GARGETTO SCRANCIA; PSEUDOSCRANCIA; SCRANCIA. By M. Gaede. 
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P. atrifasciata Hmps. Thorax greyish-brown, abdomen grey and red-brown. Forewing grey mixed atrifasciata. 
with brown, particularly at the centre of the costal margin. A black band in the basal half of the median vein, 
below edged with white. Two red-brown streaks in the last half of the cell, and a fine white line between them. 
Interior line double, very much excurvecl in the cell and also in the sub median fold. Cross-vein white, inside 
edged with black. End of median vein and beginnings of veins 2, 3, 4, 5 white. Exterior line white, on both 
sides with black dots, at the veins 5—2 straight, then outwards to the anal angle. Hindwing greyish-brown. 
24—32 mm. East Africa. 
P. defasciata sp. n. (70 f). Apex of forewing not produced, in the hindwing vein 8 as far as the middle dcfasciaia. 
fused with the cell. Also in cprite intact specimens the interior and median bands are absent. Hindwing whitish, 
at the margin pale brown, fringes all white. Otherwise mainly marked just like atrifasciata. 35 mm. East 
Africa. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
38. Genus: CJargettoscrancia Strd. 
Antennae of and $ strongly pectinate on % of their length. At the inner margin of the forewing some 
scent-hairs. Last palpal joint longer than in Scrancia. In the forewing vein 6 rises without a stalk, all the 
rest as in Scrancia. 
G. albolineata Strd. (70 f). Thorax and forewing dark olive-brown. Through the centre of the wing dlbolineala. 
a conspicuous white line. Distal area lighter with a dark notched line and a spot at the costal margin. Hindwing 
as dark as the distal area on the forewing. 34 mm. Spanish Guinea. 
39. Genus : Pseiuloscrancia Strd. 
Palpi very long, porrect. Antennae of with short pectinations on 2 / 3 of their length, abdomen pro¬ 
jecting beyond the hindwing. Forewing at the base of the inner margin widened. Veins 3 and 4 from the same 
place, 6 from the upper cell-angle, 7+8 + 9 from the apex of the broad accessory cell, 10 from its anterior 
margin. Hindwing with an equably curved costal margin. Veins 3 and 4 from the same place, 6 + 7 on a long 
stalk, 8 near the base, very near to the cell. 
M. africana Holl. (70 f). Thorax and forewing dark red-brown. Interior line formed by dark dots in africana. 
lighter surroundings at the costal margin. Median band lighter with black dots. Exterior line black, slightly 
curved, outside light. Before it, close behind the cross-vein a white dot in a dark area. In the dark distal area 
a light notched submarginal line. Hindwing dark brown, at the costal margin yellowish, with a light median 
line. 30 mm. Dahomey. 
40. Genus: Scrancia Holl. 
Third palpal joint very short. Antennae of G with short pectinations, in the $ dentate. Frons with 
a swelling. Forewing narrow, without a hair-pencil. Veins 3 and 4 distantly separated. Vein 6 mostly from 
the accessory cell, 7 and 8+9 from its apex, 10 from its anterior margin. In the hindwing veins 3 and 4 from 
the same place, 6 + 7 on a short stalk, 8 nearing the cell as far as its centre. Type: modesta Holl. 
S. africana Aur. (70 f). Dark red-brown, head and collar rusty yellow. Forewing dark red-brown with africana. 
3 faded rusty brown bands. Cross-vein black, edged with light. Hindwing somewhat less dark red-brown. Beneath 
with 2 faded dark bands. 34 mm. Cameroon. 
S. accipiter Schs. Head and thorax dark red-brown, abdomen lighter. Forewing dark red-brown with accipitcr. 
3 less faded bands and a marginal band. Cross-vein and hindwing as in africana. 1 S °f the Berlin Museum, 
from South Nigeria, shows a unicoloured dark forewing and an expanse of but 40 mm, but it presumably belongs 
to this species. 44—48 mm. Cameroon, Sierra Leone. 
S. prothoracalis Strd. Tegulae almost black, thorax dark brown. Forewing violettish brownish-red. prothoraca- 
An indistinct broad darker band on % of the length of the wing, before and behind it a fine line. Cross-vein ^ s * 
broad light (in the ground-colour), before and behind it dark brown spots, and touching the exterior spot a 
dark notched line. Before the margin a lighter undulate line. 48—50 mm. 
S. subrosea sp. n. (70 f). Head and collar dark red-brown. Thorax and forewing violettish-red. subrosea. 
Interior and median lines indistinct, double, dark. On the cross-vein a narrow black streak, edged with light, 
before and behind it rust-brown. Exterior line notched, behind it black-white dots on the veins. Hindwing 
brown, beneath with 2 dark bands. 50—55 mm. Cameroon. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
S. stictica Hmps. (70 g). Thorax brown and grey, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing brown, mixed stictica. 
with grey, with black basal dots, below the cell dark, with black dots at vein 1. Cross-vein black, edged with 
grey, in the dark area as far as the costal margin. An oblique double exterior row of dots. At the costal margin 
before the apex darker. Submarginal line pale undulating, marginal dots black. Hindwing whitish, at the 
margin brown, or also entirely brown. 45 mm. Togo, Congo, Rhodesia, Natal. 
