580 On Heterocera from the Transvaal. 



LopJiuron minutum, sp. n. 



Body above greyish brown ; head and thorax very strongly 

 pilose ; thorax on each side with a slightly oblique fascia, 

 whitish internally and castaneous outwardly. Abdomen 

 above with four longitudinal castaneous fasciae, the outermost 

 of which on each side contains three prominent white hairy 

 spots. 



Anterior wings above greyish brown, with the following 

 dull castaneous markings: — a short narrow oblique stripe 

 near base, a large subquadrate spot at middle of inner margin, 

 and a larger one beyond it at costal margin (both extending 

 about halfway across the wing), and a broad irregular outer 

 marginal fascia. 



Posterior wings golden yellow, outer margin dull casta- 

 neous, the fringe greyish brown ; a faint basal streak and 

 subcostal spot both castaneous. 



Wings beneath much paler and more obscure than above, 

 the posterior wings without the golden-yellow ground-colour. 



Exp. 26 millim. 



JJab. Transvasil, Vretov'iSL {Distant: April). 



Apparently a late species, appearing at the end of the 

 Transvaal summer. 



Amhulyx piabilis, sp. n. 



Anterior wings pale ochraceous, somewhat darker on 

 apical areas, with five brownish elongate costal spots, basal 

 two of which enter cell, third situate a little beyond cell, and 

 fourth and fifth near apex. 



Posterior wings bright golden yellow, minutely spotted 

 with sanguineous, excepting abdominal area, which is pale 

 ochraceous and unspotted, and with a large basal blackish 

 spot with a bluish centre. 



Wings beneath pale ochraceous ; anterior wings with about 

 basal half golden yellow, in which area the two basal brownish 

 costal spots above are castaneous beneath ; posterior wings 

 very minutely and obscurely speckled with brownish, the 

 basal spot above indicated by a castaneous spot beneatli. 



Body above pale ochraceous ; head and thorax with a 

 central brown longitudinal fascia. 



Exp. 97 millim. 



Hub. Transvaal, Pretoria {Distant). 



A. piahilis is allied to A. conspersa^ Dewitz, and holds an 

 intermediate position between that species and A. postica, 

 Walk. 



1 have followed Ilampson in placing these species in the 

 genus Ambuli/x. They are located by Kirby in Basiana 

 and by Rothschild in a proposed new genus — Fseudoclanis, 



