418 ALENOPHALERA; EPIPHALERA; AMPHIPHALERA; RHYNCHOPHALERA; ONOPHALERA. By M. Gaede. 
22. Genus: Alenophalera Strd. 
Antennae of <$ and $ dentate. A hair-pencil on the mesothorax. Forewing with an oblique distal margin. 
Veins 6+7+8 stalked, 10 forming the accessory cell with 7. In the hindwing 6+7 stalked. 
variegata. A. variegata Aur. (70 b). Thorax in front darker brown, abdomen lighter. Forewing yellowish-brown 
with a subbasal light band, median area parted by dark notched lines. On the cross-vein a reniform dark spot 
and from there to the inner margin a dark band. Distal area darker, subapical spot yellowish-brown, below' 
it faded bluish-grey. A submarginal row of dark dots. Hindwing reddish-brown. 45—65 mm. Cameroon, 
inconspi- Sierra Leone, Spanish Guinea. —- inconspicua form. nov. (70 a). Colouring violettish-brown, marking feebler, 
dupUcaia on ty the discal spot very large. 48 mm. Ruanda. — duplicata form. nov. (70 b). Interior and exterior lines 
distinctly double. The patch from the cross-vein to the margin blackish-brown, not bluish-grey. 48 mm. Ruanda. 
punctata. — punctata form. nov. (70 b). Body and forewing orange-red. Interior and exterior lines fine. The reniform 
macula and the submarginal spots intensely black. 48 mm. Ituri (Congo). Types of the 3 forms in the British 
Museum. 
23. Genus: Epiphalera gen. nov. 
Palpi short, proboscis absent. Antennae of $ and $ dentate. Body as in Amphiphalera. Forewing 
with a somewhat rounder apex. Veins 7 + 10 + 8 + 9 stalked, sometimes also 6 on a short stalk. Hindwing 
somewhat smaller, rounder, veins 3 and 4 somewhat separate, 6 -)- 7 on a short stalk. 
unifonnis. E. uniformis sp. n. (70 b). Thorax dark greyish-brown. Abdomen ochreous brown, beneath white 
m the $ at the end greyish-brown. Forewing mouse-coloured, at the base somewhat darker. An exterior 
somewhat dark line is feebly recognisable, almost vertical to the inner margin, only at vein 4 slightly excurved, 
otherwise straight. Hindwing white. 36—46 mm. Lake District, Transvaal. Type: $ in the Berlin Museum. 
24. Genus: impiiipludera Hmps. 
Proboscis almost normal, palpi short. Antennae of d 1 and $ dentate. Forewing rather pointed, distal 
margin oblique. Vein 6 from the centre of the accessory cell, 7 and 10 + 8 + 9 from its apex. In the hindwing 
veins 6 + 7 stalked. 
leuconephra. A. leuconephra Hmps. (70 b). Thorax greyish-brown and white, abdomen yellowish-brown. Forewing 
silky greyish-brown with white scales. Interior and exterior notched lines dark, often indistinct. Reniform 
macula and costal margin above it whitish. An indistinct white submarginal line with blackish spots. Hindwing 
yellowish-white, in the $ more or less brownish. 40—50 mm. Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, East Africa. 
25. Genus: Rliyiaclioplialera Aur. 
Palpi somewhat longer, antennae of d dentate, in the $ filiform. Forewing narrow. Veins 6 + 7 + 10 
+ 8 + 9 stalked, no accessory cell. In the hindwing veins 6 + 7 on a short stalk, often also 3+4. Type: 
signata Aur. 
signata. R. signata Aur. Body as in Phalera. Forewing rather uniformly dark reddish-brown. Interior and 
exterior notched lines dark, on both sides edged with light. Cross-vein dark, edged with black, in the type 
inwardly prolonged forming a U-shaped mark. At the distal margin in front a light spot, before it a dark line 
is traceable. Hindwing yellowish-brown. 60—76 mm. Cameroon. 
ncphocrossa. R. nephocrossa B.-Bak. (70 c). Forewing ochreous grey, at the base broad dark grey. Interior and 
exterior lines notched, black, like the reniform macula which is filled with light. Before the margin mostly 
lighter, dentalely defined, enclosing black dots. Hindwing at the base and anal margin orange, at the margin 
faded brown. Sometimes the forewing is almost unicoloured dark. 45—55 mm. Congo District, Cameroon. 
26. Genus: OiioplBalcra gen. nov. 
Palpi short, proboscis absent. Antennae of $ plain. Forewing long, distal margin in the middle strongly 
bent. Interior angle very sharp. Veins 3 and 4 almost from the same place, 6 + 7 + 10 + 8 + 9 stalked. 
Hindwing with angle at vein 7, 3 + 4 and 6 + 7 on equally long stalks, 8 nearing the centre of the cell. 
duplex. 0. duplex sp. n. (70 c). Head and tegulae of yellow wood-colour. Thorax red-brown and grey. Ab¬ 
domen orange-brown. Forewing grey, dusted with brown. Interior line undulating, exterior line notched, both 
• rather straight. On the cross-vein 2 parallel, thick, black streaks. Before the margin short dark streaks, obli- 
fusca. quely outward. Marginal line dark. Fringe brown. Hindwing as in E. nephocrossa. - fusca form. nov. (70 c). 
Thorax and forewing dark brown, no marking except the very large black reniform macula. 60 mm. Nyassa 
Land, Cameroon. Both the types 9 in the British Museum. 
