new African Miths. 110 



with numerous waved striated dark lines, the postmcdial and 

 suhtcrniinal linos confluent at vein 4, formin;^ a Y-shaped 

 mark ; a wedge-shaped black patch on inner margin t'njni 

 near base to middle; vein 2 with fine oblique black streak. 

 Hind wing silky grey-brown ; t'ne underside with some black 

 striae on eosta. 



Hub. Natal, Durban [Leiyh, Boivker, Quekett), 5 ^ type, 

 E.rp. tG-50 mm. 



Closely allied to L. cossula, IIoll., but much darker and 

 bind wing withuut the dark striaj. 



Genus Paralebeda, nov. 



Type P. caniescens. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi very short, porrect ; antenuaj of 

 male bipectinate with moderate branches; til)ite and tarsi 

 fringed with long hair ; abdomen with crest of rough hair 

 at base. Fore wing with the lower angle of cell produced, 

 vein 3 from well before angle; 4, 5 from angle or stalked; 

 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with the lower angle of cell pro- 

 duced ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle, 7 counected with 8 by aa oblique bar. 



Sect. I. — Fore wing with veins 4, 5 stalked. 

 (1) * Paralebeda schultzei, Auriv. Ark. f. Zool. ii. p. 41 (190.j). 



W. AtKICA. 



Sect. II. —Fore wing with veins 4, o from cell. 



(2) Paralebeda carnescens, sp. n. 



(^ . Head and thorax dark red-brown mixed Mith Hesh- 

 pink ; abdomen flesh-pink, with slight brownish bands, the 

 base of dorsum brown, the underside with brown mi.xcd. 

 Fore wing flesh-pink obscurely mottled with brown ; the 

 basal half of costa with small black spots ; an antemedial 

 diffused V-shaped black mark on inner area; a faint blackish 

 shade beyond end of cell ; a blackish subterminal shade from 

 costa to vein 4 and a series of faint dark spots just before 

 termeu from ai^ex to vein 2. Hind wing whitish tinged with 

 flesh-pink, especially on basal area; some faint brown 

 mottlmgs beyond lower angle of cell ; the terminal half with 

 pale brown striated mott lings, forming an indistinct post- 

 medial line curving outwards to termeu at vein 2 and a sul)- 



