clhiopxca. 
aprica. 
castanea. 
flaccidia. 
tied ychroa. 
trilinea. 
ncphochlu- 
eropis. 
barbrpes. 
chionostola. 
460 HADRAPHE; NAROSA: THLIPTOCNEMIS; ALTHA. Bv Dr. M. Hering. 
31. Genus: El ail rap lie Karsch. (Scirrhoma Beth.-B.) 
Palpi long porrect, 3rd joint slightly shorter than the second. Antennae long, serrate, in the $ shorter. 
Fore wing long. 7 and 8 stalked, 9 absent or stalked, 10 and 11 from the cell. Cell longer than half the wing. 
In the hindwing 6 + 7 stalked. Frenulum in the ending as a club, in the $ every bristle of it club-shaped. 
H. ethiopica Beth.-B. Forewing unicoloured brown. Hindwing pale orange; distal margin broad black, 
narrowed towards the anal angle. Head and thorax like forewing, abdomen like hindwing. $ uniformly paler. 
Expanse: 38- 46 mm. Rhodesia, in December. (Unknown to me.) 
H. aprica Karsch (= callima Beth.-B.) (74 a). Body light brownish red, chest and legs orange red, 
thorax above with whitish lateral spots. Fore wing silken tan-coloured, with a very intense reflection; a slanting 
light brown stripe from the apex to the inner margin near the base. Hindwing orange. Expanse: 42—58 mm. 
Lagos, Gold Coast, Cameroon, Spanish Guinea. 
32. Genus: l^arosa Wlkr. 
A genus distributed in the Indo-Australian region. Antennae plain, posterior tibiae with 2 pair of 
spurs, palpi long upturned. In the hindwing 8 far remote from the cell, near the base with a small cross-vein, 
6 -)- 7 stalked. In the forewing 4 and 5 separated or from the same place, 7 stalked with 8 -(— 9. Habitually 
similar species are also to be found among the Niphadolepis. 
N. castanea Mab. Forewing pale yellowish; margin reddish-brown, at the tornus yellowish. The base 
narrowly and a dot at the cell-end reddish-brown. Hindwing yellow, under surface whitish-yellow, margin 
darkened. Madagascar. (Unknown to me.) 
N. flaccidia Drc. Body dark brown, forewing pale brown, from the base to the centre darker brown, 
bordered by a whitish brown line. A pale grey zigzag line from the costal margin to the inner margin, the termen 
with a row of small brown dots. Hindwing pale greyish-brown. Expanse: 25 mm. East Africa. (Unknown to 
me; doubtfully placed here.) 
N. hedychroa Beth.-B. Body white, middle segments of abdomen brownish-grey. Forewing whitish, 
diffusely strewn with smoke-brown, condensed into a dark dot in the postmedian area, from this spot a very 
dentate brown line extends to the inner margin. Distal margin with a fine dark internerval spot. Hindwing 
all over dusted with smoke-brown. Expanse: 20 mm. Congo. (Unknown to me.) 
N. trilinea Beth.-B. Body yellowish-white, abdomen dull white. Forewing white, with 3 orange 
indistinct transverse bands, outside distinctly edged with white: a broad one below the cell, an irregular median 
one, distally angled on the fold, a postmedian one interrupted at vein 3, a short subterminal shadow from the 
costal margin, merging into the postmedian band. A dark marginal spot above the tornus. Hindwing yellowish- 
white. Expanse: 16 mm. Congo, in April. (Unknown to me: probably synonymous with Niphadolepis argen- 
teobrunnea Strd. (75 c).) 
N. nephochloeropis Beth.-B. Body whitish. Legs pale green, with white rings. Forewing white, at the 
base clouded green almost to the median area. Margin fine gi’een, edged with a white line. Fringe speckled 
white and green. Hindwing lustrous white. Expanse: 25 mm. (Unknown to me; evidently near to Nipha¬ 
dolepis soluta Karsch (75 c).) 
33. Genus: Tliliptocneiiiis Mab. 
Antennae ciliated, hind tibiae with 1 pair of spurs. In the forewing only 8 + 9 stalked. 
Th. barbipes Mab. Forewing blackish-brown, with silken black lines, greyish yellow erect scales and 
double silver lines: a sagittiformly dentate line at the margin, the second obliquely through the centre, the 
third short to the base of the wing. Hindwing brown. Under surface blackish lead-coloured, costal margin 
red-brown. Madagascar. (Unknown to me.) 
34. Genus: Altha Wlkr. 
Likewise occurring in the Indo-Australian region. Antennae in the $ bipectinate to the middle, then bare; in 
chionostola the antennae are basally serrate-dentate. Palpi short upturned. Hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs. 
In the hindwing 6 and 7 are separated, in chionostola stalked. In the forewing 7—9 are stalked, vein 11 curved. 
A. chionostola Hmps. (74 a). Forewing silvery white, a blackish olive band from the centre of the inner 
margin curved to the apex. Margin at the apex with a black line. Hindwing silvery white. Congo, Transvaal. 
