The Moths of Soitth Africa. 439 



Alelimma pallicostalis, n. sp. 



3- . Antennae of male with bristles and cilia, the shaft dilated at 

 middle and with tuft of long hair above ; fore coxae with tuft of 

 long hair in a fold, the tibia with sheath covering half the tarsus and 

 enclosing a tuft of long hair. 



Dull reddish brown. Forewing with the costal area greyish ; a 

 black point at base ; a much -interrupted black antemedial line bent 

 outwards below costa and in and below cell, then oblique ; a black 

 discoidal spot ; a punctiform postmedial line excurved at middle ; a 

 pale subterminal line incurved from apex to tornus ; a terminal series 

 of black points. Hindwing with indistinct dark subterminal line 

 angled outwards to termen at vein 2 ; a terminal series of black 

 points ; the under side with discoidal lunule and curved postmedial 

 and subterminal lines. 



Hah. Natal, Victoria District (Gooch). Exp. 36 mill. Type 

 in B.M. 



Genus TETEACME, nov. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect extending about three 

 times length of head, the second joint fringed with hair above, the 

 third upturned naked ; antennae of female ciliated. Forewing with 

 the apex produced and acute, the termen strongly angled at middle ; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from below angle ; 7 from 

 angle ; 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell ; 5 from above angle parallel to 4 ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle ; the termen slightly produced at apex and sharply 

 angled at vein 4, then waved. 



Tetkacme truncataria, Wlk. xxiii. 847 (1861). 

 Hah. Natal, Karkloof (Marshall) ; Cape Colony (Dr. Smith), 

 Annshaw (Miss E. Barrett). Exj). 18-22 mill., 



HYBLiEINiE. 



Genus HYBL^A. 



Type. 

 HijhlcBa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, p. 127 (1794) ... imera. 



HYBLiEA PUERA, Cram. Pap. Exot. pi. 103 D, E. 



Hah. British East Africa ; N'Gamiland (Lugard) ; Delagoa Bay 



(Mrs. Monteiro) ; Cape Colony (Dr. Smith) ; Madagascar; Aden; 



Japan ; China ; India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Loochoo ; Java ; 



North Guinea ; Queensland ; West Indies ; South America. 



Exp. 32-40 mill 



