67 



t> 1039 O. flabellaria Fabr. 



Riant. Ins. II. p. inn (1787). 



PIR(; A Auriv. 



Ent. Tidskr. p. 192 ( itiQft). 



1040 P. t rans\ alensis Janse. 



Ann. T. Mus. V. p. 13 pi. III. f. 1 (1915). 



BHACHAlioA limps... 



Ann. S.A. Mus. 111. p. 392 (1905). 

 in 11 15. quadripmict at a Wllgm. 



CEfv. Vet. Ak. Forh. p. 99 (1875). 

 1042 B. dregei 11 err. Schaff. 



Ausserteur. Schmett f. ill (1854). 



•ORGYIA Ochs. 



Schmett. Eur. II I. p. 208 (1810). 

 tlOCi ( ). tricolor Berr. Schaff. 



Exbt. Schmett. pi. B2 f. 172 | 1850). 



JREDOA Wlk. 



( at. IV. p. 826 ( 1855). 



1041 R. melanocraspis Hnipsn. 



Ann. S.A. Mus. III. J). 393 (1905). 



BICELLUPHORA Janse. 



Ann. Transv. Mus. V. p. 16 pi. TI. f. 5 (1915). 

 mi.') B. argentea Janse. 



Ann. Transv. V. p. 17 pi. III. f. 2 (1915). 



LACIPA Wlk. 



Cat. IV. p. 790 (1855). 



KMO I., sarcistis Ilinpsn. 



Ann. S.A. Mus. III. p. 103 (1905). 



*In (he Ann. Transv. Mus. V. p. 11. I wrote thai I did 

 not think this genus to he represented in South Africa, bul 

 since tln-n I saw sonic specimens in the South African Museum 

 which are labelled Orgyia tricolor U.S. Dr. IVrinuuc\ 

 kindly presented a male and a wingless female to me, which 

 I have not had the opportunity yel to study m detail. 1 

 have little doubl that the specimens belong to this genus, 



though there are some structural points of difference. 



tHab. S. Africa. In coll. S.A. Museum and coll. Janse. 

 specimens all bred at the same time from caterpillars found 

 in (ape Town. The caterpillars were at that time so alum 

 dant as to do damage to cultivated plants, though they were 

 never seen before, nor after the date (Sept., 1913), when Mr. 

 Lightfool collected a fair number and bred them through. 

 It is peculiar that the species lias not been met with sine, 



}I have found that Swinhoe. Trans. Ent. Soc, I.ond.. p. 

 378 (1903). has snnck Tiedna as a synonym t i Levcomd. Bamp 

 son. in 190"), does not accept this view, and as I have no 

 material to investigate this point. I follow Sir QeOfgte Hamp 

 son and keep Redoa as separate from Leueoma. 



