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distal transverse line and the scalariform line). Anal pencil not darkened; a thick black transverse streak below 
at the base of it. $ unknown. Cameroon. 
T. tessmanni Strd. (33 a) is closely allied with the preceding species, but as the figure shows it is tessmanni. 
distinguished by the different shape of the blackish-brown area and of the marginal band of the forewing. 
Gabun. 
I append here a few species which are only known from descriptions or figures and the systematic position of which 
is uncertain. 
Taragama bimaculatum Walk, is a large Lasiocampida described and figured by A. C’onte, which is unknown to bimacula- 
me,‘hut makes the impression of a species of Metanastria from Asia. Walker’s species is a Catalebeda and has no resemblance turn. 
whatever to Conte’s species. Conte states that his species originates from South Africa, which statement is probably wrong. 
Certainly the species does not belong to Taragama. 
T. cupreum Dist. ( = mirabilis Dist.- £). Body and legs light red-brown. Abdomen above somewhat lighter. Antennae cupreum. 
black with ochreous pectinations. Wings above monotonously light red-brown, in the centre with two indistinct darker transverse 
bands. Wings beneath unicoloured, somewhat lighter than above. Expanse of wings: 60 mm. Transvaal. 
T. inicha Drc. ,, $. Head, thorax, patagia, and legs reddish fawn-coloured. Antennae black. Forewing light greyish micha. 
fawn-coloured, at the base somewhat reddish, at the apex speckled with black scales. Hindwing reddish fawn-coloured, at 
the margin with black and grey spots.“ Expanse of wings: 46 mm. „Caffraria“. 
T. inirabile Dist. <$. ,,Head and collar fawn-coloured. Abdomen above yellowish, posteriorly fawn-coloured, at mirabile. 
the apex chestnut-brown. Abdomen beneath and legs light chestnut-brown, ventrum in the centre fawn-coloured. Tarsi curled 
yellow. Antennae brownish-yellow. Forewing light brownish, near the centre with two narrow, feebly undulate dark trans¬ 
verse bands, between the latter and the base the colour is more reddish-yellow. Hindwing light ochreous, at the apex lighter. 
Wings beneath lighter than above. Forewing coated with ochreous and without a transverse band; hindwing at the costal 
margin brownish. Expanse of wings: 56 mm.“ Transvaal. 
T. olivaceum Kenr. (35 f). ..Head, palpi and legs smoky olive-coloured. Antennal shaft black, olivaceum. 
pectinations orange-yellow. Thorax olive-grey. Forewing olive -grey strewn with lighter glossy scales; a darker 
angular, rather indistinct, antemedian oblicpie line; a white dot at the cell-end and a fine dark transverse 
line from the costal-margin near the apex of the wing to the centre of the hind-margin. Hindwing dark grey 
with a feebly prominent dark transverse line. Fringes of hindwings bordered with white. Under surface 
monotonously smoky with a transverse nebulous line.“ Expanse of wings: 46 mm. Madagascar. — The marking 
of the forewing shows that the species is no real Taragama. 
T. pulchristriatum B.-Bak. <$. Head reddish; the hairs at the tips light ochreous and grey. Antennae pulchri- 
light tan-coloured. Thorax dark red-brown; prothorax in the centre light grey. Abdomen red-brown. Forewing striatum. 
at the base and anal angle yellowish, otherwise reddish red-brown with yellowish veins; from the apex of the 
wing as far as the centre of the posterior margin a broad curved band composed of three stripes which 
are separated by red-brown lines, the two exterior stripes are reddish and the middle stripe yellowish; the band 
is distally bordered with yellowish; distal margin red-brown. Hindwing monotonously red-brown.“ Expanse 
of wings: 52 mm. — It evidently differs much from all the other species of Taragama. 
T. puncfiferum Biel is a Gastroplakaeis (vid. p. 274). punctiferum. 
T. concolor Walk. On this small species a new genus Nadiasa was established by Walker in 1855. concolor. 
In my opinion, however, the species is the $ of a species of Taragama, which to the best of my knowledge 
has not been found again later on, and not at all the same species as ,,Eriogaster “ punctifascia Walk. The brief 
description runs as follows. ,,<$. Whitish, palpi and antennae yellowish. Thorax on each side yellowish. Chest 
and legs rust-coloured. Wings reddish fawn-coloured. Hindwing beneath at the costal margin whitish. Expanse 
of wings about 38 mm. South Africa.“ — If concolor proves to be a genuine Taragama, Nadiasa must be used 
as the older name instead of Taragama (1859). 
16. Genus: I'achypasa Walk. 
Pachypasa differs from Taragama in the veins 4 and 5 of the forewing being forked and the basal area 
of the hindwing being somewhat larger and closed by a slanting though very short cross-vein. If one does not 
examine the neuration of the forewing, the genera may easily be confounded, and several species were in fact 
described as species of Taragama. Still more remarkable is the fact that Kirby ranged the genera in different 
famili s (!). Palpi short, not or hardly projecting beyond the frons, below densely haired. Eyes bare. Antennae 
of (J with long, of $ with very short pectinations. Anterior tibiae unarmed. Hind tibiae only with terminal 
spurs. Vein 8 of forewing from the pedicle of 6 and 7, 9 and 10 longer than then’ pedicle, 9 into the distal margin. 
Veins 4 and 5 of the hindwing forked, 8 long, into the apex of the wing. 
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