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Genus ANGELICA, n. nom. 

 Thydta, Felder, Reise d. Novara, Lepid. pi. Ixxxv. fig. 5 (1874) ; Sonth. Ess. Classif. Lepid. product, de Soie 



(3° fascic), 1). 52 (1901); nom. prmorc." 



A small Ethiopian genus, under which three species are enumerated, two of which are 

 found in the Transvaal. 



11. Angelica zambesina. (Tab. V., fig. 4.) 



Buiuca ^amhesina, Walker, Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. xxxii. p. 523 (1865). 



Thyella zuiiibesin, Feld. Reise d. Novara, Lepid. iv. tab. Ixxxv. fig. 5 (1874) ; South. Ess. Classif. Lepid. 



product, de Soie (3° fascic), p. 52, pi. xxiv. fig. 1 (1901). 

 Antherea zambesia, Maass. it Weym. Beitr. Schmett. v. fig. 96 (1886). 

 Nudaureiia zambesina, Rothsch. Novitates Zool. vol. ii. p. 48 (1895). 



Hab. — Transvaal; Shilouvane in Zoutpansberg (Junod; Pret. Mus. and Coll. Dist.). — The missionary 

 H. A. Junod found this species not uncommon at Delagoa Bay, and it was also contained in a collection 

 made by Mr. Muir at Mozambique. 



At Delagoa Bay the larvae are found in November "par families" on a small shrub 

 growing on the hills (Junod f)- 



12. Angelica tyrrhea. (Tab. VI., fig. 2.) 



Attacus Tyrrhea, Crataer, Pap. Exot. i. tab. xlvi. A (1775). 



Bombyx Tyrrhea, Fabr. Gen. Ins. p. 278 (1777). 



AnthercM Tyrrhea, Walk. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. p. 1244, u. 6 (1855) ; Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(6) vol. xix. p. 391 (1897). 

 Nndairretia tyrrhea, Rothsch. Novitates Zool. vol. ii. p. 43 (1895). 

 Tliyella thyrrhea, Sonth. Ess. Classif. Lepid. product, de Soie (3° fascic.) p. 55, pi. xxv. fig. 1 (1901). 



Hab. — Transvaal; Pretoria (Distant), Johannesburg (Cregoe and Eoss). — It is widely distributed 

 over Southern Africa. 



Larva feeds on willow, black wattle, &c. (A. Eoss, in litt.). 



Genus MELANOCEKA. 



Melanocera, Sonthonnax, Ess. Classif. Lepid. product, de Soie (3° fascic.) p. 58.(1901). 



Sonthonnax has proposed this genus for the reception of three African species, one of 

 which can be alone included in this enumeration, 



flB. Melanocera menippe. (Tab. V., fig. 10.) 



Saturnia menipjie, Westwood, Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, p. 43, pi. ix. tig. 2. 



Antheraa menippe, Walk. Cat. Lepid. Heteroc. Brit. Mus. p. 1243, n. 5 (1855); Dist. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(6) vol. xix. pp. 391 and .S92 (1897). 

 Nudaureiia menippe, Rothsch. Novitates Zool. vol. ii. p. 43 (1895). 



Melanocera menippe, Sonth. Ess. Classif. Lepid. product, de Soie (3'= fascic), p. 58, pi. xxv. fig. 2 (1901). 

 Labva. — Antlierea menippe, Bairstow, ' The Naturalist,' vol. ix. p. 136, pi. viii. fig. 1 (1884). 



Buncea menippe, Juuod, Bull. Soc. Neuchat. Sci. Nat. xxvii. p. 241 (1899). 



" Rouge-vin " with black spines (Junod). 



'■■'■ Thyella has been previously used as a generic name — in Diptera (1863), in Mollu.sca (1865) — and therefore cannot be 

 ascribed to Felder (1874). It was founded by Wallengren (1858), but from his type becomes a synonym oi Bancea. 



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