Annals of the Transvaal Museum 199 
Genus LEUCOPHALERA nov. 
(PI, V, fig. 8; PI. VI, figs. 22-25.) 
Type elegans spec. nov. 
Proboscis rudimentary; palpi porrect, just reaching frons; first and 
second joints of equal length; third joint about half of second; all joints covered 
with long spreading hairs, mixed with hair-like scales; head small; frons smooth, 
covered with moderate hairs; eyes smooth, large, rounded; thorax stout, 
covered with hairs; tegulae covered with scales; abdomen without crests and 
covered with hairs; antennae less than half of costa, bipectinate till tip; 
pecten about five times shaft and with cilia on both sides; first joint of shaft 
with a tuft of hairs on inner side; femora with long dense hairs on inner side; 
fore tibia with long dense hairs on inner side and with an almost straight 
process reaching a little beyond the tibia ; mid and hind tibiae with long dense 
hairs on outer side; mid tibia with two spurs, hind tibia with four; spurs of 
nearly equal length, shorter than first tarsal joint, rather thick, covered with 
dense hairs and ending in a short, slightly curved point, which has two rows of 
teeth; tarsi covered with dense hairs. Fore wing elongate triangular; costa 
slightly curved inwards at middle and gently rounded towards apex; apex 
rounded ; termen somewhat oblique, only very slightly sinuate ; tornus rounded ; 
inner margin straight ; 1 b straight ; 2 from f rd of lower median ; 3 from f rd 
2 to 4; 4 from lower angle; 5 from middle of discocellulars, which are erect, 
nearly straight; 6 from upper angle; 7 and stalk of 8, 9. 10 from end of areole; 
areole rather short, triangular; 9 from 8 at frd the distance of end of areole 
to apex; 10 from frd that distance; 11 from frd upper median; 12 parallel 
to upper median and vein 11. Hind wing semicircular; costa somewhat curved 
near base, then straight; apex rounded; termen very oblique, somewhat hollowed 
out at vein 5 and very much rounded beyond vein 3 forming an even curve 
with tornus, which is much rounded ; inner margin straight beyond 1 a; 1 a and 
1 b straight; 2 from frd lower median; 3 from frd 2 to 4; 4 from lower angle; 
5 from middle of discocellulars, of which the lower is somewhat oblique and the 
upper erect; 6 and 7 from upper angle, very shortly stalked; 8 parallel and 
closely approximated to upper median till near upper angle, then straight to 
apex. 
This genus comes close to Phalera, from which it differs mainly in process 
of fore tibia, position and covering of palpi, shape of fore wing and hind wing, 
much shorter stalk of 6, 7 of hind wing and in the general pattern of the fore 
wing. 
Leucophalera Elegans spec. nov. 
(PI. XIV, fig. 4; PI. V, fig. 8; PL VI, figs. 22-25.) 
<?• Posterior frd of thorax, tegulae and ground colour of fore wing pure 
white; most hairs of palpi, frons, tufts on antennae, remainder of thorax and 
ground colour of hind wing and of both wings on the under side buff -yellow (iv) ; 
shaft and branches of antennae black; hairs of femora and tibiae and under 
side of thorax fuscous and fuscous-black (xlvi) ; tarsi black, ringed with white; 
abdomen on upper side and sides ochraceous-orange (xv) (my specimen is 
somewhat greasy so the colour is probably lighter) , a lateral series of black spots; 
one on each segment. Fore wing: some black basal scales from costa to vein 12, 
indicating basal line; antemedial line double, broad, with a faint white line 
between them, somewhat curved outwardly, inner line brazil-red (i), continuous, 
very slightly dentate inwardly on lower median, plical fold, and 1 b, outer line 
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