HYSSIA; ERIOPYGODES; XYLOMANIA. By M. Gaede. 
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Ch. rufilinea Hmps. (6 c) is quite differently marked. Body and forewing dai'k yellow, dusted somewhat rujillncd. 
reddish-brown. The 3 lines are red-brown. The interior one uniformly Ijent, the exterior one angled at the costal 
margin, the submarginal one undulate, parallel to the distal margin, Besides a feeble streak at the cross-vein. 
Hindwing brownish-yellow. 3*-* min. Rhodesia. 
8. Genus: Hyssia Gwen. 
Paljri erect, also the short third joint with a small hair-Gift in front. Ajitennae of ^ finely ciliated. 
Tibiae long-haired. Abdomen with a tuft on the first segment and lateral haii'-tufts. Tyjje: cavernosa Ev. 
from Europe. 
H. mfimixta Hmps. Body dark brown with some whitish. Forewing dark brown with leaden grey rufimixla. 
and reddish-broAvn scales. Interior line black, edged with reddish-brown inside, intro-angnlar in the sidjmedian 
fold. Coniform macula edged with black and connected with the exterior line by a spot. Ring-macula and reni- 
form macida large, greyish-brown and red-brown, the latter extending to below the cell. Exterior line black, 
red-brown outside, dentate. Submarginal line white, with brown spots inside. Hindwing white, veins and 
margins dark. $ 34 mm. East Africa. 
H. pallidicosta Hmpjs. Thorax grey with red-brown scales. Abdomen light reddish-brown. Forewing palU- 
grey with red-brown places, the veins white. Costal-marginal area white and black, black below the l)ase of '^*co.s<a. 
the cell. Interior line fine, beginning with a black oblique streak at the costal margin, then pale and bent. 
Ring-macula small, white, elliptical. Reniform macula narrow, white and red-brown, dark brown behind it 
as far as the exterior line which is black, with a black spot at the costal margin. An undulate submarginal line 
is marked by black scales. Hindwing pale reddish-brown. $ 34 mm. East Africa. 
9. Genus : Eriopygocles Hm^os. 
Third palpal joint porrect, thorax only with hair without scales. Abdomen only with lateral hair without 
the dorsal tuft. Tyjie: imbecilla F. from Europe. 
E. albipuncta Gaede (6c). Body greyish-brown. Forewing yellowish-brown, densely dusted dark brown, albipunda. 
Interior line indistinctly double. Coniform macula absent. Ring-macula and reniform macula faded, orange 
with a brown centre, reniform macida with a white dot below. Exterior line single, little bent. The median 
area is somewhat darker than the rest, only behind the undulate submarginal line it is darker again. Hindwing 
pale greyish-brown, lighter at the base. 23—26 mm. East Africa. 
10. Genus; Xylomania Hmps. 
Palpi short. Tegxdae angled on the sides. Abdomen with a hair-tuft on the first segment. Antennae 
of ciliated in the Ethiopian species. Tyjxe; hiemalis Grote from Canada. 
X. norma Saahn. (6 c). Thorax dark red-brown, abdomen browmish ochreous. Forewdng reddish-brow'ii, norma. 
lighter at the base as far as half to the interior line. Interior line wdiite, undulate, obliquely outw-ard, slightly 
bent, edged with black outside. Coniform macula absent or indicated by a small reddish-yellow' spot. Ring- 
macula and reniform macula united into a V-like figure, rusty red wdth a xvhite streak below'. Exterior line 
slightly notched, situate far outside behind the cell, black and white. Behind it near the apex a dark triangle 
and then a light stripe. Margin almost black wdth a white streak at vein 4. Hindwdng brownish, fringe light. 
28 mm. Betsileo. 
X. nataleiisis Btlr. (6 d). Body brownish-white, tegulae with 3 dark lines. Eorewing very pale olive natalcnsis. 
browm. A short black basal streak below the cell. Interior line indistinct, double, undulate, ring-macula and 
reniform macula light, united into a V-like figure, situate in a dark red-browm area. Exterior line marked by 
an incomplete double row' of black dots. Margin distinctly dark browm. Hindwing dark brow'n, lighter at the 
base. $ 32 mm. Natal, East Africa. 
X. nigricincta Gaede (6 d) is somewhat similar to the European X. conspiiciJlaris L. Thorax bhnsh-grey, mgricincia. 
abdomen greyish-brown. Eorewing greyish-brown. A fine black basal streak in the submedian fold. Interior 
line fine black, strongly notched, situate relatively far outside, touching the horizontal ring-macaila. Coniform 
macula shaped like the ring-macula. Reniform macula slightly concave inside in the middle, ring-macula a 
little open above. All 3 edged with black, filled wdth bluish-grey. Median line browm, strongly bent inw'ards, 
beginning below the reniform macula. Exterior line marked by doxible black dots. Rxxsty brown spots before 
the margin. Hindw'ing wdiite, somewhat hyaline, brownish at the margin. 2 30 mm. East Africa. 
