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ANAUDIA; SIMILIPEPSIS. By M. Gaede. 
H. ignivittata Hmps. Black. Vertex, frons and palpi somewhat white, on the thorax somewhat orange- ignivUiaia. 
red. Abdomen with fine white margins on the 4th and 7th segments and at the anal tuft, beneath on the 
4th segment broader white. Hind tibiae and tarsi black and white. Forewing suffused with grey, except at the 
costal margin. At the base below the costal margin fiery red with a ray to the inner angle. A triangular red 
spot from the centre of the cell to below the apex, interrupted by a small black spot at the cross-vein. Costal 
margin near the apex white. Hindwing greyish black, in the cell and towards the inner margin hyaline. Beneath 
the forewing is white at the costal margin as far as beyond the centre. G 18 mm - Transvaal, Natal. 
H. xanthophora Hmps. Black. Palpi and frons laterally white. Abdomen in the middle above with xantho- 
white scales, anal tuft above white, beneath on the abdomen a white median band. Forewing with faded yellow phora. 
streaks at the base, a triangular spot in the cell and one behind it; between them the black spot of the cross¬ 
vein. Hindwing hyaline with a blackish-brown margin, the cross-vein in front black. £ 18 mm. Natal, 
Cape Colony. 
H. endopyra Hmps. (77 i). Body bluish-black, palpi, head and thorax with red patches. Abdomen endopyra. 
above at the base with a red spot, anal tuft with a white and red streak, beneath with red segmental margins. 
Hind tibiae with red rings. Forew ing dark copper-brown with a red band above the inner margin from the base 
to the cell-end. At the cross-vein a round red spot. Hindwing with a copper-brown margin. $ 18 mm. Natal. 
H. pyrophora Hmps. Thorax red-brown, frons laterally and the antennal base white, palpi predo- pyropliora. 
minantly white. Abdomen blackish-brown, above on the 2nd, 4th and 6th segments with a creamy white band. 
Forewing copper-brown. A triangular whitish-red spot in the cell intersected by a bar from the cross-vein, 
a similar bar between veins 4 and 3. Hindwing hyaline above the inner margin and in the submedian fold 
somewhat red. £ 28 mm. Natal. 
H. alluaudi Le Cerf (77 k). Black. Palpi and antennae beneath yellow. Patagia with yellow tips. On alluaudi. 
the hindwing the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th segments above margined with yellow, beneath only the 4th. Legs 
yellow and black. Forewing with a yellow spot at the base and cross-vein. On the hindwing the dark margin 
is broad, extending far inwards on the veins. 15 mm. East Africa. 
H. saraguicosta Hmps. Thorax blackish-brown, vertex, palpi and antennae spotted white. Tegulae sanguicosta. 
and patagia with red scales. Abdomen with white bands on the 4th and 5th segments, beneath all the segments 
are margined with red and the anal tuft is red, too. Spurs and posterior tarsi white, excepting the 1st joint. 
Forewing glossy green, costal margin and inner margin red as far as behind the centre. Hindwing glossy green, 
in the $ in the base of the cell and a little below it hyaline, in the $ more extensively so. Beneath the costal 
margin of both wings white, at the inner margin of the forewing a red streak and a white one. 26 mm. 
Cameroon, Rhodesia. 
H. spadicicorpus Prout. Thorax bluish-black, frons and palpi somewhat white. Abdomen nut-brown, spadicicor- 
the segments margined with white, beneath at the base black, 4th segment white, the following segments vus ' 
margined with black. Anal tuft below orange brown. Forewing black, with a bluish-green gloss. Hindwing 
finely margined with dark, q 25 mm. Rhodesia. 
H. albicincfa Hmp.s. The white segmental margins on the abdomen above on the 2nd, 4th and 6th, albicinda. 
beneath on the 3rd and 4th segments. Hind tibiae predominantly white. Fore wing blackish-brown with few 
white scales behind the cell. Hindwing hyaline, at the ajiex somewhat more broadly margined with black. 
2 24 mm. Central Africa. 
39. Genus: AataiuSki Wllgrn. 
Antennal ends thickened. Proboscis stunted. Hind tibiae scaled, tarsi bare. In the forewing all the 
veins not stalked, in the hindwing veins 4 and 5 stalked. 
A. feideri Wllgr. Thorax black with 2 light longitudinal lines, palpi, frons and antennae below white, felderi. 
Abdomen black, with a fine white ring, posterior tibiae with a white spot. Wings blackish-brown, fore wing 
distally dusted with grey. 20 mm. Betchuanaland. 
40. Genus: Slmilipepsis Le Cerf. 
Proboscis normal. The 2nd palpal joint with a long drooping hair-tuft, obliquely projecting. Antennae 
before the middle stronger, finely dentate and ciliated. In the forewing vein 6 is absent, 7 + 8 is stalked. In 
the hindwing vein 2 far towards the base, 3 and 4 slightly separated, 5 from the centre of the cross-vein, 7 
absent. Abdomen w r asp-like. Type: violacea Le Cerf. 
S. typica Strd. (77 k). Blackish-brown. Abdomen at the narrow base laterally white. Tibial spurs typica. 
with a few red hairs. Forewing in the anterior half brownish-violet, the cross-vein with a black streak. The 
rest and the hindwing purely hyaline. 30 mm. Spanish Guinea. 
S. violaceus Le Cerf (77 k). Violettish-black. On the abdomen the 3rd and 5th segmental margins violaceus. 
above and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd beneath white. Forewing with a fine hyaline ray above the base of the inner 
margin and 2 small postcellular streaks near the inner margin. Hindwing very hyaline. 16 mm. Congo District. 
