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XVI. — On a Collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. 



By W. L. Distant. 



This paper concludes the enumeration of my Transvaal 

 Heterocera — S|jliin,2;es and Bombyces — as included in 

 Mr. Kirby's first volume of his ' Synonymic Catalogue of 

 Lepidoptera Heterocera.' A few Sesiidai have still to be re- 

 corded, and then the Noctuidai and Geoniitridie will be worked 

 out. Sir G. F. Hampson has kindly promised to undertake 

 the description of the Pyralidie, and my Tin'Mdae, by the 

 favour of Lord Walsingham, will receive the efficient treat- 

 ment afforded these moths at his Merton Museum. 



In the constitution of the families 1 have followed the 

 excellent " keys " afforded by Hampson in his standard and 

 almost generally followed work on Heterocera in the ' Fauna 

 of British India,' and have sought to locate the African 

 genera in the same system of family arrangement as he has 

 laid down for the Oriental moths. The grouping of these 

 families has, for the sake of general convenience, more or less 

 followed the arrangement in j\Ir. Kirby's Catalogue. The 

 last matter is still a somewhat open question, and will 

 probably see much fluctuation before finality is obtained. 



I hope eventually to figure all the new species described, 

 both in this and other orders, in a future work. 



Where not otherwise specified the captures were my own. 



Fam. AgaristidaB. 



Species obtained in the Transvaal. 



Xanthospilopteryx superha, Bull. Barbertoa (Dr. P. RendalT), Pretoria. 

 JEyocera fertida. Walk. Barberton {I)r. P. Rendall), Pretoria. 

 Ovios capensis, Herr.-SchafF. Barberton [Dr. P. Rendall). 

 Pais decora, Linn. Pretoria. 



Fam. Arctiidae. 



Species obtained in the Transvaal. 



Pehchyta madagascariensis, Boisd. Lydenburg District (Zittrzenka). 



Apii^a canescetis, Walk. Barberton [Dr. P. Rendall), Pretoria. 



Decimia hicolora, Walk. Volksriist. 



Anace lateritia, Herr.-Schaff. Heidelberg', Pretoria. 



Metarctia rufescens, Walk. Barberton {Dr. P. Rendall), Pretoria. 



Rhodogastria amasis, Cram. Pretoria. 



Spilosoma dissimilis, sp. n. Pretoria. 



Sceniirajlava, Walleugr. Barberton {Dr. P. Rendall), Pretoria. 



Leucaloa eugraphica, Walk. Pretoria. 



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