DEBORREA; PSYCHE. By M. Gaede. 
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A. brunnescens sp. n. (72 h). Thorax and abdomen with dark ochreous brown hairs, without the white bmnnes- 
admixture. Wings without scales, only at the costal and inner margins lighter ochreous brown. Hindwing 
not concave at the distal margin, veins 4 + 5 not always stalked, vein 8 in the second half of the cell fused 
with it, behind it 8 and 7 form a triangle of variable length before they are fused. 26 28 mm. South West 
Africa. Type in the Berlin Museum. A form from Sierra Leone is smaller and darker. It may be that it is 
“Psyche” vuilleti Oberth., described from Senegal; its larva lives on Acacia fasciculata. The sac is covered with 
tiny pieces of leaves. 
A reimeri sp. n. (72 i). Blackish-brown, body on the sides lighter. Apex of forewing pointed. In both reimeri. 
wings veins 4 + 5 stalked and in the forewing 7 + 8 + 9. Distal area of forewing hyaline, the border from 
% of the costal margin to the anal angle, above the latter somewhat concave. On the hindwing about one 
quarter outside is hyaline. 23 mm. East Africa. The sac of greyish-white silk is pear-shaped spun with round 
pieces of leaves, in front and behind more pointed than in Met. alba. — Type in the Berlin Museum, named 
after the collector. 
Subgenus: Auchmophila Ebl. 
Front tibia with a very long spine, hind tibia without spurs. Veins 1 a and 1 b of forewing anastomose only in 1 place. 
Veins 1 b and 1 c connected by a bar, whilst in the preceding groups they are fused in the exterior half and in the following 
group (Amicta) they remain separated. Vein 6 absent in both wings, 7 from the upper cell-angle, 8 + 9 on a long stalk. 
10 and 11 free. In the hindwing vein 3 is absent besides, and 8 is fused with the cell almost to its end. 
Au. kordofensis Rbl. (72 h). Wings somewhat elongate, hyaline, only at the costal margin blackish, lcordofcnsis. 
Body black, with shaggy white hair. 22—25 mm. $ yellowish. Head and the 4 first segments above blackish- 
brown, anal wool yellowish-grey. The white larval sac is of a slender conical shape; on Acacia nilotica. 
30—36 mm long. 
Subgenus: Amicta Heyl. 
In the forewing veins 1 b and 1 c are separated, 1 b despatches a spur to the inner margin. Veins 4 
and 5 not stalked, 10 + 7 + 8 + 9 stalked. Type: quadrangularis Christ, from Europe. 
A. cambouei Obth. (72 h). Uni-coloured blackish, with a slight slate gloss. 28 mm. Madagascar. Sac cambouei. 
elongate pear-shaped, covered with small pieces of leaves. 
A. ebneri Rbl. Similar to a small lutea Stgr. Antennae longer (as long as % of the costal margin), ebncri. 
Ground-colour dull sooty brown, costal margin of forewing blackish. Fringe and body darker than in lutea. 
In the forewing veins 4 and 5 rise from the same place, in the hindwing they rise on a long stalk, and vein 6 
is stunted. 17 mm. Sudan. 
A. lutea Stgr. has already been dealt with in Yol. II, p. 257 and figured on pi. 55 b. It occurs also in lutea. 
East Africa and the Sudan. In African specimens the costal margin of the forewing is narrow blackish. 
4. Genus: Oeliorrea Heyl. 
In the forewing veins 1 a and 1 b touch each other in one place, 1 c is only short and free, 4 + 5 on a 
short stalk, vein 7 on a short stalk with 8+9, 10 and 11 free. In the hindwing vein 8 is connected with 
the cell by a bar, two spurs lead from it to the costal margin. 
A. malgassa Heyl. (72 h). The type is yellowish brown with a darker spot on both the cross-veins, malgassa. 
otherwise the colour varies from blackish brown to the silvery grey form argentacea Obth. 36 — 40 mm. argentacca. 
Madagascar. The sac is 40—45 mm long. 20 25 mm thick. On conifers. 
5. Genus: I*sy<*he Schr. 
Antennae of <$ bipectinate to the tips, pectinations of variable length. Anterior tibia spineless. Forewing 
with 10 12 veins, hindwing with 7 or 8 veins. In the forewing vein 1 a runs to the inner margin, 1 b and 1 c 
mostly anastomosing. 
Subgenus: Manatha Mr. 
In the forewing veins 1 b and. 1 c anastomose, 4 + 5 and 8+9 are stalked. In the hindwing all the veins are present, 
too, vein 8 is connected with the cell by a bar. Type: albipes Moore from Ceylon. 
Ps. aethiops Hmps. In the forewing veins 4 and 5 not stalked. Body blackish and pale brown, head aeihiops. 
white. All the wings only pale brown, thinly scaled. 20 mm. Sierra Leone, Transvaal. — The sac is pointed 
above, 25 mm long, 3 4 mm thick, of grey silk, suspended on a thread of 5 mm length. 
Ps. subhyalina Janse. In the forewing veins 4 + 5 on a short stalk, sometimes also 7 with 8 + 9. In mibliyalimt. 
the hindwing veins 4 + 5 also on a short stalk. Body of a “beige” colour. Wings semi-transparent olive brown, 
with a slight copper gloss in some positions. Forewing at the costal margin blackish-brown, veins dark brown. 
Hindwing at the interior margin somewhat reddish-brown. 15 18 mm. Zululand. - The sacs are quite unlike 
