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than in the $ ; cilia distinctly checkered with brown at the veins. Under side 
of $ whitish with the veins here and there scaled with black; fore wing densely 
suffused with fuscous except terminal area, especially at apex; three black 
costal streaks near apex, more distinct than on upper side in both sexes; hind 
wing thinly suffused with fuscous at the medial area; veins of both wings quite 
black at terminal half; palpi fuscous-brown at sides, scarlet in front; frons 
and some hairs of prothorax scarlet; some black narrow rings in some $ 
specimens on abdomen; $ with a broad black transverse band before terminal 
segment. My specimens are from Emangeni, Umtali, and Sawmills (S. Rho- 
desia) ; New Hanover, Kar kloof, Sarnia, Durban and Umkomaas (Natal) ; in 
Jan., Nov., Dec. 
Phalera Lydenburgl 
(PI. V, fig. 6.) 
Phalera lydenhurgi Dist. A.M.N.H. 7. 111. p. 463 (1899). 
Dist. Ins. Transv. iv. p. 89, PI. IV, fig. 12. 
I have this species in both sexes from S. Rhodesia (Sawmills, Umvuma, 
Emangeni, Salisbury, Umtali) in Nov., Dec., Jan. 
Phalera Lignitea. 
Phalera lignitea Mab. Ann. Soc. ent. France , lxviii. p. 723 (1900). 
This species is unknown to me and is given as from South Africa, without 
further indication of locality. 
Genus RIGEMA. 
(PI. V, fig. 7; PI. VI, figs. 15-21.) 
Rigema Wlk. Cat. v. p. 1079 (1855). 
Dist. Ins. Transv. iv. p. 91. 
Type vittata Wlk. Description from ornata. 
cJ and $. Proboscis short; palpi porrect, short, hardly reaching frons; 
first joint slightly longer than second joint; third joint about half of second; 
all joints with long, spreading hairs in front and shorter hairs above; frons 
with rather long spreading hairs; eyes large, naked, rounded; antennae of $ 
very shortly bipectinate for over half their length; branches very short, a little 
longer than width of shaft and terminally tufted with cilia; terminal half of 
shaft lamellate; first joint of shaft large, globular and tufted with long hairs 
in front; antennae in £ simple, ciliated; fore tibia with a process reaching till 
end of tibia, fitting in a hollow of tibia on upper part and flattened out from 
before terminal half; process and tibia with dense hairs; mid-tibia with two 
spurs, hind tibia with four; spurs moderate, ending in a curved point on which 
there are on inner side two rows of flat teeth, spurs covered with rather long 
hairs; femora of all legs moderately covered with long hairs on outer side; 
tarsi with thorns on inner side and covered with appressed hairs. Fore wing 
rather elongate; costa nearly straight, well rounded towards apex, so as to 
make the apex somewhat produced; apex acutely rounded; termen slightly 
sinuate and oblique, lobed at between 3 and 5; tornus well rounded; inner 
margin nearly straight ; 1 b faintly forked at base ; 2 from f rd lower median ; 
3 from frd 2 to 4; 4 from lower angle; 5 from middle of discocellulars, which are 
somewat oblique outwardly and straight, with indications of forked veinlet 
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