HTPAGOPIERA. MANTALA.. 



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GeBus HYPAGOPTERA, nov. 



Type, H. rufeola. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, roughly scaled, not reachiug beyond 

 frons ; antennas of male with short branches ending in a long bristle, serrate 

 towards apex ; tibiae with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough 

 hair. Fore wing of male very narrow, the costa arched at middle, the apex 

 rounded, the termen very short ; vein 2 from near angle of cell, oblique ; 3, 4 

 on a very long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10 from cell, curved; II anastomosing with 12; a costal fold extending to 

 beyond middle of wing. Hind wing very ample ; vein 2 from long before 

 angle of cell ; 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 absent ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 

 8 from middle of cell. 



371. Hypagoptera rufeola, n. sp. 



c? . Head and thorax red-brown ; fore tibiee and tarsi blackish ; 

 abdomen orange-yellow. Fore wing bright fulvous brown ; au 



Fig. 95. — Hypagoptera rufeola, (^ . \. 



obscure diffused fuscous postmedial baud angled at middle. Hind 

 wing orange-yellow. 



5 . Thorax and fore wing except the costal area tinged with 

 purplish fuscous, no trace of the postmedial line. 



Hab. Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson), 2 (^ , type ; Cape Colony, 

 Transkei (Hiss F. Barrett), 2 ,5,2 $ . Exp. 32 millim. 



Genus MANTALA. 

 Mantala, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 108 (1862) 



Type. 



tineoides. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi ])orrect, the 3rd joint long and extending 

 about the length of head ; antennae of male with the basal half broad, flattened 

 and serrate, with long bristles and cilia ; tibite with the spurs short ; abdomen 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing short and broad, the costa highly arched 

 beyond middle, especially in male, which has a fringe of very long scales in 

 terminal half of cell and on inner margin below ; vein 2 from towards end of 

 cell, oblique ; 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 absent ; 6 from below angle of cell ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 from beyond 7 ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from 

 well before angle of cell ; 3, 4 strongly stalked ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



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