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the centre with a row of small indistinct submarginal lunae. Hindwing at the hind-margin whitish, across 
the centre with a broad dark nebulous band. Antennae black with yellow pinnae. Wings beneath reddish 
sand-coloured, with a postmedian, feebly undulated brown band, at the hind-margin lighter and with a slight 
silky gloss. Expanse of wings: 52 mm.“ ,,£ somewhat larger than the d 1 , sand-coloured whitish with more 
indistinct markings. Expanse of wings: 59 mm.“ Madagascar. 
G. (?) sordida Mab. dingy fawn-coloured; wings clothed with thick scales, as if they were mealy; sordida. 
a rather indistinct reddish transverse line parallel with the distal margin proceeds from the costal margin. 
Hindwing paler without markings with lighter fringes. Wings beneath more reddish; hindwing lighter with a 
semicircular red transverse band. Body similarly coloured. — $ larger, reddish-grey with an indistinct trans¬ 
verse line. Antennae black, filiform. Expanse of wings: 70 (G) to 80 (^) mm. Madagascar. 
17. Genus: SBeiMimeta gen. nov. 
Closely allied with the genus Pachymeta, but separated by the vein 8 of the forewing rising from the 
stalk of 6 and 7. Antennae with long pinnae which are in the $ but slightly shorter than in the The basal 
cell of the hindwing has but one accessory vein proceeding from the centre of the cell. Forewing of d with 
an almost straight, of £ with a curved distal margin; veins 4 and 5 from the same place. 6 and 7 on 
a long stalk; 9 and 10 longer than their stalk, 9 into the apex. Hindwing with a rounded distal margin; veins 
4 and 5 on a short stalk, 3 from the posterior angle of the cliscal cell. Hind tarsi with appressed scales. 
5 without anal wool. 
H. clarki Auriv. (40 e). d- Head, thorax, legs, and forewing above red-brown. Abdomen reddish clarki. 
grey or fawn-coloured. Forewing above with the three usual transverse lines and the discal dot dark, sometimes 
indistinct; the first transverse line feebly undulate, almost erect; the discal line almost straight, at the posterior 
margin feebly curved, at the costal margin indistinct; submarginal line almost coherent. Hindwing fawn- 
coloured, at the hind-margin with reddish hair. The $ is much larger, 60 to 62 mm, with a stout abdomen; 
wings coloured and marked almost as in the d- Natal. 
H. (?) cuprea Dist. ,,$. Body and legs more or less chestnut brown; abdomen above light brownish, cuprea. 
Antennae black with yellow pectinations. Forewing above greyish-brown with a reddish and darker intermixture; 
a curved, narrow, oblong, reddish spot at the end of the discal cell and an undulating, broken, reddish submarginal 
band; posterior margin at the base blackish. Hindwing light reddish-brown. Wings beneath lighter than above, 
almost monotonously reddish-yellow. Expanse of wings: 82 mm.'“ Transvaal. — This species being unknown 
to me is, according to Tams, closely allied with H. clarki. 
18. Genus: Psichymeta Auriv. 
Palpi not or hardly projecting beyond the frontal hair, covered with appressed hair, with a small, knob¬ 
shaped terminal joint. Antennae long, straight or almost straight, in the d with long, outward gradually 
shortening pinnae, in the $ at the base with very shoit. dentiform pinnae gradually lengthening towards the 
apex. Eyes bare or almost bare. Hind tibiae only with terminal spurs. Hind tarsi long, with appressed scales. 
Forewing more ($) or less (<$) pointed, with a curved distal margin and rounded anal angle; veins 4 and 5 from 
the posterior angle of the discal cell. 6 and 7 on a short stalk, 8 from the discal cell, 9 and 10 much 
longer than their stalk, 9 into the apex of the wing. Hindwing with an almost straight costal margin and broadly 
rounded distal margin; veins 4 and 5 on a short stalk; basal cell at least with one strong accessory vein often 
proceeding from the centre, closed by a long cross-vein. 
P. contraria Walk. (= massilia Drc.) (38 b). The characteristic marks of the G are shown in the contraria. 
figure. The $ is still larger with a more pointed forewing and black ground-colour of the abdomen. The 
cocoon is large, oblong, and enclosed in a veil of a w r hite silk-web. Cameroon to the Congo District. 
P. robusta Auriv. (38 b) is an easily recognisable species. In the still larger $ the hindwing is much robusta. 
darker, montonously red-brown. Mashona Land and Rhodesia. 
P. purpurascens Auriv. = reussi Strand ) (38 e). The figure of the $ of reussi Strand being repro- purpuras- 
duced here exactly corresponds with the of P. purpurascens. The $ (= marwitzi Strand) differs, as the figure cen 
shows, but little from the <$. Mashona Land and former German East Africa. 
P. flavia Faroe. (38 e) is similar to purpurascens but smaller, with a larger discal spot and lighter flavia. 
markings of the forewing. British East Africa: Kedai. 
P. capreolus Auriv. (38 b) is a plainly marked species distinguished from all the others by the caprcolus. 
violettish-grey ground-colour of the thorax and forewings. The $ is larger but otherwise similar to the G; its 
antennae beginning from the base with short pinnae. Nyassa Land. 
