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NORRACA; MACROSENTA; EURYSTAURA. By M. Gaede. 
ignobilis. T. igsiobilis Roll. Thorax grey, abdomen whitish. Forewing whitish with an indistinct notched basal 
and median line. Before the distal margin fine black dots. 38 mm. West Africa. 
tephraea. T. tephraea B.-Balx. Thorax ashy grey, abdomen darker. Forewing ashy grey. Interior line undulating, 
dark, median line somewhat notched, exterior line undulating, spotted, dark. Close behind it a row of dark 
dots and a pale line before the margin. On the cross-vein an ash-grey lunar spot, edged with light. Hindwing 
greyish-white, costal margin grey. 44 mm. North Nigeria. 
53. Genus: Jforraca Mr. 
Palpi erect. Antennae of $ dentate. Abdomen long. Forewing long and narrow, at the base of the 
inner margin excurved. Veins 3 and 4 distantly separated, 6 from the upper cell-angle, 7 forming a small 
accessory cell with the stalk of 8 + 9 + 10. In the hindwing 6 -f 7 on a long stalk, 8 close to the cell almost 
to the end. Type: longipennis Moore from India. 
signifera. N. sigilifera Holl. Thorax in front dark brown, behind and abdomen pinkish-brown. Fore wing the 
same, at the costal margin darker. On the centre and at the end of the cell 2 square indistinct brown spots, 
below the first one more. Before the margin fine lines between the veins. Hindwing pinkish-white. 38 mm. 
West Africa. 
brcvipennis. N. terevipennis Roll. Wings short and broach Thorax dark brown. Abdomen lighter brown. Forewing 
dark brown, the base and a broad triangular spot at the anal angle pale yellow, in the basal area a dark 8- 
shaped marking. In the centre of the cell and at the end 2 dark square spots separated by a light one. Before 
the distal margin dark streaks. Hindwing pale brown. 28 mm. Benito District. 
lineaia. N. liileata Roll. Thorax in front dark brown, behind and abdomen paler. Forewing pale brown, at the 
inner margin near the anal angle blackish-brown. An indistinct dark circle in the cell and one below it. On 
the centre of the inner margin a A-shaped marking. Near the distal margin 2 straight parallel lines, the interior 
line being stronger. Hindwing greyish-brown. West Africa. 
As arctipennis likewise described here by Holland belongs to Peratodonta, the same may be possible 
also in the other Vomica-species, though they may also belong to other genera. 
54. Genus: Macroseiita Holl. 
Palpi very long. Antennae of S dentate, abdomen long and thin. Forewing narrow, apex pointed. 
Veins 3 and 4 together from one place, 6 from the centre of the accessory cell, 7 and 8 + 9 from the upper angle, 
10 from the anterior edge of the accessory cell. In the hindwing vein 8 on % of its length close at the cell, 
6 + 7 on a long stalk. Hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs. Type: longicauda Holl. 
longicauda. M. longicauda Roll. (71 b). Body and forewing greyish-brown. Tegulae and base of patagia dark red- 
brown. Forewing at the cell-end with a large, almost black wedge-shaped spot, before which there is another 
fine dot. Below it a radial shadow from the base to the apex, of a variable distinctness. Fine black marginal 
dots. Hindwing at the costal margin whitish, otherwise like the forewing. 36 mm. Cameroon. 
caudatis- M. caudatisshna Strd. (71 b). Abdomen and forewing browner than in longicauda. Forewing with a 
sima. pi ac p ( l 0 t in the centre of the cell, an indistinct exterior and more distinct subterminal row of black dots and 
indistinct transverse lines on the centre of the wing. Abdomen and hindwing blackish-brown. The presumable $ 
of it exhibits on the forewing a dark red-brown, in front distinct radial band through the cell to the apex. Its 
interior border in the sub median fold faded. A A from Usambara shows also on the cross-vein two more black 
spots. 38 to 40 mm. Spanish Guinea. 
The following, Noctu id - like genera are mostly rather strongly built, and in 
the hindwing vein 8 is for some distance fused with the cell. Vein 5 is partly feebly 
present partly absent. 
55. Genus: Eurystaura Janse. 
Proboscis absent, palpi short. Antennae of $ pectinate as far as 4 / 5 , in the $ with shorter pectinations 
Forewing moderately broad, costal margin slightly concave. Veins 7 + 8 -j- 9 + 10 stalked, also 6 slightly 
stalked. In the hindwing veins 3 and 4 separate, 5 feeble from the centre, 6 + 7 stalked, 8 from the centre of 
the cell. Type: brunnea Janse. 
hrunnea. E. brunnea Janse (71 b). Thorax, abdomen and forewing light reddish-brown, dusted with a darker 
colour. Traces of a dark subbasal line. Interior line undulating, light, on both sides bordered with dark red- 
brown. Cross-vein white, surrounded by dark red-brown. Exterior line double, filled with a lighter colour, 
the exterior branch only distinct at the veins. Sub marginal line dark, notched. Hindwing cinnamon-brown 
with a faded light median line. 30—34 mm. Natal. 
