Heterocera from the Transvaal. 361 



neuvation speckled with dark brownish. Posterior wings pale 

 brio-lit ochraceous. Wings beneath pale ochraceous. 



Exp. wings 35 niillim. 



Hah. Transvaal, Lydeiiburg District, 



Lceliajiglina, sp. n. 



Body above and beneath, legs, and antenna? pale ferru- 

 ginous ; eyes piceous. 



Anterior wings pale ferruginous, the median nervure dark 

 speckled, giving a faint impression of a longitudinal lineate 

 fascia; apical area with some scattered faint dark speckles. 

 Posterior wings greyish white, the outer margin narrowly 

 very pale ferruginous. Wings beneath as above, but poste- 

 rior wings with the costal area ferruginous. 



Exp. wings 33 millim. 



llah. Transvaal, East Central Boundary. 



Fam. Eupterotidae. 

 Phiala arrecta^ sp. n. 



Pronotum lacteous ; head, antennae, and abdomen pale 

 ochraceous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; tibise and 

 abdomen more or less shaded with piceous, imperfectly seen 

 through the ochraceous pilosity. 



Wings lacteous ; anterior wings with a ^qw widely scattered 

 black speckles, which coalesce and form a transverse nearly 

 straight submarginal fascia. Wings beneath lacteous, uni- 

 colorous. 



Ex|). wings 45 millim. 



Hab. Transvaal, Lydenburg District. 



Fam. Notodontidae. 

 Desmeocrcera basalts, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and posterior pronotal tuft cinereous ; 

 abdomen mouse-coloured ; abdomen beneath and legs very 

 ])ale ochraceous; sternum and pilose covering to legs white; 

 antenna3 ochraceous ; eyes black, with their anterior and inner 

 margins ochraceous. 



Anterior wings griseous, their base obliquely dark 

 cinereous ; posterior wings dull greyish white, their ex:trerae 

 outer margin faintly and narrowly pale brownish. Wings 

 beneath dull greyish j anterior wings and costal area of 

 posterior wings tinged with pale brownish. 



Exp. wings 50 millim. 



IJab. Transvaal, Lydenburg District. 



