Heterocera from the Transvaal. 117 



Family LymantriidaB. 

 Lacipa quinquepunctata, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum silvery white, with oehraceous 

 markings, eyes black, antennas oehraceous ; abdomen above 

 and body beneath and legs very pale oehraceous. 



Anterior wings silvery white, with a basal spot and two 

 narrow transverse fasciae oehraceous — both these fasciae cross 

 the wing, the first crossing centre of cell, where it is strongly 

 and sinuately bent outwardly, the second oblique and very 

 slightly sinuate beyond cell ; extreme basal costal margin 

 black, a small black spot beneath cell and before the first 

 fascia, five black spots between the fascise — three at about end 

 of cell and two beneath it bordering outer fascia ; an outer 

 submarginal row of small black spots ; posterior wings very 

 pale stramineous. Anterior wings beneath (excluding outer 

 and inner margin) pale fuscous ; posterior wings with a 

 somewhat obscure discal fuscous spot. 



Exp. wings 28 millim. 



Hab. Transvaal, Johannesburg. 



From L. quadripunctata^ Dewitz, this species is distin- 

 guished by the narrower and more oblique and sinuated 

 oehraceous fasciae and the five discal black spots to the ante- 

 rior wings ; from L. sexpunctata^ Dist., it differs not only by 

 the number of spots, but also by the colour of the wings 

 beneath. 



Lacipa pulverea^ sp. n. 



Head and pronotum creamy white, with oehraceous 

 markings, eyes black, antennie oehraceous; abdomen above, 

 body beneath, and legs oehraceous. 



Anterior wings creamy white, crossed by three oehraceous 

 fascia — the first subbasal and broken, second crosshig cell, 

 third beyond cell, oblique and slightly curved outwardly ; 

 some scattered black specks on basal costal margin, a black 

 spot between first and second fasciae, between second and 

 third fasciffi a cluster of black speckles at end of cell, and two 

 similar clusters beneath cell ; an outer submarginal row of 

 small black spots ; posterior wings very thickly covered with 

 fuscous speckles. Anterior wings beneath very thickly 

 covered with fuscous speckles ; posterior wings beneath very 

 pale oehraceous, with a few marginal dark spots at apex. 



Exp. wings 22 millim. 



Hab. Transvaal, Johannesburg. 



