4 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 10. NIO 15. 



Palpares abyssinicus Kolbe. — Stett. entom. Zeitschr,, 

 p. 233, 1898. 



Of this interesting species one male from Eritrea (Iwar- 

 SON leg.) was present. It is closely allied to the foregoing 

 species, but very distinct. The arrangement and the shape 

 of the döts is the same, but the döts are yellowish brown. 

 The thorax is provided with very long, påle yellowish hair; 

 the abdomen is påle reddish brown. Bs arises a little more 

 distally than the fork of cubitus, and in both pairs of wings 

 it forks in the first cellule from its base. The »oblique vein» 

 is placed nearer to the origin of the first sector from Cui 

 than to the cubital fork. 



Palpares kalaliariensis Stitz. — Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 

 Bd. 6, p. 110, fig. 6, 1912. 



Fig- 1. 

 Palpares kalahariensis. Mus. Stockholm. 



Of this rare species a male and a female were present 

 from Damara Land (De Vylder leg.). It is a distinct spe- 

 cies belonging to the radiatus-gvow]}, and it may be a mistake, 

 when N. Banks (loc. cit.) places the species as synonym to 

 P. immensus Mac Lachl. In the forewing Rs arises further 

 out than the cubital fork, in the hindwing opposite to or a 

 little further out. In both pairs of wings the radial sector 

 forks 3 — 4 cellules from its base. In the forewing the Cu2 

 and 1 A are only curved a little, and the angle between Cw^ 

 and Gu2 is very acute, much more so than in other species 

 of the group. The »oblique vein» is placed in the middle 

 between the cubital fork and the origin of the first sector 

 from Cii^. The antennae are black; the two basal joints 

 partly yellowish and strongly blackish haired. The appen- 

 dages of the male are relatively shorter and more curved 

 than in radiatus. 



