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MACROPLECTRA. By Dr. M. H bring. 
fulgorifera. 
albescens. 
tripun data. 
iracunda. 
ubliquUinea. 
mesocyma. 
fuscifusa. 
hyperdif- 
fusa. 
hieraglyphi- 
ca. 
rosea. 
meridiona- 
lis. 
margin finely reddish. Hindwing white, with a brownish and reddish marginal line, darkened, at the costal 
margin. East Africa, retype from Kibwezi, also from Mkalama, in the Berlin State Museum. 
P. fulgorifera sp. n. Body brown, frons above, palpi inside and at the end and the 2nd dorsal tuft of 
the abdomen sulphur-coloured. Forewing brown, indistinctly mixed with blackish, over the whole surface as 
well as on the dorsum of the thorax and legs strewn with bluish silvery scales. Hindwing greyish-brown. 
Expanse: 23 mm. Cameroon, +type from Joh. Albrechtshohe in the Berlin State Museum. 
26. Genus: Macroplectra Hmps. 
Antennae of as far as 3 / 4 with long double pectinations. Palpi long porrect, 3rd joint hidden. Hind 
tibiae with 2 pair of long spurs. In the hindwing veins 6 + 7 stalked, 8 near the base anastomosing with the 
anterior edge of the cell. In the forewing 10 stalked with 8 + 9, 7 remote from the latter. 
M. albescens Hmps. Body reddish mixed with whitish. Forewing whitish, tinted with reddish, parti¬ 
cularly costally and basally, and slightly dusted with dark. Fine dark longitudinal streaks at the base below 
the costal margin and cell, an indistinct longitudinal streak at the cell-end. An indistinct oblique dark line 
from beyond the upper cell-angle extends before the centre of the inner margin, interrupted at the lower cell- 
angle, and slightly undulated. An oblique dark line from the costal margin before the apex to above the inner 
margin, a feeble dark subterminal shadow from below the apex to the fold. At the distal margin a row of dark 
dots. Hindwing silken ochreous white, with a thin brown marginal line. Under surface of the forewing brown, 
costal margin yellow. Expanse: 20 mm. British East Africa. (Unknown to me.). 
M. tripunctata Mab. Forewing yellowish, with a broad oblique blackish stripe, an interior double 
white stripe which is expanded in front, with two white dots. A third white dot before the apex in the outer¬ 
most- dark stripe. Hindwing diaphanous whitish. South Africa. (Unknown to me.) 
M. iracunda sp. n. (73 i). In the forewing 10 stalked with 7, 7 with 8 + 9, therefore it is doubtful 
whether the species belongs to this genus. Body orange yellow. Fore wing greyish yellow, costal margin and 
inner margin as well as fringe of a glaring yellow, hindwing and under surface pale yellow, fringe darker. 
Anterior and middle legs mostly red. o-type from Tembura in the Berlin State Museum. Also from New 
Cameroon. Southern Sudan. 
M. obliquilinea Hmps. In the forewing vein 10 rises from the cell. Body yellowish, forelegs in front 
blackish. Forewing yellowish; an oblique white line from below the costal margin far beyond the centre to 
the middle of the inner margin, at the cell somewhat distally convex, inside between veins 2 and 6 bordered 
with black; beyond it some blackish dusting, except at the inner margin. Hindwing whitish, suffused with 
brown, also the under surface which shows a yellow costal margin. Expanse: 14 16 mm. Nigeria, Uganda, 
East Africa. (Unknown to me.) 
M. mesocyma Hmps. Body ochreous brown, forewing pale ochreous brown, thinly dusted darker; an 
oblique, undulating black shadow, distally bordered with white, extends from the upper cell-angle to the centre 
of the inner margin and is interrupted at the lower cell-angle. A feeble dark oblique shadow from the costal 
margin before the apex to the inner margin. Hindwing white, feebly tinted with brown. Expanse: 16 mm. 
Uganda. (Unknown to me.) In the marking it evidently resembles Paryphanta orbata (73 c) which, however, 
is much larger. 
M. fuscifusa Hmps. (73 i). Forewing light- red-brown, scantily dusted with blackish, an irregular black 
band in the submedian area extends t-o below the cell-end, an indistinctly defined spot at the cross-vein, an 
oblique, undulating, blackish subterminal band from below the costal margin to above the tornus, its interior 
edge being fused with a black spot above the discal fold, traces of an oblique line from here to the centre of the 
inner margin. Distal margin with black spots. Hindwing brownish, fringe whitish. In — f. hyperdiffusa Strd. 
the black markings are extensive and occupy the greatest part- of the wing. Gold Coast, Nigeria, Uganda, 
East Africa. An extremely variable and common species. 
M. hieraglyphica Beth.- B. ( — hieroglyphica v. d. E.). Body tan-coloured, forewing tan-coloured with 
an oblique dark line which is curved inward on the fold and is double as far as vein 2. Beyond this line a round 
brown spot which is parted by 2 paler lines and surrounded by a pale line; above this spot- there are 2 or 3 
small dark dots, the costal and distal margins are much paler at this place, in the marginal area before the 
apex a light brown crescent. Hindwing pinkish straw-coloured. Expanse: 24—26 mm. Angola, in November. 
(Unknown t-o me.) 
M. rosea Beth.-B. (73 i). Body tan-coloured, palpi on the sides, and legs partly red. Forewing brownish 
tan-coloured, with 3 red basal streaks, below the costal margin, at the posterior edge of the cell, and at the inner 
margin, the latter streak very short, the others extending to beyond the centre of the wing, the middle streak 
besides radiating somewhat at the veins. Hindwing dark straw-coloured. Angola. In — meridionalis sp. n. 
the forewing shows but a- short red streak in the discal cell as far as its centre, the rest of the cell is tinted with 
pink. Hindwing on the veins somewhat pink. Transvaal. +type from Pretoria in the Berlin State Museum. 
