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Thestor protumnus aridus van Son, 1941, /. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 4 

 Thestor rileyi Pennington, 1956, /. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 19 : 33, fig. 

 Thestor silvius (Fabricius), see protumnus. 

 * Thestor strutti van Son, 1951, Ann. Transv. Mus. 21 : 444, fig. 

 Thestor tempe Pennington, 1962, /. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 25 : 282, fig. 

 Thestor vansoni Pennington, 1962 : 278, fig. 

 Thestor zaraces (Hewitson), see basuta. 



Genus SPALGIS Moore 



Spalgis Moore, 1879, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 : 137 ; Aurivillius, 1898 : 344 ; 1924 : 433. 

 Type-species : Lucia epeus Westwood 1851 (an Indo-Malayan species) by monotypy. 



Eyes glabrous ; palpi long, second segment laterally much compressed, extending well 

 beyond the frons, third segment short, also laterally compressed, with pointed apex ; antennae 

 less than half the length of the costa, thickening gradually to an ovoid club which is not clearly 

 differentiated from the shaft ; thorax moderately robust ; abdomen long, reaching slightly 

 beyond the anal angle of the wing ; q* fore leg with tibia shorter than femur, tarsus unsegmented, 

 finely spinose below ; mid and hind tibiae slightly shorter than the femora. 



Wing shape. Fore wing with costa arched at its base, then straight, apex angular, outer 

 margin slightly convex ; hind wing subtriangular, costa arched, apex rounded, outer margin 

 slightly convex, anal angle well marked. 



Wing venation (Text-fig. 376). Fore wing with 11 veins. 



Male genitalia (Text-fig. 163). Uncus pentagonal with an obtuse median projection on the 

 terminal edge, the angles rounded ; subunci short with very robust bases, curving, the free 

 portion tapering gradually to a pointed apex ; tegumen subrectangular, in situ uncus and 

 tegumen are hood-shaped ; vinculum moderately wide, without saccus ; lower fultura com- 

 posed of two long digitate processes, swollen at their bases, their blunt apices level with the 

 apices of the valves ; valves oblong with a small tooth at the apex, distally connected by a 

 membrane ; penis very elongate, slender, slightly curved, uncus clothed with short hair, 

 longer hair on the apices of the valves. 



The armature of S. lemolea resembles that of S. epeus ; in S. tintinga the subunci 

 are less massive basally, evenly curved, and taper progressively to a sharp-pointed 

 tip. 



The caterpillar of S. lemolea has been described by W. A. Lamborn (1911, Proc. 

 ent. Soc. Lond. 1911 : 105, and 1913, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1913 : 475) and also by 



Fig. 163. Spalgis epius (Westwood), 6" genitalia. 



