118 On Heterocera frotn the Transvaal. 



Family Limacodidae. 

 Parasa Johannes, sp. n. 

 ^ . Prnnotum pale green ; abdomen above ochraceous ; 

 head, body beneath, and legs pale castaneous brown ; antennae 

 black. 



Anterior wings pale green ; a broad outer margin and a 

 broad discal fascia pale castaneous brown ; the discal fascia 

 extends from base to a little beyond cell, which it completely 

 occupies, scarcely extending above it, but considerably 

 beneath it, especially at base, its lower margin irregular and 

 excavated, its apex furcate ; posterior wings above and 

 beneath pale golden yellow. Anterior wings beneath very 

 pale castaneous brown, the green only more or less faintly 

 visible beneath cell, the brown darkest where the discal and 

 marginal fasciae exist above. 



? . With the discal fascia to the anterior wings less 

 intense in hue and with the posterior wings rather darker at 

 apex and along outer margin. 



Exp. wings, S 35-40, ? 42-46 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal, Johannesburg. 



The length and shape of the discal fascia to the anterior 

 wings is a special point in the identification of this species. 



There is a specimen in the British Museum from Natal. 



Family Lasiocampidae. 

 Dendrolimus metallicus, sp. n. 



(^ . Body, antenna?, and legs brownish ochraceous, the 

 abdomen somewhat paler in hue. 



Anterior wings greyish brown, thickly speckled with pale 

 castaneous, crossed by two oblique, narrow, dark fasciae, the 

 first crossing cell, the second a little distance beyond it, both 

 directed inwardly ; between the second fascia and outer 

 margin a similar obscure, broken, and much waved fascia ; 

 all these fascia? greyish on their inner margins ; near extre- 

 mity of cell a castaneous streak, with a small white spot af 

 its apex ; marginal fringe darkest at base; posterior wings 

 pale ochraceous. Anterior wings beneath unicolorous, with- 

 out fasciffi as above ; posterior wings beneath darker than 

 above ; both wings with faint signs of a discal oblique paler 

 band. 



? . Anterior wings above with the inner grey margin to 

 fascia? much more distinct ; the discal oblique band beneath 

 also much more developed. 



Exp. wings, (J 36, ? 38 millim. 



JIab. Transvaal, Johannesburg. 



