596 A. J. T. JANSE. 



wings glass-like and without any colonr ; the costae narrowly- 

 edged with fuscous-black ; fore wing from base to medial area 

 and along inner margin as far as postmedial area very 

 thinly covered with long fuscous-black hairs; hind wing with 

 still longer hairs of same colour on inner marginal area as 

 far as Ic; cilia of both wings consist of a few ill-developed 

 fuscous scales. Underside as above, but with less hairs. 



Exp., 24-26 mm. 



Hab. — Probably found all over Natal at altitudes below 

 5000 ft., and may be expected all over South Africa where 

 Avattles are grown. Its original food-plant Avas doubtless one 

 of the indigenous Acacias. 



The subgeneric position of this species is rather uncertain, 

 and it may be necessary to form a new subgenus, as it does 

 not fit well in any known to me. It has to be taken out of 

 the genus Eumeta for certain, as vein lb has only one spur 

 in the fore wing and that spur is very short and faint, never 

 reaching the inner margin in any of the specimens 1 have 

 seen. The long process of the fore tibiae is present, though 

 rather hidden in the long hairs. The venation of the fore 

 wing is tlie same as in Dasaratha longicauda Wai-r 

 except for the spur from lb which comes in junodi from 

 near end of fork of la and l/> and in the other species from near 

 end of fork 1 b and Ic. 



In the hind wing all the veins are free in junodi, though 

 4 and 5 come from a point ; 6 is present, the missing vein is 

 distinctly vein 7 ; 8 is free from base, almost parallel to 

 upper median till half length of cell, then it anastomoses 

 with the upper median and vein 7 for its Avhole length; Ic is 

 very faint ; frenulum very long, nearly half length of costa. 



The hair-scales of junodi are very loose and come off at 

 once during flight, but even in perfect specimens the hairy 

 covering is very thin. 



Subgenus CEceticoides Rmpsn. 



Oiketicoides Heyl, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., p. 66, 1881. Type inqiii- 



nata Led., from Europe. 

 CEceticoides Hvipsn., ' Moths of India,' vol. i, p. 293. 



