A NATURALIST IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



Fam. TINEID.E. 

 (By JNO. HARTLEY DURRANT, F.E.S., M.Soc.Ent.Fr.) 



Subfam. TINEINJE. 



Sematocera, gen. nov. 



(<77}yita=a sign,, epa9 = a horn.) 



Type, $ . Sematocerafuliginipuncta. (Tab. IV. figs, a, b, c, d, e.*) 



Antennae slightly more than half the length of the fore wings ; 

 bipectinate (5), each pectination biciliate. 



Maxillary palpi folded (concealed in the clothing of the labial 

 palpi). 



Labial palpi, second joint recurved, densely clothed beneath, 

 almost concealing the porrect apical joint. 



Haustellum not apparent. 



Head somewhat roughly clothed above. 



Fore wings, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, apical 

 margin oblique. Neuration: 12 veins, all separate ; 7 to apex, 

 continued through the cell to between 10 and 11, and forming 

 a supplementary cell, from which arises 8, 9, and 10 ; another 

 internal vein from the base is forked near the end of the cell, 

 one branch going to between 5 and 6, the other to between 3 

 and 4 ; 1 furcate at base. 



Hind wings slightly wider than the fore wings, subovate. 

 Neuration : 8 veins, all separate ; the internal vein is forked, 

 one branch going to between 3 and 4, the other to between 6 

 and 7 ; 1 b furcate at base. 



Abdomen moderate ; anal appendages strongly developed. 



Legs, hind tibiae clothed on their inner side. 



This genus differs from Scardia, Tr. (to which it is nearly 

 allied), in the form of the palpi and the bipectinate antennae. 

 Euplocamus, Latr., which has similar antennae, is distinguished 

 by the structure of the palpi and by having veins 7 and 8 of 

 the fore wings from a common stem. 



The possession of folded maxillary palpi separates it from 

 Lasioctena, Meyr.r, . (/. H. D.) 



* 4 a. Neuration; 4. Head; 4c. Inner side of labial palpus, showing 

 the concealed maxillary palpi ; 4 d. Part of antennae ; 4 e. Three joints of 

 antennae, highly magnified. 



