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CHAMAESPHECIA; LOPHOCEPS. By M. Gaede. 
fulvipes. 
arnorpha. 
tapeina. 
leucopleura. 
chalypsa. 
critheis. 
tiresa. 
heliostoma. 
ethiopica. 
rhodia. 
clathrata. 
and tarsi with black rings. Fore wing hyaline, veins and margins dark, cross-vein broad black. Distal hyaline 
area composed of 4 streaks, with a black notch between veins 7 and 8. On the hyaline hind wing the costal 
margin as far as the middle yellow. d 16 mm. East Africa. 
Ch. fulvipes Hmps. (77 c). Dark brown. Palpi yellow with a dark ring. Abdomen with yellow scales 
and orange lateral streaks, anal tuft at the end, and legs almost entirely orange. Fore wing hyaline. Margins 
with a slight coppery gloss, the cross-vein triangular black. Distal hyaline area short, with 3 or 4 parts. Hindwing 
hyaline, narrowly margined, inner margin at the base orange. $ 22 mm. Congo. 
Ch. arnorpha Hmps. Blackish-brown with a blue gloss. Frons and palpi partly white. Abdomen above 
with a white margin on the 4th segment, beneath all the segments are margined with white. Middle and hind 
tibiae and tarsi white-spotted. Forewing with a short hyaline area of 5 parts, otherwise as fulvipes, the hindwing 
too. Beneath both wings at the costal margin at the base orange. 16 mm. Delagoa-Bay. 
Ch. tapeina Hmps. Body black with a bluish-green gloss. Palpi, a spot behind the patagia, and the 
anal tuft reddish-yellow. Abdomen on the 2nd and 4th segments with golden brown spots. Middle and hind 
tibiae with reddish-yellow hair in the middle and at the ends, tarsi with similar rings. Forewing hyaline,margins 
and cross-vein brown, the distal hyaline area between veins 9 and 3 almost as far as the distal margin. Both 
wings with white fringes. d 14 mm. Transvaal. 
Ch. leucopleura Hmps. Ground-colour as in tapeina. On the abdomen at the base laterally white scales, 
on the 4th and 6th segments white lateral streaks, legs with white streaks. Forewing in the marginal area and 
on the fringe with red-brown scales, without hyaline places. Hindwing at the apex red-brown. The cell, short 
streaks behind and below it hyaline, cross-vein in both wings black. $ 18 mm. Transvaal. 
Ch. chalypsa Hmps. Ground-colour the same; abdomen on the sides with reddish-yellow scales, anal 
tuft in the middle and beneath the same, palpi and legs partly reddish-yellow. Forewing not hyaline, with 
coppery brown fringe. Hindwing as in leucopleura. Beneath in the proximal area the costal margin of both 
wings and the median vein of the forewing reddish-yellow. d 24 mm. Natal. 
Ch. critheis Drc. Ground-colour black, with some yellow marking. The 4th segment on the abdomen 
and an apical spot on the forewing yellow. Only the hindwing hyaline, distal margin, veins and apex black. 
18 mm. Delagoa Bay. 
Ch. tiresa Drc. Similar. On the abdomen the 1st and 4th segments with a white margin. Legs and anal 
tuft white-spotted. Forewing without an apical spot, otherwise as critheis. 12 mm. Delagoa Bay. 
Ch. heliostoma Meyr. Similar. Antennae before the tips white. The 4th segmental margin in the d 
ochreous, in the $ whitish. Forewing violettish-black, costal margin bluish-black. Hindwing hyaline. 
18—23 mm. Natal. 
15. Genus: diainaesphecia Spul. 
Proboscis strong, palpi below at the base hairy. Antennae of d ciliated. In the forewing vein 1 stunted, 
10 and 11 rise separated and are fused at the end. In the hindwing veins 3 -f 4 on a short stalk, 5 from the 
centre of the cross-vein, 6 from the upper angle, 7 absent. Type: empiformis Esp. from Europe. 
Ch. ethiopica Hmps. Body blackish-brown with greyish-white scales. Palpi partly white. Segmental 
margins of abdomen and the anal tuft laterally white. At) do men beneath greyish-brown, only on the 4th 
segment a white line. Tibiae and tarsi with white rings. Forewing hyaline, margins, veins, and cross-vein 
coppery brown. Distal margin somewhat broader, between veins 7 and 8 with a tooth inwards. Hindwing 
with a narrow margin. Beneath on the forewing the median vein and the costal margin are yellowish-white. 
$ 24—28 mm. Central Africa. 
Ch. rhodia Drc. Body black. Forewing hyaline with black margins, at the distal margin a grey line, 
without any other markings. Hindwing normal. 18 mm. South Africa. 
(?) Ch. clathrata Le Cerf (77 c). The whole body as far as the anal tuft bluish-black. Forewing purple 
black, with a tiny hyaline spot in the cell and a small one behind it. Hindwing with a broad distal margin and 
broad cross-vein. Tibiae and tarsi bluish-black, with fine white rings. $ 14 mm. Ogowe, 
16. Genus: (LopSioccps Hmps. 
Proboscis normal. Antennal end somewhat thickened, hardly ciliated. On the vertex a hair-pencil 
between the antennae. Abdomen of d in the type very long, on the 3 last segments with lateral hair-tufts, 
bent downward, $ with a large anal tuft. Tibiae with a few hairs beside the spurs. On the forewing veins 2 and 3 
near together, 7 + 8 stalked, 9 from the upper cell-angle, 11 absent. In the hindwing veins 3 + 5 stalked, 
6 below the upper angle. Type: abdominalis Hmps. 
