PROCANXniA. — GRAMMA.RCTtl. 455 



2050. Procanthia argentea. 



Procanthia argentea, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 50 (1900). 



2 . Palpi and frons yellow; vertex of head white at sides, grey 

 at middle, some of the hairs tipped with black ; thorax gre}-, 

 tegulae edged with yellow, spots on shoulders and metathorax 

 yellow, the spatulate hairs tipped with black ; pectus and legs 

 fuscous and grey, the latter with some yellow hair ; abdomen 

 orange-yellow, the hair at base and dorsal bands grey, lateral 

 blackish bands, the ventral surface grey. Fore wing silvery white; 

 two subbasal black spots below costa and two below cell with some 

 yellow between them ; an antemedial yellow band edged on each 



Fig. 195. — Procanthia argentea, J. \. 



side by black spots, bent inwards in cell and angled inwards in 

 submedian fold : a V-shaped black mark in cell near extremity ; a 

 black line just beyond the discocellulars ; a yellow postmedial band 

 edged by black spots, continuous on outer side, broken in places on 

 inner, obliquely curved from costa to join the lower end of the line 

 beyond cell and V-mark in it, then erect to just above inner margin ; 

 a subterminal series of black spots ; cilia pale yellow. Hind wing 

 nearly pure white ; cilia pale yellow at base. 



Hah. C. Colony, Grahamstown, 1 5 type. Exp. 46 millim. 



Genus GRAMMARCTIA. 



Type. 



Grammarctia, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. 1899, p. 243 hilinea. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to end of the large 

 rounded frontal prominence; antenme of female simplo ; tibiae with the spurs 

 moderate. Fore wiug with rein 3 from well before angle of cell ; .^) from 

 above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 7, 8 to 

 form the areole ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 5 from above angle ; G, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



2051. Grammarctia bilinea. 



Setina bilinea, Wlk. xxxi. 237 (1804) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 910. 



$ . Head black, with yellow lateral patches above the frons ; 

 neck with orango ring ; thorax yellowish white with black stripe on 

 vertex ; pectus and logs mostly fuscous ; abdomen orange, with 

 dorsal series of fuscous spots more or less develo])ed and ventral 

 fuscous bands. Fore wing yellowish white ; a black fascia in sub- 



