them close at the interior line; behind that circle as far as the 
exterior line a dark shadow. Exterior line brown, double, notched, fine. Behind it another similar double 
line, at the inner margin very near together and both darker there. Costal margin with black spots and 2 similar 
ones behind the second line near the costal margin, then 2 bluish-green ones and 2 brown ones below them. 
Marginal line black, notched. Hindwing dark brown. At the costal margin and apex blue -green, between them 
2 black lines. 42 mm. Lowa (Congo). Type: in the British Museum. 
D. extensa sp. n. (69 g). Thorax in front greyish-green, behind darker. Abdomen brown, at the end exiensa. 
dark green. Forewing dark green. Interior line black, almost straight, at the inner margin excurved. The 
ring-macula is united with the circle below it, forming a brown reniform spot, filled and edged with a light 
greyish-yellow. The reniform macula is likewise extended downward. The light edges of the maculae reach 
to the costal margin. Below it traces of a brown median line to the inner margin. Exterior line dark brown, 
double, notched, from % of the costal margin slightly curved almost to the anal angle. Between veins 2 and 4 
the light margin of the maculae extends to the distal margin in the type. In the second specimen there is an 
interruption by the ground-colour at the median vein. Submarginal line dark, feebly notched, before it somewhat 
brownish. Hindwing greyish-yellow, distal margin reddish-brown, at the apex with a green spot. In the second 
specimen the margin is broader, more faded. 32—35 mm. Lowa (Congo). Type: 1 $ in the British Museum. 
B. confluens sp. n. (69 h). Thorax dark green, abdomen brown, at the base and end green. Forewing confluens. 
dark green. Subbasal and interior lines black, almost straight. Exterior line double, black, notched. From 
3 / 5 of the costal margin to vein 4 almost vertical to the costal margin, as far as vein 2 inwards, then vertical 
to the inner margin. The space between the two lines from the costal margin to vein 2 yellowish-brown, the 
macnlae not conspicuous. Below the base of vein 2 the light circular spot is still present, behind it a blackish 
spot. Behind the exterior line sharp dents of the green ground-colour, as far as the notched black submarginal 
line brownish. Hindwing yellowish-brown with a green spot at the apex. Margin narrow red-brown. 32—35 mm. 
Gold Coast, Lowa (Congo). Type: 1 in the British Museum. In 2 specimens of the Berlin Museum the costal 
margin of the forewing is also in the centre dark green. The black cross-vein and the ring below the cell are 
pronounced by bluish margins: annulosa. East Africa. annulosa. 
Forewing olive brown. 
D. tripuncta Janse (69 h). Thorax olive brown, abdomen brown. Forewing olive brown, finely powdered tripuncta. 
with black. Subbasal line black, short. Interior line double, below the costal margin and above the inner 
margin outward angular, behind it white scales. On the centre of the costal margin black dots. One black 
spot each in the centre of the cell, at its end, and below the first spot, finely edged with white. Exterior line 
very oblique, double, dentate, indistinct. Submarginal line notched, before it some dark dots. Hindwing white 
with 3 black streaks at the dark apex. 40 mm. Natal. — impumctata form. nov. As far as we can judge from impunctata. 
the very faded marking, it belongs to this species. The 3 black dots are absent. 32 mm. East Africa. Type: 
1 <4 in the Berlin Museum. 
D. leucophaea sp. n. (69 h). Thorax and abdomen brownish-grey. Forewing greyish-brown. Subbasal leucophaea. 
line black, from the costal margin inwards. Interior line black, double, incurved in the middle. The 3 maculae 
white, filled with grey. Below the reniform macula a black curved median line, before it a streak at the costal 
margin. Exterior line double, the branches at the costal margin distantly separated, the exterior branch much 
stronger, notched, almost parallel to the distal margin. Behind it a white notched line with the tips inward. 
The notched marginal line is black with angles at veins 2—4. Hindwing (<$) white or ($) brown, at the costal 
margin 3 black streaks in the grey area. 32—38 mm. Cameroon. Type: <$ in the Berlin Museum. 
D. nugatrix Fldr. is similar. The interior and exterior lines double, black, below the costal margin nugatrix. 
distally angled, otherwise straight. Ring-macula confluent with reniform macula. The space between the 
white notched line and the submarginal line is light. 40 mm. South Africa. It may be that Felder’s figure 
is bad and leucophaea is the same species. 
Note: From the description we cannot decide whether Stauropus subnigrans Mab. (1897) belongs hereto. 
13. Genus: Soniera Whr. 
Palpi obliquely erect. Antennae with long pectinations as far as the tips. Hind tibiae with 2 pair of 
spurs. Forewing moderately broad, apex slightly produced. Vein 6 from the upper angle, 7 forming the 
accessory cell with the stalk of 84-9 + 10. In the hindwing veins 3 and 4 from the angle, 6+7 forked. Type: 
viridifusca Whr. from India. 
