368 Annals of the South African Museum. 



medial and postmedial lines indistinct, waved, angled outwards 

 beyond upper and lower angles of cell and inwards in discal and 

 submedian folds ; the subterminal line ochreous defined by rufous 

 on inner side, sinuous and with slight dentate marks on its outer 

 edge at middle and towards costa ; a terminal series of dark points 

 or small lunules. Hindwing irrorated with black with indistinct 

 waved medial, two postmedial and subterminal lines ; a fine waved 

 terminal line. Under side of both wings with indistinct curved 

 postmedial line and black suffusion on terminal area. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshall) ; Transvaal. Exp. 

 36 mill. Type in B.M. 



(5) AcANTHOLiPES ARCTiNOTATA, Wlk. xxxiii. 989 (1865). 

 Poaphila biguttata, Wlk. xxxiii. 990 (1865). 



Hah. Cape Colony, Annshaw, Transkei (Miss F. Barrett). Exp. 

 26 mill. 



Genus PAEATHEEMES, nov. 

 Type P. nigriceps. 



Proboscis fully developed ;' palpi with the second joint porrect, 

 reaching well beyond the frons and fringed with scales above and 

 below, the third upturned, naked, long; frons with tuft of hair; 

 antennae of male ciliated ; mid and hind tibiae slightly fringed with 

 hair above ; abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewing with the apex 

 slightly produced and acute, the termen crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with 

 the termen crenulate ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 fully developed 

 from a little above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



A. Forewing with the postmedial line waved nigriceps. 



B. Forewing with the postmedial line not waved. 



a. Forewing with the postmedial line angled outwards at veins 



6 and 4 digoniata. 



b. Forewing with the postmedial line escurved beyond the cell . . zygia. 



(1) Paeathermes nigriceps, Wlk. xv. 1595 (1858). 

 Herminia nigrifrontalis , Wlk. xvi. 238 (1858). 



kerima, Eeld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 120, f. 38 (1874). 

 Bcnodes pallidula, Butl. A.M.N. H. (4) xvi. p. 409 (1875). 

 Hah. West Africa, Sierra Leone, Nigeria; Abyssinia; British 

 Central Africa, Zomba, Likoma ; N'G-amiland (Lugard) ; Natal, 

 Victoria District (Gooch) ; Cape Colony (Sir A. Smith) ; Aden. 

 Exp. 30-40 mill. 



