500 Annals of the South African Museum. 



median vein, the lowest by a downcurved streak from base to inner 

 margin ; the costa narrowly leaden in basal third ; median line of 

 four blotches, two in cell, the third at base of vein 2, the fourth on 

 vein 1 ; above the cell is a narrow linear subcostal mark ; cellspot 

 black, of slightly raised scales, followed by two or three irregular 

 leaden blotches ; outer line outcurved above, incurved below vein 3, 

 of nine blotches ; subterminal line formed of coalescent spots from 

 below apex ; fringe lead colour ; costa towards apex splashed with 

 leaden black. 



Hindwing : Leaden fuscous, paler towards costa, with obscure 

 darker outer and subterminal band ; extreme termen and base of 

 fringe yellow ; tips of fringe leaden. 



Underside dark leaden fuscous on a yellow ground ; termen and 

 base of fringe yellow ; forewing with black cellspot and whitish 

 inner margin. 



Head, palpi, shoulders, patagia, metathorax, and anal segment of 

 abdomen yellow ; thorax and dorsum leaden black ; antennae black. 



Expanse of wings ; 16 mm. 



1 ? from Johannesburg, Transvaal, January, 1912. (H. Feltham.) 



Several examples from the same locality in the British Museum 

 Collection. 



SUB-FAMILY PHYCITINAE. 



GEN. EMATHEUDES, Zell. 



54. EMATHEUDES QUINQUEPUNCTELLA, spec. nov. 

 (Plate XLL, fig. 17.) 



Forewing : Pale straw-colour, the costa deeper yellow ; inner line 

 represented by two black dots on median vein and vein 1, obliquely 

 placet! ; the outer also by two rather larger ones at upper and lower 

 end of discocellular ; sometimes a very minute point on subcostal 

 vein also in inner line ; fringe concolorous. 



Hindwing : White, with veins and terminal line dark ; fringe 

 white, towards apex yellowish. 



Underside of forewing suffused with fuscous, except termen and 

 fringe, both of which remain pure yellow ; of hindwing white with 

 costa yellowish. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen above and below, also the legs yellow ; 

 forelegs fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



2 3 3 from M'fongosi, Zululand, March, 1911. (W. E. Jones.) 



