Heterocera from the Transvaal. 117 



Family LymantriidaB. 

 Lacipa quinquepunctafa, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum silvery white, with ochraceous 

 markings, eyes black, antennse ochraceous ; abdomen above 

 and body beneath and legs very pale ochraceous. 



Anterior wings silvery white, with a basal spot and two 

 narrow transverse fasciae ochraceous — both these fasciae cross 

 the wing, the first crossing centre of cell, where it is strongly 

 and sinuately bent outwardly, the second oblique and very 

 slightly sinuate beyond cell ; extreme basal costal margin 

 black, a small black spot beneath cell and before the first 

 fascia, five black spots between the fascise — three at about end 

 of cell and two beneath it bordering outer fascia ; an outer 

 submarginal row of small black spots ; posterior wings very 

 pale stramineous. Anterior wings beneath (excluding outer 

 and inner margin) pale fuscous ; posterior wings with a 

 somewhat obscure discal fuscous spot. 



Exp. wings 28 millim. 



Hab. Transvaal, Johannesburg. 



From L. quadri punctata y Dewitz, this species is distin- 

 guished by the narrower and more oblique and sinuated 

 ochraceous fascial and the five discal black spots to the ante- 

 rior wings ; from L. sexpunctata^ Dist., it differs not only by 

 the number of spots, but also by the colour of the wings 

 beneath. 



Lacipa pulverea, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum creamy white, with ochraceous 

 markings, eyes black, antennae ochraceous j abdomen above, 

 body beneath, and legs ochraceous. 



Anterior wings creamy white, crossed by three ocliraceous 

 fascia — the first subbasal and broken, second crossing cell, 

 third beyond cell, oblique and slightly curved outwardly ; 

 some scattered black specks on basal costal margin, a black 

 spot between first and second fasciae, between second and 

 third fasciae a cluster of black speckles at end of cell, and two 

 similar clusters beneath cell ; an outer submarginal row of 

 small black spots ; posterior wings very thickly covered with 

 fuscous speckles. Anterior wings beneath very thickly 

 covered with fuscous speckles ; posterior wings beneath very 

 pale ochraceous, with a few marginal dark spots at apex. 



Exp. wings 22 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal, Johannesburg. 



