040 NOCXTJIDiE. 



Genus MENEPTERA, nov. 



Tvpe. M. diopis. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frontal 

 prominence and moderately scaled, the 3rd joint short; frons with long 

 truncate conical prominence with raised edges at extremity ; eyes rather small 

 and elliptical ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair and 

 scales mixed and without crests ; tibia? moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen 

 without crests. Fore wing narrow, the costa excised beyond middle ; the apex 

 produced upwards, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 

 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 

 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of 

 cell ; 5 almost fully developed from well below middle of discocellulars; G, 7 

 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 



5974. Meneptera diopis. 



Tarache diopis, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 435(1905). 



2 . Head and thorax black-brown ; pectus, legs, and abdomen 

 dark reddish brown. Fore wing red-brown with slight dark 

 irroration ; orbicular and reniform small, white, the former^ round, 

 the latter lunulate, a black patch between them ; postmedial line 

 pale rufous, indistinct, rather obliquely curved ; subterminal line 





Fig. 173. — Meneptera diojris, § . f . 



represented by a slight whitish point on costa ; cilia whitish tinged 

 with rufous. Hind wing dark cupreous brown; cilia whitish 

 tinged with rufous ; the underside fuscous brown. 



Bab. Transvaal, Piet lietief (Crawshai/), 1 $ type. Exp. 

 24 millim. 





Genus PSEUDOSTERRHA. 



Type. 



Pscudosterrlm, Rebel, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 373 (1901) non 



descr oronaria. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the frons 

 which is smooth; eyes large, round; ocelli present; antenna? of female 

 ciliated ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibue 

 slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing narrow, the 

 apex produced and acute, the termen obliquely curved and not crenulate; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; (5 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins o, 4 

 stalked; 5 nearly fully developed from below middle of discocellulars; 6,7 

 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to well beyond middle. 



