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X. The Moths of South Africa (Part III.). By SIR G. F. 

 HAMPSON, Bart., B.A., F.Z.S., &c. 



THE present instalment of the classification of the Moths of South 

 Africa deals with the families Pterothysanidce, Lymantriadce , and 

 Hypsidce, and concludes the Noctuid group of families having vein 5 

 of the forewing more or less approximated to vein 4. It also 

 includes a supplementary list of species from South Africa belonging 

 to the families dealt with in the first two papers of the series, which 

 were published in the Annals of the South African Museum, 

 Vol. II., pp. 33-66, and pp. 255-446. 



An (*) indicates that the species is not in the British Museum. 



FAMILY PTEROTHYSANID^. 

 GENUS PTEKOCEEOTA, nov. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi very short not reaching as far as frons ; 

 antennae of male with very long waved branches to extremity ; mid 

 and hind tibiae with terminal pairs of spurs. Forewing with the 

 apex rounded ; the cell short, rounded at extremity the upper disco- 

 cellular being oblique ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from 

 above angle ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 11 stalked, 

 10 absent, 11 very short and becoming coincident with 12. Hind- 

 wing with the frenulum absent; the cell short, rounded at extremity, 

 the upper discocellular being oblique ; vein 3 from well before angle 

 of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 connected with 

 the cell by an oblique bar near base. 



Allied to Hibriklcs, Druce. 



PTEROCEROTA VIRGINEA, n. sp. 



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