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Alphabetical List of the African Metarbelidae. 
althodes. 
gultifera. 
conspersa- 
vogi i. 
irvingi. 
Behind the dark exterior line which is slightly inbent above vein 5 there is a light brown margin. Abdomen 
and hindwing coloured like this margin. $ 24 mm. Type in the Tring Museum. 
T. althodes Hmps. is rather differently marked. Thorax reddish-yellow, abdomen and forewing 
yellowish white. Below and behind the cell numerous rusty red lines. Costal margin and cell with small rusty 
red and chocolate spots. Besides 3 stronger streaks below the cell and a spot at the cross-vein. Hindwing 
lustrous yellowish white, at the margin striated red-brown. $ 36 mm. Transvaal. 
III. Antennae of short - combed. In the hindwing veins G and 7 d i s t a n t ly 
separated. 
T. guttifera Hmps. Dark greyish-brown. Forewing at the costal margin greyish-yellow, with numerous 
round yellowish white spots, edged with dark brown, only at the costal margin and in the cell absent. Hindwing 
the same, the number of spots variable. In the only $ present the costal margin of the forewing is strongly 
inbent. 28—52 mm. Natal, Transvaal. 
T. conspersa Wkr. Greyish-brown. Thorax in front brown. Forewing everywhere and hindwing at 
the costal margin with numerous black transverse streaks. Both wings with a brown marginal line. $ 30 mm. 
Port Natal. 
T. vogti B.-Bak. Pale grey. Forewing with a dark brown basal area, extending below the cell as far 
as the centre of the inner margin and almost to the costal margin. A broad faded dark brown exterior band, very 
little oblique. The whole wing looks somewhat spotted. Hindwing with a darker brown hue. $ 35 mm. Dunbrody. 
T. irvingi Janse, Body and wings wood-brown. Forewing in the centre of the costal-margin as far 
as vein 1 b suffused with cinnamon brown. On both wings fine sepia brown reticulate lines. Hindwing at the 
inner margin cinnamon brown. Fringes of both wings speckled wood-brown and sepia brown. Separated from 
the similar conspersa by but 1 pair of spurs on the hind tibiae and a greater distance of veins 7 + 8 and 9 in 
the forewing. <J> 29 mm. Transvaal. 
Alphabetical List 
with reference to the original descriptions of the forms of the African Metarbelidae. 
* signifies that the form is also figured at the place quoted. 
alMcilia Sal. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 264. 
albitorquata Met. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 125. 
albivenata Orth. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 122. 
albonotata Sal. Btlr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898, p. 438. 
alluaudi Met. Le Cerf. Bull. S. Ent. Fr. 83, p. 400. 
althodes Ter. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 267. 
angulifascia Ter. Gaede , Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 511. * 
arcifera Met. Hmps. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 19, p. 133. * 
argentifera Aeth. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 503. * 
atridiscata Sal. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 120. 
basiplaga Ter. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 511. * 
bassa Leb. B.-Bak. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 2, p. 263. 
bifasciata Met. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 508. * 
bipuncta Met. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 265. 
bisinuata Orth. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 264. 
bivittata Mar. Aur. Ent. Tidskr. 1901, p. 126. 
carnescens Par. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 119. 
castanea L. Janse S. Afr. J. Nat. Hist. 5, p. 97. 
castanea Orth. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 506. * 
cinereolimbata Met. Le Cerf. Bull. S. Eirt. Fr. 83, p. 399. 
clarior Ter. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 511. * 
eollaris Arb. Aur. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 18, p. 243. 
conspersa Ter. Wkr. List Lep. ITet. Br. Mus. 5, p. 1064. 
cossula Leb. Holt. Psyche 6, p. 534. 
costistrigata Met. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 266. 
cremorna Met. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 265. 
cuprea Sal. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 505. * 
cymaphora Met. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 124. 
denigrata Sal. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 505. 
diagonalis Orth. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 122. 
dialeuca Met. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 124. 
diodonta Met. Hmps. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1916, p. 164. * 
dlscata Sal. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 504. * 
distincta Met. Le Cerf. Voy. Rothscli. Afr. or., p. 461. * 
endomela Leb. B.-Bak. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 3, p. 425. 
eustrigata Sal. Hmps. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1916, p. 164 
erecta Met. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 508. * 
flavicolor Met. Janse S. Afr. J. Nat. Hist. 5, p. 76. 
fi'aterna Leb. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 503. * 
Eumealis Leb. Janse S. Afr. J. Nat. Hist. 5, p. 95. 
fumida Met. Karsch Ent. Nachr. 22, p. 140. 
fanebris Met. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 509. * 
fuscata Sal. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 505 * 
fuscoradiata Ter. Gaede Seilz Macrolep. 14, p. 511. 
griseata Arb. Janse S. Afr. J. Nat. Hist. 5, p. 78. 
guttata Orth. Aur. Ivil.-Meru Exp., p. 50. * 
guttifera Ter. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 127. 
heringi Arb. Janse Deutsche Ent. Z. 1929, Heft 3 (ined.) 
inconspieua Met. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 508. * 
insignifici Ter. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 511. * 
inversa Sal. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 505. * 
iridescens Met. Janse S. Afr. J. Nat. Hist. 5, p. 82. 
irrorata Sal. Le Cerf. Bull. S. Ent. Fr. 1914, p. 401. 
irvingi Ter. Janse, S. Afr. J. Nat. Hist. 5, p. 71. 
jansei Mar. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, p. 506. * 
jeanneli Sal. L,e Cerf. Bull. S. Ent. Fr. 1914, p. 400. 
laguna Met. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 265. 
latifasciata Met. Gaede Seitz Macrolep. 14, P- 508. * 
leucostigma Met. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 125. 
meridialis Arb. Karsch. Ent. Nachr. 22, p. 141. 
micra Met. Karsch. Ent. Nachr. 22, p. 141. 
minima Orth. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 264. 
mirabilis Sal. Le Cerf. Bull. Mus. Paris 1919, p. 31. 
multipunctata Sten. Hmps. Nov. Zool. 26, p. 263. 
naevius Leb. Fawc. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1916, p. 732. * 
narses Sal. Fawc. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1916, p. 732. * 
natalica Leb. Hmps. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 6, p. 118. 
