SOUTH AFEICAN BAGWORMS. 609' 



Underside: both wings covered Avith drab (XL VI) scales; 

 terminal line very prononnced ; costal and cellular regions of 

 fore Aving with fuscous scales. 



Female. — Fore wing more elongate ; broad fasciae darker, 

 as they are irrorated with fuscous ; costal markings and 

 strigula3 less sharply defined and of a fuscous colour;, 

 strigulas very diffused at beyond postmedial line ; hind wing 

 lighter; underside as in male except that the costal markings 

 of fore wing are more pronounced, especially at apical 

 regions ; head, thorax, abdomen and legs covered more 

 uniformly Avith hair-brown (XL VI) and fuscous hairs. 



Exp., male 25 mm., female 34 mm. 



Hab. — New HanoA'er, Natal (bred by C. B. Hardenberg in 

 January and February from the " Crossed-stick " BagAvorm). 



The specimens of the following localities Avere all caught 

 at light : 



Durban (Green, Cooke); Sarnia in January and February 

 (Williamson, Janse). 



Maritzburg in January (Janse); Umkomaas in January 

 (Janse) . 



The venation 7 to 10 of fore wing A'aries a little in this 

 species. I liaA'e nine males and four females that have 9 

 and 10 on a stalk from the areole, and three males that haA'e 

 these veins free from the areole. In one male (No. 988) the 

 left Aving is normal and 9 and 10 on a stalk from the areole, 

 Avhile the right Aving has 7 and 8 on a short stalk from the 

 upper angle, 9 and 10 on a long stalk from the upper median, 

 and no areole is formed at all. 



Though I haA'e not been able to get my specimens compared 

 AA'itli the type, I have little doubt that my identification is 

 correct, as the description of Walker as Avell as that of 

 Butler fit my specimens well enough if one allows for more 

 or less pronounced marking. 



My specimens agree best Avith Butler's description, whose- 

 species, according to Hampson, is a synonym of Walker's 

 A^inctus. None of these three AAriters mention that the- 

 larva of this species makes a bag. 



