Genera and Species of the famihj Pyralidae. 23 



terminal lunules as above; hind- wing with costal half as far as 

 postmedial line, thinly irrorated with black scales; medial line of 

 black irro ration from costa to Ic, then angled upwards between \c 

 and 1&, where it ends; terminal irroration more conspicuous than 

 above. 



Female. Fore-wing as in male, but irroration more dense and 

 the markings more sharply defined; cilia with well-marked middle 

 line consisting of chequered joatches of black scales; more black 

 scales towards outerside especially near the apex ; hind- wing with 

 dense irroration of fuscous all over and markings darker than in 

 male, in addition a morocco-red scaling between veins Ic and 3 

 just before and well beyond the postmedial line; cilia as on upper 

 wing. 



Undei'side as in male, but Avings densely irrorated with morocco 

 red and mixed, as far as postmedial line, with fuscous scales ; cilia 

 also with a more distinct fuscous line in middle. 



Exp. 22-25 mm. 



Hah. Male type from Hope Fountain (near Bulawayo), 

 16. i. 1918; female, Bulawayo, 15-23. xii. 1919; eleven 

 male co-types from Hope Fountain, Pretoria, New Han- 

 over, Sarnia, Eshowe, Barberton, and Waterval Onder, 

 in Nov., Dec., Jan., Feb.; four female co-types from 

 Bulawayo, Waterval Onder, Barberton, Sarnia, Umko- 

 maas, and one very worn specimen from Pinetown. 



The palpi of the male have the second joint above the 

 vertex of head and are curved backwards; the third joint 

 is a Uttle less than half of second j oint, in female the second 

 joint is less than half of second joint; second joint with a 

 tuft of hairs and scales on innerside. Antennae in male 

 with longer cilia than in female; antennal process as 

 long as thorax and covered with rather long spathulated 

 scales and some hairs, especially toward apex. Hind- 

 wing with vein 3 from before angle; 4, 5 from angle and 

 approximated for only \ of length ; 6 and 7 from upper 

 angle; hind-wing with 4, 5 approximated only for \. 

 This species comes very close to meJayiohasis, from which 

 it differs in the following respects : abdomen with black 

 dorsal patches except on the last segment ; fore- wing with 

 a fan of black scales on end of cell and with no apical 

 patch; the two black epical striae absent, but on the 

 other hand it has a fine terminal black line from near 

 apex to tornus, often consisting only of lunules between 

 the veins. Hind-wing with a diSused fuscous post- 



