The Moths of South Africa. 413 



inner margin towards tornus, coinciding with streak of larg? 



scales below costa of hindwing on upper side Hypsa. 



b 1 . Forewing normal ])igam. 



1>. Palpi porrect, projecting about the length of head. 



a 1 . Mid tibisB with the spurs well developed Diota. 



b 1 . Mid tibiffl with the spurs minute Deilemera. 



B. Forewing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked. 



a. Hindwing with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell Abjtnn'liiii. 



l>. Hindwing with vein 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars Callioratu. 



GENUS HYPSA. 



Type. 



Hypsa, Hiibn. Verz. p. 172 (1827) ......... monycha. 



Pseudliypsa, Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 384 (1892)... speciosa. 



Sect. I. (Pseudhypsd). Antenna of male bipectinate, the apex simple. 



A. Hindwing white ...................... 



B. Hindwing orange. 



a. Forewing brown with fine white streaks on the veins. 



a 1 . Hindwing with black terminal band from apex to vein 1 bawnanniana. 

 b 1 . Hindwing wholly orange or with fuscous apical patch . . siibretracta. 



b. Forewing orange .................... conspicua. 



(1) HYPSA SPECIOSA, Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. 5, f. 2 (1773). 



undulifera, Wlk. vii. 1676 (1856) ; Snell, Tijd. v. Ent. 

 xxxi. p. 126, pi. 1, f. 2. 



Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Old Calabar, 

 Nigeria ; ? South Africa. Exp. 56-70 mill. 



(2) HYPSA BAUMANNIANA, Karsch. Ent. Nachr. xxi. p. 369, pi. iii., 



f. 5 (1895). 



Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone ; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 (Marshall) ; Natal. Exp. 54-66 mill. 



(3) HYPSA SUBRETKACTA, Wlk. vii. 1676 (1856). 



Aganais apliidas, Hopff. Monatsb. Berlin, 1857, p. 422 ; Peter's 

 Reise Zool. v. p. 432, pi. 28, f. 8 ; larva Fawcett, Tr. Zool. 

 Soc. xv. p. 315, pi. 47, f. 16. 



Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone, Old Calabar, Nigeria ; British 

 East Africa, Tanga ; Natal, Durban (Gooch, Leigh) ; Cape 

 Colony, Graham stown, Brak Kloof. Exp. 56-74 mill. 



4) HYPSA CONSPICUA, Swinh. A.M.N.H. (7) xi. p. 503 (1903). 



Hab. Transvaal; Natal, Pinetown (Bowker). Exp. 60-74 mill. 



Hypsa lorbonica is confined to Madagascar and Bourbon. 



