240 Amialu of the South African Museum. 



yellowish ; hind wing above slightly conspersed with darker scales at 

 termen. Length of fore wing 24 mm., expaus. 53 mm. 



South Africa. S. African Museum. 1 . 



Venation and form of the wings as by M. paragarda, only differing 

 in having vein 8 of hind wing free (not connected with the cell by a 

 bar) and veins 5 and 6 of fore wing shortly separated at their origin. 



NOTODONTIDAE. 



GEN. ANTHEUA, Walk. 



ANTHEUA KADIATA, n. sp. 



^ . Head and thorax pale stramineous, patagia edged with yellow 

 hairs ; frons fuscous yellow ; eyes surrounded by black hairs ; femora 

 black above ; tibiae blackish with basal tuft of long whitish hairs ; 

 tarsi white, ringed with black ; abdomen deep rufous above with broad 

 lateral series of black tufts, white below and at extremity ; fore wing 

 whitish with all the veins broadly lined with black and greyish scales ; 

 base of the areas 2 and 3 filled out with such scales ; hind wing 

 stramineous vellowish at base and inner margin ; both wings with a 



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fine black terminal line more distinct on the under side and ending at 

 vein 16 of hind wing; underside stramineous white with the veins 

 more or less darkened in terminal area ; antennae yellowish, bipectinate 

 to near tip, branches very short in apical fifth. Length of fore wing 

 19 mm., expans. 45 mm. 



Transvaal : Pilgrims' Rest (Miss Schunke) S. African Museum. 

 This well-marked species seems to be allied to A. triritta, Hamps., from 

 Abyssinia. 



GEN. PARAPHLEBS, nov. gen. 



Head and thorax clothed with hairs. Palpi porrect, not reaching 

 beyond the frons. Eyes smooth, rather small. Antennae bipectinated 

 to apex, branches moderately long. Proboscis and frenulum absent. 

 Femora and tibiae hairy ; tarsi naked ; hind tibiae with 4 spurs ; hind 

 tarsi without distinct spines, the pulvilli nearly as long as the claws. 

 Abdomen a little longer than hind wing, stout, cylindrical, obtuse at 

 apex and provided with a dense apical tuft of hairs ; sides hairy. 

 Wings formed completely as in some Limacodidae for instance, 

 Contheyla vestita, Walk. (Hampson, Faun. Brit. India, Moths, vol. i, 

 p. 385, fig. 262). 



Fore wing with vein 1 shortly forked at base, vein Ic absent, vein 3 



