SOUTH AFKICAN BAGWORMS. 603 



from upper median at over half of wing- leng'tli, short and 

 -anastomosing witli 12 at three-fourths of vein 12. 



Hind wing subtriangular, nearly as broad as long ; costa 

 slightly arched; apex well rounded; termen rounded and 

 somewhat undulating at the veins ; tornus well rounded ; 

 inner margin nearly straight; frenulum thin, about one-fourth 

 •of costa in length ; cell only as long as half the wing and 

 rather nai'roAV. Vein 1'^ rather long and curved; 1?; long, 

 slightly curved; Ic faint, nearly straight and ending in 

 i;ermen near vein 2 ; 2 from two-thirds upper median ; 8 from 

 nearer to lower angle than from vein 2 ; 4 from lower angle ; 

 •5 from near middle of disco-cellular and continued as a veinlet 

 in the cell; 6 absent; 7 from upper angle; upper median 

 -connected at half to vein 8 by a short bar, which is oblique 

 ^nd directed basally. 



Four South African species, of which I have seen only two, 

 •belong to this genus. 



M o n d a d e 1 i c a t i s s i m a 1 1'7/.-. PI . XLIl 1, fig. 7 . 

 Monda delicatissima WUc, Cat. xxxii. p. 4-07. 1865. 



Male.- — .Antennai white, ringed with fuscous; branches 

 white with fuscous pecten ; head, thorax and abdomen black 

 and sparsely covered with whitish hairs. Wings whitish 

 •transparent, sparsely covered with rather short white hairs ; 

 ■apical area rather thickly covered with fuscous hairs, from 

 beyond half along costa, from before disco-cellular and till 

 near vein o ; fuscous scaling between vein 3 and 4 rather 

 thin ; two rounded fuscous spots a little distance away from 

 disco-ceUular and lower median, one between vein 2 and o and 

 ■one between vein 8 and 4; cilia consisting of rather long 

 white haii-s sparingly distributed. 



Female. — Wingless. 



Exp., 17 mm. 



I bred this interesting little moth from small bags supplied 

 to me by Mr. E. B. Piatt, Durban. It feeds on U esmon o di urn 

 incanum DC. 



