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CLEAPA; GARGETTA; PSALISODES. By M. Gaede. 
rcctilinca. 
curvatula. 
a fra. 
psoras. 
concolora. 
leuca. 
xylochroa. 
discalis. 
H. rectilinea sp. n. (70 e). Thorax greyish-brown, in the middle darker. Abdomen greyish-brown. 
Fore wing pale yellowish-brown. At the costal margin blackish-brown as far as the cell-end and the submedian 
fold, also somewhat below vein 1. On % of the costal margin a light oblique streak, behind it less dark. Marginal 
line from vein 4 to the inner margin quite straight, outside of it white. Hindwing as in excellens. 36—45 mm. 
+ Cameroon, Sierra Leone. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
H. curvatula Bothsch. (70 e). Very large. Eorewing very narrow. Thorax olive grey and brown. 
Abdomen sooty brown, edged with white, anal end orange. Eorewing olive brown with moss-green spots. At 
the cell-end a black x. In the distal area black bands and spots, a larger one at the anal angle. Hindwing 
white with a broad dark marginal band. 92 mm. Congo. 
35. Genus: Clleapa Wkr. 
Palpi rather long, porrect. Antennae of <$ with short pectinations as far as the tips. Forewing short 
broad. Vein 6 from the cell-angle, 7 near the upper end of the accessory vein, 10 + 8 + 9 from its apex. In the 
hindwing veins 6 + 7 stalked, 8 close at the cell almost to the end. Type: latifascia Wkr. from India. 
C. afra B.-Bak. Thorax chocolate brown, abdomen dark grey. Forewing dark chocolate as far as the 
submarginal line, behind it paler. A double notched median line of erect scales. Submarginal line undulating 
whitish, behind it at the costal margin pale brown, at the inner margin grey. Hindwing dingy grey, at the 
margin darker. 36 mm. West Africa. 
C. psecas Drc. Thorax blackish-brown, abdomen pale brown. Forewing dark brown, from the centre 
to the inner margin suffused with grey. A dark brown spot at the cell-end and a prolonged streak at the anal 
angle. Hindwing white, broadly margined with brown. 36 mm. East Africa. 
VII. Scrancia-Group. 
These genera mostly contain delicately built species with thin long legs. The marking of the wings is somewhat similar 
to that of European Noctuids ( Agrotis , Cucullia, Leucania). 
36. Genus: Cwargetta Wkr. 
Palpi long, erect. Antennae of $ long-combed to the tips. Patagia in front with points. Forewing 
somewhat narrow. Veins 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 stalked, 10 forming the accessory vein with 8+9. In the hindwing 
6 + 7 on a short stalk, vein 8 almost touching the middle of the cell. In the at the base of the forewing 
below vein 1 a hair-pencil. Type: costigera Wkr. from India. 
G. concolora B.-Bak. Both wings uniformly dark brown, the forewing rather somewhat darker with 
slight traces of a dark spotted median line and an angular distal line; also traces of a notched marginal line. 
40 mm. Congo. 
In the following two species the hair-pencil of the forewing is absent. 
G. leuca Hmps. Thorax white with red-brown hairs, abdomen brownish-white. Forewing ochreous 
brown and red-brown with black scales. Costal margin brown. Hindwing whitish ochreous, somewhat diaphanous. 
32 mm. Gold Coast. 
G. xylochroa Hmps. (70 f). Thorax ochreous brown and blackish-brown, abdomen ochreous brown. 
Forewing ochreous brown with black scales in the submedian fold. Interior line dark, straight, in the cell sharply 
angled. A dot in the cell-end, and the cross-vein black. Both form the flaws for one line each from the costal 
margin to the inner margin. A notched double exterior line also only distinct in the + behind it a light sub- 
marginal shadow. Hindwing white with a fine marginal line. 32—38 mm. East Africa. 
G. discalis Hmps. Antennae of $ short-combed to the tips. Forewing with a long accessory cell. Thorax 
red-brown, abdomen ochreous brown, at the base a dark brown tuft. Forewing ochreous brown. Median vein 
as far as the base of vein 2 black and below it as far as vein 1 black. A brown shadow at the costal margin 
before the centre, being continued below the cell. At the cell-end a square blackish-brown spot. Cross-vein 
and the others near it whitish. Exterior line double, undulating, oblique, inside white, below vein 2 only plain. 
Behind it browner. Marginal dots black. Hindwing yellowish-white, margin narrow brown. 36 mm. East 
Africa. It may be the $ of xylochroa. 
37. Genus: I*saliso«les Hmps. 
Proboscis, absent, palpi very long, porrect. Antennae of <$ and $ strongly pectinate to the tips. Forewing 
at the apex curved and pointed. Veins 2 and 3 rather close together, 6 from the accessory cell, 10 + 8+9 
stalked, the stalk of 8 + 9 forming the accessory cell with 7. In the hindwing vein 8 is nearing the cell as far 
as the middle. 6+7 stalked. Type: atrijasciata Hmps. 
