( 578 ) 

 607. Temnora natalis. 



*Tem>iora natalis Walker, Lhl Lcp. Ins. 1). M. viii. p. 104. n. 1 (1856) (Natal ;— Mus. Brit.) : Butl, 

 Trans. Zwil. Soc. Loud. ix. p. 53«. n. 1 (1877) (Natal); id., I.e. p. 6.32 (1877) (= mlalii) : 

 Kirby, Cat. Li'p. lid. i. p. 640. u. 1 (1H!)2). 



Temnora natalii (!), Boisduval, Sj/ec. lirn. I.qi. lU-i. i. p. i\W. n. 2 (IX7.'i) (Natal). 



i ? . Palpi sbort-ti'iaugular iii Jor.siil view. Merum of midcoxa subau-iiuite. 

 First biiultarsal segment as long as 'I to 4, twice the length of longer terminal 

 liindtibial spur. Abdomen beneath with two series of brown dnts, distal sternites 

 variegated with brown. Distal margin of forewing irregular, deeply sinuate in 

 frout, dentate, the teeth rounded, apex and lobe li'^ — R^ truncate-sinuate ; ante- 

 median lines very obliijue, straight, curved only at costal margin ; a large, divided, 

 discal costal patch and two arrowhead-shaped submarginal spots U^ — M'- black. 

 Linos of under surface irregular, strongly dentate, more or less interrupted, 

 consjiicnous. 



t?. Tenth tergite slender, gradually narrowing to end, which is obtuse : steriiite 

 al.<o slender, rather flat, shorter than the tergite, rounded at end. Clasjier with 

 five large friction-scales ; harpe long, slender (PI. L. f. KS), of the same type as 

 in fumosa and jialpalis. Penis with a broad dentate lobe which pr(.)jects distad 

 (Pi. LVI. f. 4). 



Ifah. South Africa : Natal. 



In the British JIuseum 'i 6 S from Natal ; also in coll. Distant.* 



o08. Temnora spiritus (PI. VII. f 2,!, S, type). 



"Ocylon spiriliis Holland, Ent. Xews iv. p. 'SM. a. 4. t. 15. f. 9 ( J) (18<J3) (Kangwr, Ogowu R. :— 



coll. Holland). 

 DUitlmhhi ^/lirilus, Kirby, Nov. Zocu.. i. p. 100. n. 13 (18'.I4). 



c?. A j)ale insect, the four s])ecimens known to us looking as if they were 

 discoloured. Allied to playiata in shape and markings. Long terminal spur of 

 hindtibia about one-third the first tarsal segment, this nearly as long as the other 

 four together. (Jlayish buff ; forewing above and under surface of body and wings 



creamy buff. Abdominal sternites without spots. Forewing, abon\ with a large 



costal discal i>atch of an olivaceous clay colour, triangular, followed behind by a 

 narrow band of the same colour ; a dentate submarginal line beginning at costal 

 margin before apex, forming the border-line of a brownish marginal band ; distal 



margin denticulate, apex truncate-sinuate. Hindwing much shaded with burnt 



umber-brown, postdiscal intersjiace pale, two brown lines more or less distinct, 

 marginal band brown. 



t'/'f/t'/'ii/f/f of forewing brown from base to disc, marginal bands of both wings 

 pale brown, that of forewing distinctly dentate, discal lines also dentate. 



c?. Tenth tergite (PI. XLV. f. 1. 2) strongly compressed, widened vertically 

 near aj)ex, curved downwards, pointed ; sternite much shorter than tergite, slender, 

 pointed, carved. Clasper with five or six frictiou-scales ; harpe (PI. L. f. 13) 

 ending in a rather long, curved, somewhat twisted and spatulate process. Penis- 

 sheath armed before end with a broad, lanceolate, flat process which projects 

 obliquely distad and is dentate at the edges (PI. LV. f. 64). 



JIab. West Africa: Lagos; Niger; Ugowe. 



In the Tring Museum 1 6 from : Warri, Niger Coast, July 1807 (Dr. F. Uoth). 



• An alliutl ^^pt■cic.^ dusLTibtd in the AppL'ndix, 



