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found in Antheua, etc. ; in lydenburgi 6 comes from near upper angle, 7 from end 
of areole, which is much shorter and broader than in imitata.) Hind wing 
broadly triangular; costa somewhat curved; apex well rounded; termen very 
oblique and well rounded ; tornus rounded ; inner margin straight ; 3 from near 
lower angle; 4 from lower angle; 5 rather weak and from above middle of 
discocellulars, which are oblique at lower and more erect at upper discocellular; 
6, 7 stalked for nearly frd of 6; 8 parallel and close to upper median, then 
oblique to costa; an indication of a bar at |nd of upper median. Hairs on thorax 
rather short, forming irregular crests; a crest of spreading hairs on first ab- 
dominal segments. 
There is close affinity between this genus and Zana, Antheua and Rigema, 
in fact very few distinct characters can be found. The irregular hairs on the 
thorax and the transverse lines of the fore wing are perhaps the most easily 
observed ones, while the shape of the fore wing of Rigema will make it easy to 
separate Phalera from this genus. 
Phalera is distributed throughout Europe, Asia and Africa; three species 
have been found so far in South Africa. 
Key to South African species: 
1 a. Fore wing with a large rounded yellow patch at apex, filling terminal 
area from vein 5 to costa; antennae in both sexes bipectinate 
imitata 
b. Fore wing not with such apical patch; antennae simple ... 2 
2 a. Head red; thorax fuscous; abdomen red, except at terminus; wings 
on under side white; antennae ciliated .... lignitea 
b. Head brown; abdomen orange-yellow striped with black towards 
terminal half; antennae fasciculated in fore wing on under side 
fuscous, hind wing light yellow .... lydenburgi 
Phalera Imitata. 
(PI. V, fig. 5; PI. VI, figs. 8-14.) 
Phalera imitata Druce. A.M.N.H. 6. xvii. p. 356 (1896). 
I have a specimen in my collection from Durban which has been identified 
by Prof. Aurivillius as Phalera imitata and though it differs in many respects 
from the description, which was probably drawn up from one £ only and more- 
over came from Dar-es-Salaam, I think that the identification is correct. Its 
resemblance to bucephala makes it at once characteristic among the South 
African moths, but as there are several points of difference and as the $ is still 
undescribed, I give a more detailed description in supplement to the one given 
by Druce. 
Sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial lines black and irregular; indications 
of a dark orbicular; reniform of ground colour, surrounded by white, often 
indistinct; three double wavy bands between antemedial and postmedial 
lines, diffused, somewhat darker than ground colour and each part filled in 
with whitish; postmedial line evenly curved from below costa to vein 4, 
followed by a brown line which borders the yellow apical patch; three black 
streaks along costa towards apex, separated from each other by yellow on the 
veins; an irregular sub-terminal brown line (preceded by light yellow) in yellow 
apical patch from apex obliquely inwards to vein 4 and then continued by 
a few yellow diffused spots and dentated outwardly on the veins; cilia brown. 
Hind wing of A white, with orange hairs on inner marginal area; cilia slightly 
checkered with brown; in $ the hind wing is wholly suffused with fuscous 
except inner marginal area, which is more narrowly covered with yellow hairs 
