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Fam. STRIPHNOPTERYGIDtE. 



Stn'phnopteryges, Wallengreu, Kongl. Vet.-Ak. Handl. (2), Bd. v. No. 4, p. 28 (1865). 

 Striplmopteryijida, Aurivillius, Bihang, Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. Bd. 27, Afd. iv. No. 7, p. 3 (1901). 

 Eiiptn-otida, Hamps. Faun. Brit. India, Motlis, vol. i. pp. 9 and 41 (1892). 



We here use the latest description of this family because Dr. Aurivillius has made his 

 diagnosis sufficiently ample to embrace the Ethiopian genera: — "Proboscis absent or short 

 and weak. Palpi hairy. Antennfe bipectinated in both sexes. Mid tibiae with one pair of 

 spurs ; hind tibiae usually with two pairs. The abdomen usually shorter, never longer than the 

 hind wings. Anterior wing with vein 1 forked at the base, Ic absent, 5 emitted from or from 

 above the middle between veins 4 and 6, 10 absent or very short and emitted from 9 much farther 

 from the cell than vein 8, 11 free from the cell or rarely anastomosing first with 9 and then 

 with 12. Posterior wing with two internal veins, vein 5 from or from above, rarely from 

 below the middle between veins 4 and 6, vein 8 free from the base but usually connected with 

 the cell by an oblique bar. Frenulum and retinaculum usually present in the male, often 

 absent or rudimentary in the female, rarely absent in both sexes." 



The Striphnopterygidse, according to present knowledge, are only found in the Oriental, 

 Ethiopian, and Pal^earctic Regions, and in the last, known by only one genus. 



Aurivillius divides the Striphnopterygidffi into two subfamilies : — 



A. Lower discocellxdar of hind wing much, usually three times longer than the 



middle discocellular Striphnopteryginse. 



B. Lower discocellidar of hind icing not or slightly longer, often much shorter than 



the middle discocellular .......... Janinse. 



We need only mention one publication on the South African members of this family : — 



Aurivillius, Chr. " Ou the Ethiopian Genera of the Family Striphnopterygidse." (Bibang till k. Svenska 

 Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, Band 27, Afd. iv. No. 7, pp. 1-33, Plates i.-v. 1901).- 



STRIPHNOPTERYGINiE. 

 Genus STRIPHNOPTERYX. 



Striphnopteiyr, Wallengren, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 15, p. 209 (1858).; Aurivill. Bihang Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 



Band 27, Afd. iv. No. 7, p. 7 (1901). 

 Dieata, Walk, (part) Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 902 (1855). 



A genus containing one South African species. 

 1. Striphnopteryx edulis. (Tab. VII., fig. 3.) 



Bombi/x cilulis, Boisduval, in Delegorgue, Voy. Afr. Auslr. ii. p. 599 (1847). 



Dreata edulis, Walk. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 903, n. 1 (1855). 



Striphnopteryx edulis, Walleugr. Kongl. Vet.-Akad. Handl. (2) v. (4) p. 28 (1865) ; Aurivill. Bihang, Svenska 



Vet.-Ak. Handl. Baud 27, Afd. iv. No. 7, p. 7 (1901). 

 Jana edulis, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. i. p. 800 (1902) ; Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. xx. 



p. 205 (1897). 



Hab. — Transvaal ; Barberton (Harrison). — Natal ; Durban. Cape Colony. 

 At Durban, " comes to light " (A. Ross, in litt.). 



'■' The pagination is taken from a separate reprint. 



