SOUTH AFRICAN BAGWOKMS. 



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with a small supra- and infra-spiracular tuft of hairy scales, 

 of raw sienna (III). Abd. 8 with large prominent dorsal 

 and lateral tuft of antique brown (III) scaly hairs (text-fig. 6, 

 D, e). Abd. 9 with a thin chitinous band at anterior edge, 

 extending along the ventral and lateral aspect. Ovipositor 

 supported by a mid-dorsal cliitinous rod, dividing anteriorly 

 into two concave branches, and two smaller, subventral ones. 

 Female normally enclosed in chrysalis shell, only the head, 

 thorax and part of the 1 st abdominal segment exposed. 



Text-fig. 7. 



Acanthopsyche tristis ./rt?i.se. Female. 

 A. Ventral view of anterior part of adult female, showing head and 

 rudimentaiy thoracic legs. X 20. b. Side view of same, showing 

 legs and the chitinisations of the thoracic and first abdominal 

 segments, x 20. 



New Hanover, Natal, February 1st, 1915. Bred by C. B. 

 Hardenberg, one specimen. 



Seasonal History and Number of G-enerations. 



Adult moths were found at the end of November and as 

 late as the beginning of Februaiy. While this suggests the 

 occurrence of two generations a year, it is more probable that 

 we have here merely a long flight-period, as we saw also in 

 A. junodi. Mr. Bell-Marley informs me (in lit.) that he 

 had a lai-va feeding for eight months, the moth at last 



