82 INSECTA TRANSVAALIENSIA. 



6. Phiala costipunctata. (Tab. VII., fig. 7.) 



Heteroinorphii coxtipunctatn, Herrich-Schafifer, Aussereurop. Schmett. f. 375 (1855). 



Dasychiia atomaria, Walk. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 866 (1855). 



Phiala xanUwsoma, Walleugr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 165 (1860) ; Snell. Tijdscbr. Ent. vii. p. 47, pi. iv. 



figs. 4-6 (1872) ; viii. p. 124 (1873). 

 Dasychira punctilinea, Walk. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3), i. p. 264 (1862). 

 Phialn costipunctatii, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. i. p. 446 (1892); Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) ss. 



p. 205 (1897); Aurivill. Bihang, Svenska Vet.-Ak. Haudl. Bd. 27, Afd. iv. No. 7, p. 16 (1901). 



Hab. — Transvaal ; Pretoria and Pienaars River (Colls. Dist. & Pret. Mus.), Barberton (Piendall). — 

 Also recorded from Cape Colony ; Damara Land ; Angola ; Congo. 



I took this somewhat abundant sjjecies in the months of October, November, and 

 December. November is jn-obably its main time for appearance on the wing, with early 

 emergence towards end of October, and late appearance in December. 



7. Phiala pulverea, sp. n. 



Female. Head above and pronotum thickly clothed with very long white hairs; front of head, 

 sternum, and abdomen ochraceous ; eyes and a lateral series of spots on each side of abdomen beneath, 



black ; legs ochraceous, the tibiae annulated with fuscous ; antennae 

 V pale creamy-ochraceous ; wings above silvery-white, thickly covered 



■ ., \^ ^/^ j^: with minute blackish speckles, excepting on discoidal cell of posterior 



.r wings, where they are only present at the apex ; wings beneath very 



pale ochraceous, speckled with blackish as above. 

 Female. Exp. wings, 37 to 38 millim. 

 Hab. — Transvaal; Pretoria (Pret. Mus. and Coll. Dist.). 



Fig. e.-Phiaia pulverea. I ^i^ve received two female specimens of this species from 



Mr. Swierstra, of Pretoria. It is apparently allied to P. dusy- 



poda, Wallengr., from Caffraria; but the abdomen in that species is described as white, not 

 ochraceous as in P. pulverea. 



8. Phiala arrecta. (Tab. IV., tig. 9.) 



Phiala arrecta, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) iv. p. 361 (1899); Aurivill. Bihang, Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 

 Bd. 27, Afd. iv. No. 7, p. 16 (1901). 



Hab. — Transvaal; Lydenburg District (Krantz). 



Apparently a scarce species, and one with which I never met when collecting in the 

 Transvaal. 



9. Phiala incana. (Tab. IV., fig. 8.) 



Plaala incana, Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xx. p. 205 (1897) ; Aurivill. Bihang, Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 

 Bd. 27, Afd. iv. No. 7, p. 16 (1901). 



Hab. — Transvaal; Pretoria (Distant). 



I captured one specimen of this species in January, 1895. I have neither seen nor 

 received another specimen since that time. 



