Heterocera from the Transvaal. 201 
ochraceous, its whole area sparingly, irregularly, and minutely 
flecked with black ; the speckles form a cluster in and near 
end of cell, and are arranged somewhat in three series beyond 
it; an outer marginal series of small black spots. Anterior 
wings beneath with the black markings very indistinct; 
posterior wings beneath with the costal (broadly) and the 
outer margin (narrowly) ochraceous. 
Exp. wings 35 millim. 
fab, ‘Transvaal, Pienaars River (Distant). 
Lacipa sexpunctata, sp. n. 
Head and pronotum silvery white; antenne and humeral 
angles of pronotum ochraceous ; abdomen and legs more or 
less very pale ochraceous. 
Wings above silvery white; anterior wings with a small 
black spot beneath base of cell, six similar spots at end of 
cell (four in and above and two beneath), and an outer sub- 
marginal series of black spots; three slightly waved and 
disconnected yellow fasciz, one close to base, the second 
crossing cell, and the third placed beyond it, the third 
oblique, the second somewhat curved. Wings beneath with 
the markings paler than above. 
Exp. wings 26 millim. 
Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant). 
Allied to L. quadripunctata, Dewitz. 
Aroa perculta, sp. n. 
Body and legs ochraceous ; tibize and tarsi streaked with 
fuscous; antennal branches fuscous. 
Wings ochraceous ; anterior wings with the apical portion 
of costal margin and the whole of outer margin blackish, most 
of the veins on the apical third also distinctly blackish ; 
posterior wings with the outer margin blackish, close to 
which the veins are also infuscated. Wings beneath with 
the black markings less pronounced than above. 
Exp. wings 26-30 millim. 
Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant). 
Lymantria tessellata, sp. n. 
Body and legs ochraceous, tinged with black; antenna 
black, with the branches brown. 
Anterior wings creamy white, much mottled with black, 
the vein closing cell reddish ochraceous ; the black markings 
are largest and most suffused on cellular and apical areas, 
