SOUTH AFRICAN BAGWORMS. 597' 



Hampson gives the following description of this subgenus r 

 Male. — Fore wing with vein Ir anastomosing with Ih ; 



vein 6 absent in both wings. Hind wing witli a bar between 



vein 7 and 8. 



This subgenus is divided into three sections : 



I. Veins 4 and 5 of both wings stalked. Fore wing with 7 

 from cell. 



II. Veins 4 and 5 of both winsfs from cell. Fore wine* with 

 7 stalked with 8, 9. 



III. Veins 4 and 5 of fore wing from cell. Fore wing 

 Avith vein 7 from below angle of cell. 



Acanthopsyche (Qilceticoides) tristis tip. n. (Thatched 

 Bagworm). PI. XLIII, fig. 3. 



Male. — Shaft of antennte and hairs on head, thorax, abdomen 

 and legs cinnamon-buff (XXIX), these hairs are mixed with 

 those of a fuscous colour, especially at the last three seg- 

 ments of the abdomen ; branches of antennge fuscous ; wings 

 moderately covered with fuscous hairy scales, leaving the 

 terminal half of fore wing and the terminal third of hind 

 wing slightly more transparent ; in fore wing the veins 

 2-9 are rather darker in this area ; costa of fore wing and 

 termen of both wings fuscous-black. Underside like above. 



Exp., 20 mm. in 1 male type and 1 male cotype. 



Hab. — New Hanover, Natal (bred by C. B. Hardenberg, 

 March 1st, 1915). 



This species comes in Section III of the subgenus. The 

 bar of the hind wing is, however, not from vein 7 to 8, but 

 from the upper median at two-thirds to vein 8. It is quite 

 well possible that this bar is actually vein 7, which would 

 then become concurrent with vein 8, and if this is the correct 

 view, vein 6 would be present. The veinlets in both cells 

 are simple; the branch of Ih in fore wing is distinct, but 

 hardly reaches the inner margin ; the stalk of 8, 9 is only 

 one-fourth and 7 is so far away from the stalk that it might 

 as well be vein 6. The fork of Ih is very long, nearly half 

 the length of vein. Vein Ih of hind wing is forked and 



