SOUTH AFRICAN BAGWORMS. 



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South African Bagworms: their Transformations, 

 Life-history and Economic Importance. 



Part II. 



By 



C. B. llaideiibeig^, M.A., 



Entomologist in Charge of Wattle Insect Investigations, Natal. 



With Plate XIII and 25 Text-figures. 



Contents. 



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Detailed Account of Species (continued). 



1. Acanthopsyche junodi (Heylaerts). 



(See ' Annals of the Natal Museum,' Pt. 3, Vol. Ill, 1917.) 



2. Acanthopsyche tristis Janse .... 143 



3. Acanthopsyche alba Janse .... 160 

 •4. Clania moddermanni (Heylaerts) . . . 172 



5. Manatha sthiops Hampson .... 192 



6. Manatha subhyalina (Janse) .... 195 



7. Manatha s p. {Gibson's Bagworm) . . . 200 



8. Semimanatha fumosa Janse .... 202 



9. Monda delicatissima Walker .... 2J1 



10. Monda major Heylaerts ..... 218 



11. Monda rogenhofferi Heylaerts .... 228 



12. Monda heylaertsi Jtinod .... 225 

 Explanation of Plate ...... 226 



2. Acanthopsyclie tristis Janse. PL XIII, figs. 1-7. 



The "Thatched Bagworm" — Fam. Psychid*, Subfam. 



Psychina^. 



Acanthopsyche (Oeceticoides) tristis /ans^. Ann. Natal Mus. 

 1917, vol. iii, pt. 3. p. 597. 



This bagworm, while not uncommon, has apparently seldom 

 been observed, owing to its retiring habits. Although, judging 



