The Moths of South Africa. 65 



^ . ' Genus PAIS. 



Type. 



Pats, Hiibn. Verz. p. 279 (1827) decora. 



Pais decora, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 382 (1764). Cram. Pap. 



Exot. iii. pi. 219, F.G. 

 Noctua jUlia, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 7, E.P. (1775). 

 Brepha cluhia, Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Schmett. i. (1827). 

 Hah. Natal, Estcourt (Hutchinson, Burrows, Trimen). Exp. 



50 mill. 



Species Auctorum. 



Pais moldcBiikii, Dew. Verb. L. C. Acad, xliii. 



p. 65, pi. 3, f. 15 (1881) Cape Colony. 



Genus XANTHOSPILOPTBEYX. 



Type. 

 Xanthospilopteryx, Wllgrn. (Efv. Vet. Akad. 



Forh. XV. p. 82 (1858) superha. 



A. Abdomen with ventral orange bands. 



a. Abdomen with the ventral bands on last three segments orange. 



a'. Abdomen with ventral bands on last three segments . . perdix. 

 b\ Abdomen with ventral spots on last three segments . . pentelia. 



b. Abdomen with the ventral bands on last three segments 



white africana. 



B. Abdomen with sublateral series of white points. 



a. Hindwing with the black on costa extending to base . . . . superba. 



b. Hindwing with the black on costa not extending to middle btttleri. 



(1) Xanthospilopteeyx perdix, Druce, P.Z.S. 1887, p. 668 (1888). 

 Eiisemia eoa, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. Er. (6) x. p. 123 (1890). 

 Hab. British Central Africa ; Delag-oa Bay. (.E^rp. 68 mill. 



(2) Xanthospilopteeyx pentelia, Druce, P.Z.S. 1887, p. 668 (1888). 

 Hab. Delagoa Bay. Exp. 50 mill. 



(3) Xanthospilopteryx africana, Butl. A.M.N. H. (4) xv. p. 142 



(1875). 

 Eusemia meretrix, Westw. Gates' Matabeleland, p. 355 (1881). 

 Xanthospilopteryx fatima, Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 288, 



pi. 15, f. 2. 

 Hab. British East Africa; Zululand; Natal (Gooch). Exp. 



$ 64, ? 76 mill. 



(4) Xanthospilopteryx superba, Butl. A.M.N.H. (4) xv. p. 141, 



pi. 13, f. 3 (1875). 



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