On Ileterocera from the Transvaal. 15 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 

 Iteference letters. 



div. Partial division between the 7ie}n. Nomatocysts. 



ccelenteron and the tentacular jikc. Nuclei. 



cavity. r.lai/. Reticular or nervous layer. 



ect. Ectoderm. sph.yn. Spliiiicter muscle. 



ect.m. Ectodermal muscle. ten. Tentacle. 



end. Endoderm. zoox. Zooxanthelloe. 

 mes. Mesogloea. 



Fig. 1. Biuiodeopsis antllliensis, sp. n. Expanded polyp, nat. size. 1 a, 



\b,\ c,\ d. Vesicles. 

 Fig. 2. Ditto. Retracted polyp, nat. size. 



Fig. 3. Ditto. Vertical section through a portion of the base, X 200. 

 Fig. 4. Ditto. Transverse section througli a portion of a tentacle, X 200. 

 Fig. 5. Bunodeopsis strumosa, Andres. Vertical section througli capit- 



ulum and a portion of one side of a tentacle, X 20'J. 



Biological Laboratory, 

 Museum, Institute of Jamaica, 

 Kingston, 

 March 29, 1897. 



II. — On a Collection of Ileterocera made in the Transvaal. 



By W. L. Distant. 



Fam. ZygaenidsB. 



Species obtained in the Transvaal. 



Neurosy^nploca agria, Dist. Pretoria. 



concinna, Dalm. Pretoria. 



Zutulba Zelleri, Wallengr. Zoutpansberg. 



Crameria clceckneria, Stoll. Pretoria. 



Syntoinis Kuhlweinii, Lef. Zoutpansberg (Kassner), 



sirius, sp. n. Pienaars River ( W. L. D.), Zoutpansberg (KeBssner). 



Rendalli, sp. n. Barberton (Dr. P. Rendnll). 



Parasyntomis cethiops, sp. n. Zoutpansberg (Kassner). 

 Thyretes caffra, Wallengr. Pretoria. 

 Ercssa fulvescens, Walk. Pretoria, Zoutpansberg. 

 Euchromia africana, Butl. Pretoria. 



Sjjecies obtained in Natal. 



Zididha ampla, Walk. Durban. 

 Syntoinis Kuhlweinii, Lef. Durban. 

 Fuchromia africana, Butl. Durban. 

 Folletii, Gray. Durban. 



Unless otherwise specified, the captures were my own. 



Syntomis sirius, sp. n. 

 Body, legs, and antennae black. 



