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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Genus PHYCITIMORPHA nov. 
(PI. VIII, figs. 1-5.) 
Type stigmatica spec. nov. 
Proboscis present; frons with a rounded prominence covered with 
scales and short hairs; palpi upturned, rather long, reaching vertex of head; 
first joint small; second joint long, narrow, cylindrical, slightly curved; third 
joint as long as first, roundly pointed; all joints covered with scales and hair- 
like scales, in front moderately fringed with scales; eyes large, rounded, smooth; 
antennae over half of costa, bipectinate till tip in till near tip in pectina- 
tion in $ four times shaft and with cilia on two sides, in $ two times shaft; 
a very small scale-tuft on first joint of shaft; thorax covered with rather loose 
scales; legs rather slender, mainly covered with scales; femora sparingly fringed 
with moderately long hairs ; tibiae fringed with rather short hairs on inner and 
outer sides; fore tibia rather short, about frd of femur, and with a hollow 
process which ends in a point and does not reach till end of tibia; first joint 
of tarsi very long, longer than tibia (in one specimen both fore legs have four 
tarsal joints, but in the other two specimens there are five), and they are 
covered with scales on outer, with scales and spines on inner side; mid tibia 
with two spurs ; hind tibia with four spurs ; longest spur about frd of tibia, outer 
spur frd of inner; spurs covered with scales, and ending in a nearly straight 
naked point. Fore wing rather narrow in <$, a little broader in $; costa slightly 
curved, in $ a little more curved; apex rounded; termen erect and straight till 
vein 4, then curved towards tornus, which is rounded; inner margin straight; 
1 b forked at base, straight; 2 from before fth lower median; 3 from frd 2 to 4; 
4 from lower angle; 5 from above middle of discocellulars, which are erect; 
areole broad, length a little over two times breadth; 6 from areole well before 
the end; stalk of 7, 8, 9 from end of areole; 7 from frd distance end of areole 
to apex; 9 from stalk at half that distance; 10 from areole at middle; 11 from 
upper median at frd; 12 parallel to costa. Hind wing nearly trapezoid; costa 
slightly arched; apex rounded; termen oblique and gently curved from apex 
to vein 3, then forming a rounded lobe and then oblique to tornus; tornus well 
rounded; inner margin straight; 1 a and 1 b somewhat curved; 2 from lower 
median at a little beyond middle; 3 and 4 from lower angle; 5 from just above 
middle of discocellulars, which are erect at upper and oblique at lower part; 
6 and 7 stalked for frd of 6 ; 8 approximated to upper median at before middle, 
then straight to apex. This genus comes evidently near Scrancia, from which it 
differs, however, in many respects. It contains two species at present, which 
may be distinguished as follows: 
1 a. Branches of antennae of $ two times shaft; fore wing with a linear 
stigma; 7 from stalk of 8, 9 . . . . stigmatica 
b. Branches of antennae of $ only once the shaft; fore wing with the 
stigma round ; 7 from end of areole .... congruata 
Fhycitimorpha Stigmatica spec. nov. 
(PL XIV, fig. 8; PL VIII, figs. 1-5.) 
Ground colour of fore wing, thorax and legs light drab (xlvi), thickly 
irrorated with fuscous-black except mid and hind legs, which are thinly 
sprinkled with it; palpi fuscous (xlvi); frons saccardo’s umber (xxix) mixed 
with fuscous-black hairs; patagia cream -buff (xxx) mixed with orange-rufous 
<ii); vertex orange-rufous mixed with fuscous-black; a black patch of hairs in 
