f xoiHf Month African Heterocera. 239 



pale luteous fawn colour, not paler at terrneu. Oiliae a little darker. 

 Expans. 70-78 mm. 



Type in S. African Museum from Durban, Natal. Another specimen 

 with the bands of fore wing confluent in the middle, in Janse's 

 Collection from New Hanover. 



Nearly allied to P. ca petals and albofasciata, differing from capensis 

 by the hind wing not being paler at termen and from the latter by the 

 shape and colour of the bands of the fore wing. 



PACHYPASA ALBOFASCIATA, n. sp. 



? . Vertex of head and thorax above grey. The latter with a 

 fuscous mesial stripe ; frons below the antennae, palpi and the whole 

 underside dark rufous brown ; fore wing above dark brown, paler 

 towards outer margin ; two oblique slightly waved whitish bands ; first 

 baud antemedial, beginning at hind margin before middle and nearly 

 straight to vein 5, thence curved to the middle of costa, where it is 

 somewhat dilated ; second band nearly straight from hind margin a 

 little beyond middle to costa near apex, slightly incurved at veins 2 

 and 3 ; the ground-colour darker between the bands ; hind wing fawn 

 colour without markings ; both wings below dark rufous brown ; tarsi 

 dark brown, not or slightly ringed with yellowish. Length of fore 

 wing 39 mm. 



Smaller and much darker ; head, thorax and fore wing above 

 dark castaueous brown ; thorax with some fine greyish lines in the 

 middle, and the sides of the patagia clothed with paler hairs ; the 

 white bands of fore wing sharply contrasting with the dark ground- 

 colour ; underside of body and wings fuscous brown. Length of fore 

 wing 23 mm. 



South Africa : Cape Colony. S. African Museum. 



Seems to be nearly allied to P. bifascia, Walk., but without brown 

 basal streak near the interior border of fore wing. 



JANIDAE. 



GEN. MAEMAEOPLEGMA, Wallengr. 

 MARMAROPLEGMA CONSPERSA, n. sp. 



Forehead, antennae, legs, pectus, abdomen, underside of both wings 

 as well as the upperside of hind wing pale ochreous yellow ; vertex 

 and thorax above hoary grey ; fore wing above whitish grey uniformly 

 conspersed with black scales without markings ; costa and cilia 



