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PACHYMETOIDES; PACHYMETANa. By Dr. C. Aueiyillius. 
simplex. P. simplex Auriv. (38 e). A. Eorewing beneath particularly in the centre reddish, lighter than above 
and without a discal dot. Hindwing beneath whitish, with a reddish transverse line being almost angularly 
incurved in the areas 3 and 4. $ unknown. Madagascar: Diego Suarez. 
semifascia- P. semifasciata Auriv. A- Head, thorax, and forelegs dark chestnut brown. Abdomen above at the 
ia ‘ base with reddish-yellow hair, then as far as the apex with a broad almost golden yellow longitudinal band 
and 5 blackish transverse bands on each side. Forewing above red-brown with a tiny black discal dot and two 
blackish double transverse lines being filled with a lighter brown; the first double line is almost quite straight, 
neither dentate nor undulated, vertical towards the costal margin; the second double line is feebly dentate 
or undulated, slightly curved, beginning at the centre of the costal margin and nearing the first transverse 
line at the posterior margin; about 5 mm distant from the distal margin an indistinct scalariform submarginal 
line as usual formed of oblique streaks. Fringes very short, entirely margined. Hindwing above yellowish, 
at the costal margin as far as vein 6 broadly brown, at the liind-margin with reddish hair; a little behind the 
centre an almost straight brown nebulous band directed towards the apex of the wing; outside of this band 
the wing and the fringes are unicoloured yellowish. Expanse of wings: 45 mm. Belgian Congo: Kimuenza. 
19. Genus : Pachymetoides Strand. 
Only separated from Pachymeta by the basal cell of the hindwing being without any accessory 
veins. Eyes bare. Vein 8 of forewing from the discal cell. Antennal pinnae of $ short, in the basal third only 
serrate-dentate. 
siigmatica. P. stigmatica Strand. unknown. $ (38 c) coloured very much like that of Pachymeta contraria. 
Forewing with a white discal dot and a sharply angled black sub marginal line. Hindwing above with a blackish 
transverse band. Gabun and Nigeria. 
20. Genus: I*aeliymetaiia Strand. 
This genus is also very closely allied with Pachymeta, but it differs in the absence of the accessory veins 
of the hindwing and in the vein 8 of the fore wing rising from the stalk of the veins 6 and 7. Eyes bare or almost 
bare. Antennae of $ as far as the base with short, rarely somewhat longer pinnae. 
Larger species tire $ $ of which are similar to Gonometa and have white hindwings broadly margined with black. 
niveoplaga. P. niveoplaga Auriv. S unknown. The $ (38 c) was by mistake described as a Gonometa. Eorewing 
beneath monotonously blackish-brown, at the base of the posterior margin broadly white, otherwise without 
any marking. Hindwing beneath almost as above, at the costal margin as far as the discal cell blackish-brown. 
According to A. Schultze, the larva is similar to that of Odonestis pruni by the broadly extended, fishtail-like 
held anal feet. The dorsal side, particularly of the three first segments, is set with single short black prickly 
hairs which, however, are not erect, but closely appressed, irregularly arranged in all directions. The anal feet 
as well as a line extending close above the ventral feet are set with scale-like whitish-grey hairs. On the first 
segment there is on each side a large tuft of hairs and scales. On the second joint, extending from in 
front to behind, a tufted comb of scale-shaped dark brownish-grey hairs. Groups of similar small hairs form 
single small spots scattered over the whole larva. Thoracal and ventral feet dingy claret-coloured, the latter 
with greyish-white stripes. Ventrum white with a broad black median stripe; head light brown with darker 
markings; stigmata black. It lives in the primary forests on different shrubs of the brushwood. It changes 
into a cocoon set with stings. Cameroon, Gabun. 
custodita. P. custodita Strand (38 d). Whether this species is different from P. niveoplaga, can only be decided 
by comparing several specimens and by the discovery of the <$<$. S unknown. As to the it suffices to refer 
melanotica. to the figure. South Cameroon. — ab. melanotica Strand (38 d), as the figure shows, only differs in the darker 
and indistinctly marked forewings. 
lambomi. P. lam bo mi Auriv. Sexes quite dissimilar. The much smaller $ (38 d) a sooty black with a small white 
streak at the end of the discal cell and indistinct grey sub marginal streaks. The $ (38 c) is much larger and very 
similar to the $$ of the two other species. Nigeria: Lagos. 
