Heterocera from the Transvaal. 161 



Xephopteryx ferrealis, sp. n. 



(^ . Antennae biserrate, the tuft well developed ; maxillary 

 palpi dilated with scales and appressed to frons. Head aud 

 collar tinged with ferruginous ; antennae blackish ; thorax 

 grey-brown ; abdomen pale grey. Fore wing brownish 

 grey, irrorated with dark scales ; a ferruginous line just before 

 the middle edged by tufts of black scales ; a rufous and dark 

 discoidal spot ; a subterminal whitish line strongly defined 

 by ferruginous and black scales, and very slightly bent 

 inwards to costa and at vein 5 and outwards to inner margin ; 

 a dark terminal line. Hind wing brownish grey, with brown 

 terminal line. 



Hah. Pretoria {Distant), one male. Exp. 30 niillim. 

 Type in B. M. 



Aglossa basalts, Wlk. xxxiv. 1250. 

 Pretoria {Distant). 



Triphassa alhialis, Wlk. xviii. 640. 

 Pretoria {Distant). 



Bostra puncticostalis, sp, n. 



Antennae of male not serrate, with two pairs of long cilia 

 from each joint. 



Head whitish and rufous; thorax dark rufous brown; 

 abdomen pale reddish. Fore wing fuscous brown, with a 

 reddish tinge ; a pale sinuous antemedial line, defined by 

 fuscous on outer side ; a dark discoidal spot ; the medial part 

 of costa with numerous pale points ; a pale postmedial line 

 defined by fuscous on inner side, minutely dentate between 

 veins 5 and 2, then incurved ; a terminal series of dark 

 points. Hind wing fuscous brown, with indistinct curved 

 postmedial line. Underside with the costal area of fore wing 

 and the hind wing tinged with yellow and red. 



Hah. Pretoria {Distarit). Exp. 38 millim. Type in 

 B. M. 



Bostra noctuina, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xvi. 

 p. 412. 



Pretoria {Distant). 



