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PSEUDOMETA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
viola. 
minima. 
schnitzel. 
castanea. 
andersoni. 
dollmanni. 
canescens. 
1 c long-haired, in the discal cell and the areas 2 to 5, however, only scaled, and then at the costal margin 
clothed with lighter brownish hairs; beneath almost monotonously blackish-brown, only the concavity with 
light fringes. Expanse of wings: 28 mm. Belgian Congo: Kimuenza. 
Ps. viola Auriv. Violettish-reddish; thoracal dorsum and forewing somewhat darker; abdomen and 
hindwing above lighter. Wings above and beneath without markings, or the forewing only above with traces 
of nebulous bands. Forewing above thinly scaled, only at the posterior margin in 1 a and 1 b densely clad 
with red-brown hah 1 . Costal margin of hindwing only feebly concave or almost straight, beneath not darkened. 
Antennae black with yellow pectinations. Expanse of wings: 28 (rf) to 45 ($) mm. Mashona Land. 
Ps. minima Noll. (37 c). Of this species the author kindly sent me the figure reproduced here and 
proving it to be probably a Pseudometa. Frons, collar, and thoracal dorsum of a warm red-brown colour. 
Abdomen above as well as the legs and the underside of the body light reddish-brown, the legs at the anterior 
edge dark brown. Fore wing above coloured like the abdomen above, with a dark brown band from the base 
of the costal margin slantingly to the anal angle; the apical third of the wing at the costal margin likewise 
covered with dark brown. A small silvery dot at the end of the discal cell and very indistinct notched 
transverse lines. Hindwing above coloured like the fore wing, and at the costal margin with the beginning 
of a dark transverse line. Both wings beneath with the same ground-colour as above, and with faint traces 
of the same markings. Expanse of wings: 30 mm. 
The two following closely allied species differ from the preceding ones in the forewing showing two distinct, 
undulating, black transverse lines, an antemedian one and a postmedian one, as well as a submarginal line. Ground-colour 
above dark yellowish-brown or red-brown. 
Ps. schultzei Auriv. (37 c). Only the <$ is known. Covered with dark red-brown or rust-brown hah. 
Antennae blackish. Forewing above dark brown; a large spot at the base, a spot at the apex of the discal 
cell, and a large spot at the costal margin near the apex of the wing red; two serpentine transverse lines across 
the centre, and behind the distal transverse line a lustrous grey transverse shadow proceeding from the red 
costal-marginal spot. Forewing beneath red-brown without distinct markings. Hindwings on both sides blackish- 
brown, at the costal margin and posterior margin red-brown. Sokoto. 
Ps. castanea Pimps. (37 b). The marking of this species and the difference from Ps. schultzei is to 
be seen from the figure. We merely add that the fore wing shows a fine white transverse streakat the end 
of the discal cell, and that the hindwing beneath is whitish at the costal margin and exhibits a black’sh discal 
shadow. Uganda and Ruwenzori. 
The following three species have recently been described by W. H. T. Tams, but they are unknown to me and 
could therefore not be ranged among the preceding forms. From the very detailed descriptions only the most important 
marks can be communicated here. j 
Ps. andersoni Tams, $. Antennal shaft black, pectinations nut-brown. Abdomen nut-brown, above 
chestnut-brown. Forewing nut-brown with a broad blackish-brown median transverse band enclosing a 
whitish transverse streak at the end of the discal cell. Behind the median band and separated from it by a 
narrow stripe of the ground-colour, a narrow band of a red and blackish-brown colour extends. The ground¬ 
colour between the bands is strewn with whitish scales; a blackish-brown apical spot from which an indis¬ 
tinct nebulous submarginal band composed of red and blackish-brown spots runs to the posterior margin; 
traces of whitish irroration also occur at the costal and distal margins, and especially near the anal angle. Hind- 
wing blackish-brown, with chestnut-brown veins, distal margin and fringes; the veins are strewn with whitish 
scales; costal margin in the basal half nut-brown, then blackish-brown and strewn with witish, the margin 
itself being whitish. Expanse of wings: 26 mm. — $. Lighter and larger, but otherwise very similar to the 
U- Expanse of wings: 34 to 37 mm. It is said to resemble Ps. basalis. Kenia Colony. 
Ps. dollmanni Tams. <$. Antennal shaft dark red, pectinations honey-coloured. Head and thorax 
above red; chest, abdomen, and legs yellowish ochreous, the anterior and middle tibiae above clad with claret- 
coloured hair. Forewing claret-coloured, at the posterior margin yellowish-red; the usual marking of Pseudo¬ 
meta indicated dark reddish; the antemedian transverse line bent proximally concave, the postmedian one 
between the costal margin and vein 2 very much bent towards the margin, then as far as the posterior margin 
feebly towards the base; without the postmedian transverse line a parallel nebulous band. Submarginal line 
indistinct, notched with the points distally on the veins. Costal margin slightly speckled with yellowish, a 
marginal band slightly powdered with whitish extends from the apex to the anal angle and is in the middle 
so broad that it almost reaches to the discal cell. Hindwing‘claret-coloured, at the hind-margin densely hairy. 
Expanse of wings: 38 mm. — The $ is larger (50 mm) and paler than the <$. Rhodesia and Nyassa Land. 
Ps. canescens Tams. $. Palpi and frons red-brown. Antennal shaft, vertex and thoracal dorsum liver- 
brown, all speckled with yellowish; eye-circle behind yellowish-brown. Antennal pectinations cinnamon- 
