Natal. 

 Natal. 



Lepidoptera from Southern Africa. 415 



Genus 86. Hymenia, Hiibner. 

 112. Hymenia recurvalis, Fabricius. 



113. Hymenia per spectalis, Hiibner. 



114. Hymenia griseata , n. sp. 



Primaries dull greyish brown ; a minute basicostal testaceous 

 spot, and another, edged with black, near base of cell ; a small 

 whitish spot at base of interno-median interspace, and a black- 

 edged, straight, transverse whitish litura just beyond it ; two 

 small angular black markings just beyond the middle of the 

 cell ; a testaceous costal streak, crossed by a black spot, from 

 the end of cell, a very irregular black-edged whitish line from 

 end of cell to inner margin ; apical half of cell sordid whitish ; 

 a marginal macular black line; fringe white, spotted with 

 grey : secondaries grey, costal area whitish ; a broad external 

 brown border, bounded within by an irregular brown-edged 

 white line : body dark brown, head and base of abdomen 

 greyish. Wings below very pale brown ; a black- edged brown 

 spot on discocellulars ; a broad discal grey band, obsolete 

 towards the inner margins, bounded within by a very irregular 

 dusky-edged whitish line : body very pale brown. Expanse 

 of wings 10 lines. 



Natal. 



Most like H. meridionalis in general appearance. 



Family 38. Hydrocampidae. 

 Genus 87. Cataclysta, Hiibner. 



115. Cataclysta fraterna, n. sp. 



Closely allied to C. elutalis from Ceylon ; but with the 

 wings comparatively longer, the body more slender; the 

 basal area of the wings paler, with dark brown markings and 

 better-defined silvery spots ; the central series of silvery spots 

 bounded within by a distinct irregular black line ; external 

 area dark brown, outer margin grey ; marginal spots of secon- 

 daries well defined. Expanse of wings 8| lines. 



Natal. 



Family 39. Spilomelidae. 



Genus 88. Zebeonia, Hiibner. 



116. Zebronia cassusalis. Walker. 

 Natal. 



This species is scarcely distinguishable from the Ceylonese 

 Zebronia aurolinealis of Walker. 



