Tlw Moths of South Africa. 53' 



&3. Palpi porrect. 



a*. Palpi short ; f rons with rounded prominence Grammarctia^ 

 b*. Palpi long and downturned ; frons without 



prominence Secusio. 



b. Porewing with vein 6 from middle of discocellulars . . . . Psychariuin. 



Genus ILEMODES, nov. 

 Type J. heterogyna. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond frons ; 

 antennae of male bipectinate, of female with bristles and cilia ; tibiae 

 with the spurs moderate. Forewing rather long and narrow : vein 3 

 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hindwing with vein 3 from angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from before middle of cell. 



Ilemodes hetekogyna, n. sp. 



(J . Head and thorax white, frons orange, palpi at tips and 

 antennae brown ; fore tibiae and tarsi brown above ; pro- and meta- 

 thorax with pairs of black spots ; abdomen orange-yellow. Fore- 

 wing ochreous, thickly irrorated with purplish brown ; a black 

 discoidal point ; a white fascia on inner margin extending up to 

 vein 1. Hindwing orange-yellow with black discoidal spot. 



? . Forewing silvery white with black discoidal points and black- 

 brown fascia above vein 1. 



Hab. Natal (Heale) ; Cape Colony, East London (Borchards). 



Ex23. 40 mill. 



Genus AM S ACT A. 



Type. 



Amsacta, Wlk. iv. 804 (1855) marginalise 



Acantharctia, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. 1899, 



p. 241 nivea. 



A. Forewing with more or less developed streaks in suhmedian 



and discal folds vittata. 



B. Forewing without black streaks flavicosta. 



(1) Amsacta vittata, Auriv. Ent. Tidskr. 1899, p. 242. 

 Hab. Bechuanaland ; Natal, Weenen. Sxij. 40 mill. 



(2) Amsacta flavicosta, n. sp. 



^ . Head orange ; palpi black above ; antennge with the branches 

 black ; thorax white, the tegulae and patagia edged with yellow ; 

 tibiae and tarsi fuscous above ; abdomen orange with dorsal black 

 bands and lateral series of points. Forewing white, the costal area 

 and cilia orange. Hindwing white, the cilia orange at apex. 



Hab. Mashonaland, Sahsbury (Marshall). Hx2). 38 mill. 



