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SCRANCIA. By M. Gaede. 
atrifrons. 
modesta. 
margari- 
tacea. 
viridis. 
atrifasciata. 
brunnes- 
cen-s. 
amata. 
lactea. 
albidorsa. 
leucopera. 
discomma. 
idioptila. 
sagittata. 
S. atrifrons limps. Thorax blackish-brown, abdomen greyish brown. Forewing blackish-brown with 
traces of a black undulating interior and median line. Cross-vein white, before and behind it ochreous brown. 
Exterior line indistinct, double, dentate, forming black-white streaks on the veins. Marginal line fine black. 
Hindwing greyish-brown. 30 mm. Transvaal. 
S. modesta Holl. (70 g). Head and tegulae of dark yellow wood-colour, patagia lilac grey. Abdomen 
brown. Forewing greyish-violet, at the base brownish. Interior, median, and exterior line double, undulating. 
Cross-vein black, before and behind it rust-brown. In the distal area on the veins black streaks with white 
dots and a light undulating line. Hindwing brown. 50—54 mm. Cameroon. — niargaritacea form. nov. (70 g) 
shows hardly any marking. Fore wing violettish-grey with some spots at the costal margin. L. Kiwu. 
S. viridis sp. n. (70 g). Fresh specimens with a greenish reflection. Similar to modesta. But the median 
line on the forewing in the submedian fold strongly removed inwards, not equably curved. The area behind 
it rather lighter, in modesta before it lighter. Hindwing of q lighter, in the $ as dark as in modesta-^. 45—50 mm. 
Cameroon, Lowa Valley (Congo). Type: 3 in the British, $ in the Berlin Museum. 
S. atrifasciata sp. n. (70 g). Head and tegulae whitish yellow. Thorax and forewing light red-brown. 
Abdomen brown. Forewing with black marking. Interior line double, indistinct, before it in the submedian 
fold a black patch. Median line double, in the submedian fold removed inwards. Between the two lines as 
far as the submedian fold with some light scales. Cross-vein edged with light. Exterior line fine, double. 
Before the whitish submarginal line a broad black band, in front with light spots. Marginal line black. Hindwing 
brownish-yellow. 40 mm. Gold Coast. Type: 1 $ in the British Museum. 
S. brunnescens sp. n. (70 g). Head and tegulae of yellow wood-colour, thorax red-brown, abdomen 
red-brown, at the base yellowish. Forewing red-brown, at the base of the inner margin yellowish. Interior, 
median, and exterior lines dark, rather indistinct; the 2 latter in front edged with a lighter colour. Cross-vein 
broad dark, edged with light. A light submarginal line extending to vein 5 in the dark red-brown distal area. 
Hindwing pale brown with a light median band, before it on the veins dark dots. 48 mm. Transvaal. Type 
in the Berlin Museum. 
The following species are of a stronger build. Hindwing of the $ with a sharp apex, mostly whitish. 
Forewing at vein 1 with a hair-pencil. 
S. amata Fawc. (70 li). Body and forewing ochreous brown. Forewing at the costal margin broad 
whitish-grey. Median line strongly curved, not notched, exterior line slightly curved. Reniform macula black, 
filled with white, with a broad white margin. Hindwing pale brown. 42 mm. East Africa. 
S. lactea sp. n. (70 h). Head and anterior edge of tegulae dark violettish-brown. Thorax, abdomen, 
and fore wing milky white. Marking violettish-brown. Interior line notched, indistinct. Behind it in the cell 
a round spot. Costal margin violettish-brown. The other linear marking similar to that of amata. Distal margin 
behind the sub marginal line dark. Hindwing pure white. 32 mm. Gold-Coast. Type: 1 $ in the British Museum. 
S. albidorsa sp. n. (70 h). Body and forewing blackish-brown. Interior and median line black, hardly 
recognisable, at the inner margin ending at a white triangle. Ring-macula black, below it a white streak, before 
the macula a faded dark band. Exterior line black, double, uniformly curved, beginning from vein 3 it disappears 
in a white spot. Behind it a notched white submarginal line and black marginal dots. Abdomen and hindwing 
brown, traces of a light median band. 1 $ with finely pectinated antennae. 40 mm. Type in the Berlin Museum. 
S. leucopera Hmps. (70 h). Thorax red-brown, abdomen paler. Patagia, metathorax, and abdominal 
tuft white. Forewing pale brown, at the base white. Median line notched, brown, in the cell distally removed, 
before it at the apex often white. Reniform macula large, white. Exterior line excurved on vein 4. Behind 
it above vein 4 to apex white with 3 black dots at the costal margin. Hindwing of $ yellowish-white, of $ pale 
brown. 35—46 mm. Cameroon, Niger District, Ruanda. 
S. discomma Jord. (70 h) is very different. Thorax and abdomen whitish-brown. Forewing in front 
white with black scales, interior half brownish. On the cross-vein an intense black spot. Hindwing at the base 
whitish, otherwise pale brown. 32 mm. East Africa, Somali Land. 
S. idioptila B.-Bak. Head coffee-brown, thorax and abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing greyisli-brown 
with a light double interrupted basal line, extending not quite to the inner margin. In the sub median fold a 
brown spot. A dark irregular median band, followed by a brown spot which encloses a black luna. Exterior 
line fine, dentate, behind it broad dark. Submarginal line dentate. Before the apex 4 dark spots at the costal 
margin. Hindwing (q ) brown. 40 mm. Madagascar. 
S. sagittata sp. n. (70 h). Tegulae blackish-brown, rest of body yellowish-brown. Forewing whitish- 
brown, by the notched lines similar to Pliyc. stigmatica (70 i). Marking blackish-brown. Subbasal dots and a 
notched interior line rather indistinct. More distinct is the notched median line which ends in a large spot near 
the interior line. Reniform macula grey, edged with black, and with a withe halo; from there a dark band to 
