New Species of Lepidoptcra Heteroccra. 493 



wing elongate triangular ; costa straight ; apex prominent ; termen 

 oblique ; vein 6 of forewing from upper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked, but 9, 10 coincident ; hindwing with costal approximated 

 to subcostal for half of cell ; veins 7 and 3 from before angle 

 of cell. 



Type, L. dentilineata, spec. nov. 



43. LOXOPORA DENTILINEATA, spec. 11OV. 



(Plate XLL, fig. 7.) 



Forewing : Pale ochreous, speckled finely with black, in basal area 

 and along costa tinged with pale brown ; inner line curved, marked 

 by black spots on costal, subcostal, and median veins, and by a short 

 oblique line at inner margin ; the outer line lunulate dentate, straight 

 from beyond middle of inner margin to costa before apex, the lunules 

 filled in with dark brown, the whole becoming faint before costa ; 

 subterminal line marked by dark spots in the intervals ; terminal 

 spots large and black ; fringe ochreous ; cellspot black. 



Hindwing, with the lines much fainter ; the spots the same. 



Underside of forewing more discoloured with grey brown, the lines 

 dull ; of hindwing brighter, with the lines better marked. 



Head and thorax brownish ; abdomen ochreous sprinkled with dark 

 atoms ; the first four dorsal segments with black saddle-shaped spots ; 

 pectus, venter, and legs brownish -tinged. 



Expanse of wings : 33 mm. 



1 $ from Cape Town, April, 1878. 



GEN. PEKUSIOPSIS, gen. nov. 



Forewing : Costa curved ; termen curved, with a slight elbow 

 at vein 4. 



Hindwing with termen well rounded. 



Frons roundly protuberant ; palpi short and thick, the terminal 

 segment minute ; antennae of 5 thickened : cell of forewing longer 

 than half ; vein 3 well before end ; discocellular concave outwards ; 

 vein 6 from the depressed end of cell ; 7, 8 stalked ; 9, 10 stalked, 

 anastomosing with 11, then separating; Costal and subcostal of hind- 

 wing closely approximated for more than half of cell ; vein 3 well 

 before end of cell. 



Type, P. veninotata, spec. nov. 



The type species superficially resembles that of Loxopora, but the 

 neuration is very distinct. 



