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PYPvANTHRENE; HOMOGYNA. By M. Gaede. 
the centre of the inner margin hyaline. In the $ the patagia are somewhat orange. Forewing also at the distal 
margin and the hindwing glossy blue. 40 mm. Central Africa. 
clialcochlora. P. clialcochlora Hmps. Body black, with a bluish-green gloss. Palpi on the 2nd joint and the tibial 
spurs above white. Forewing with a dark green gloss, veins golden green. Hindwing with an intense golden 
green gloss. Distal margin hyaline, narrowly below the apex, below vein 2 as far as the centre of the wing. 
$ 44 mm. Rhodesia. 
xanthopyga ■ P. xanthopyga Hmps. Somewhat more variegated. Palpi and antennal tips below red-brown. Abdomen 
at the end orange. Hind tibiae at the ends red-brown, spurs white. Wings with a greenish-blue gloss, hind wing 
below the cell hyaline. $ 28 to 40 mm. East Africa, Uganda. 
II. Antennae of G ciliated. Abdomen w r ith a strong anal tuft. 
dylowskii. P. dybowskii Le Gerf (77 i). Body bluish-black. Frons and palpi somewhat white. On the thorax beside 
the base of the forewing a white dot, apex of patagia yellow. Abdomen on the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th segments 
with broad yellow rings, also beneath excepting the 2nd segment. Hind tibiae and tarsi with white rings. 
Forewing hyaline, the margins glossy greyish-black, the cross-vein narrow, outside with yellow scales, the distal 
margin broad. Hindwing very narrowly margined. Beneath the costal margin of the forewing is whitish-yellow. 
$ 27 mm. Congo District. 
africana. P. africana Le Gerf (77 i). Body black, with a slight steel-blue gloss. Palpi yellow, outside with a black 
dot, frons with a white dot, thorax with yellow margins. Abdomen on the 1st, 2nd and 4th segments above 
narrowly margined with yellow, beneath these segments are quite yellow. Legs yellow and black. Forewing 
hyaline. Margins blackish brown, distal margin somewhat broader, cross-vein moon-shaped. Hindwing very 
finely margined with dark. $ 26 mm. Togo. 
cuprescens. P. cu prescens Hmps. Antennae below red-brown, frons laterally white. Palpi and ring around neck 
yellow. Abdomen on the 2nd, 4th and 5th segments with incomplete yellow bands and spot before the anal 
tuft, beneath on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments golden yellow with a spot behind them. Forewing above the 
base of the inner margin fiery red. The cell and at the distal margin between the veins copper-red, apex 
violettish-blue. Beneath golden yellow, at the base somewhat black. Hindwing above hyaline with fine black 
margins, beneath at the costal margin golden yellow. $ 30 mm. Delagoa Bay. 
xanthosoma. P. xanlhosoma Hmps. Ground-colour red-brown. Palpi in front yellow, legs red-brown and brown. 
Abdomen golden yellow, at the base and end, as well as a dorsal and lateral line bluish-black. Forewing mixed 
with yelloAv and copper-red. Hindwing hyaline, at the inner margin copper-red, otherwise margined with 
reddish-brown, G 30 mm. Rhodesia, Uganda. 
III. Antennae of G plain. 
mesothyris. P mesothyris Hmps. Antennae below, palpi, part of vertex, and patagia nut-brown. Abdomen with 
fine yellow margins on the 2nd, 4th and 6th segments, anal tuft fiery red in the middle and below'. Hind 
tibiae and tarsi reddish nut-brown, spurs white. Forewing reddish nut-brown. At the base of the cell a black 
spot with yellow scales. Wedge-shaped area yellow hyaline in the centre of the cell, distal hyaline area between 
veins 8 and 5 small. Hindwing narrowly margined. Beneath the forewing shows yellow stripes, the hindwing 
is only yellow at the costal margin as far as the cell-end. $ body less yellow. Forewing blackish-brown, not 
hyaline. 30—32 mm. Natal. — In this species the anal tuft of the G is parted, in pythes not parted. 
pythes. P„ pythes Drc. Black. Palpi and legs reddish-brown. ForeAving with a deep black spot at the cell-end. 
Hindwing hyaline. 18 mm. South Africa. 
sanguipen- P. sanguipemiis Meyr. Black. Palpi and legs black and white. Forewing orange-red, costal margin 
ms - bluish-black, connected with the black spot of the cross-vein. Distal margin narrower black. Hindwing narrowly 
margined with dark. Abdomen with a few white scales. Tegulae of $ with a red spot. 14—16 mm. Natal. 
37. Genus: Pyrautlirene Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted, antennal end thickened. Tibiae with small pencils on the spurs, tarsi very long, 
with small pencils at the ends of the joints. In the forewing veins 7 and 8 united, all the others well separated. 
In the hindwing vein 3 nearer to 5 than to 2, 4 absent, 6 from the centre of the cross-vein. 
flammans. P„ flammans Hmps. Thorax black, prothorax and patagia, palpi partly and the abdomen fiery red, 
only at the base black. Hind tibiae fiery red with some black, hind tarsi black and blue. Forewing fiery red, 
at the base black. A black spot at the cross-vein above united with the copper-brown margin which is intro- 
angular at vein 2. Hindwing fiery red. at the apex broad copper-brown, at the anal angle only narrow copper- 
brown. G 28 mm. Central Africa. 
38. Genus: liomo^yna Le Gerf- 
Antennal ends strongly thickened, third palpal joint long. Hind tibiae thick, without a pencil. In the 
forewing veins 7 + 8 stalked, all the veins equidistantly separated. Cross-vein in both Avings straight. In the 
hindwing veins 2, 3 and 5 equidistantly separated, 6 beloAy the upper cell-angle. Type: alluaudi Le Gerf. 
