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6 . Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; antennge black ; abdomen 

 fulvous yellow banded with fuscous. JFore wing fuscous, with a 

 fulvous fascia on costa, broad at base, narrowing to a point before 

 apex; cilia fulvous. Hind wing fuscous, with diffused fulvous 

 yellow at base ; the cilia fulvous ; veins 4, 5 from a point or 

 shortly stalked. 



Hab. Natal, type hicolora, Karkloof {Marshall) ; Cape Colony 

 {Dr. Smith), Knysna (Trimen). Exp. 44 millim. 



291. Metarctia incensa. (Plate VI. fig. 13.) 



Anace incensa, Wlk. xxxi. 316 (1864) ; Kirby, Oat. Het. p. 221. 



(S . Head and thorax fulvous yellow ; antennae fuscous ; abdomen 

 fulvous yellow with slight fuscous bands ; wings fuscous brown, 

 yellowish at base ; cilia fulvous yellow. 



Hind wing with veins 4, 5 shortly stalked on one side, from a 

 point and with vein 5 forking before margin on the other. 



Hah. ignotus. Exp, 54 millim. 1 J , type. 



292. Metarctia crassa. 



Zagaris emsia, Feld. Reis. Novara, iv. pi. 99. f. 16 (1874); Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 220. 

 Zagaris meteus, Wlk. v. 1096 (uec Stoll). 



(S . Fulvous brown ; frons, pectus, and fore legs tinged with 

 fuscous. Fore wing with slight fuscous streaks on veins and costa 

 Hind wing with veins 4, 5 from a point or shortly stalked. 

 Hah. Cape Colony (Drege), 3 d . Eap. 42 millim. 



Genus PSEUDAPICONOMA. 



Type. 



Pseudapiconoma, Auriv. Eat. Tidskr. ii. p. 46 (1881) flavimacula. 



Proboscis absent or minute ; palpi short, porrect, and not reaching beyond 

 the frons ; antennas of male serrate ; build stout ; tibiee with minute terminal 

 pairs of spurs ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing ample ; vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angb; 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 

 stalked. Hind wing small ; vein 3 from before angle of ceil; 4, 5 from angle 

 or^separate ; 6, 7 shortly stalked or from angle ; 7 obsolescent. 



Sect. I. Hind wing with veins 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked. 



293. Pseudapiconoma herona. 



Anace herona, Druce, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 669 (1888) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 221. 



S . Very pale reddish brown ; palpi, irous, neck, pectus, edge of 

 tegulse, and stripes on patagia and mesothorax crimson ; meta- 

 thorax and 1st segment of abdomen with lateral tufts of crimson 

 hair, the rest of abdomen orange-yellow, leaving a brownish-grey 



