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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Genus EPANAPHE. 
(PL XII, figs. 9-14.) 
Epanaphe Auriv. Arkiv for Zoologi, Bd. 2. No. 4, p. 8 (1904). 
Type moloneyi Druce. Description from clarilla. 
<$, $. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, fringed with some long hairs in front 
and well beyond frons, two jointed ; second joint nearly two times first joint ; eyes 
round, moderate, naked; antennae of nearly till middle of costa, in $ shorter, 
bipectinated to apex, branches in three times shaft, in $ two times, all pointed 
at ends as in Anaphe, but not, or hardly ciliated; shaft well scaled above, first 
joint globular and with a short tuft of hairs; fore tibia with an inwardly curved 
process, not quite reaching end of tibia in <J, in $ much shorter still; femurs of all 
legs with long hairs on upper and under side; tibia with long hairs, especially 
on inner side of fore leg and on outer side of hind leg ; mid and hind tibiae with 
two moderate spurs each, which are as in Anaphe ; tarsi of all legs fringed with 
very long spreading hairs on each joint. Fore wing triangular; costa gently 
arched ; termen straight, oblique ; inner margin curved at £rd ; apex and tornus 
rounded ; 1 h indistinctly forked at base ; 2 from well beyond middle of lower 
median ; 3 from near lower angle ; 4 from lower angle and well curved ; 5 absent ; 
discocellulars very oblique at lower frd, erect at upper third, where there is 
an indistinct veinlet in the cell; 6, 7, 8, 10 stalked and from upper angle; stalk 
of 6 very short; 7 from beyond ^rd upper angle. to apex; 8 to apex; 9 absent; 
10 from 8 at about £rd upper angle to apex; 11 from near upper angle, parallel 
to stalk and vein 8; 12 parallel to costa. Hind wing triangular; costa gently 
arched at middle; termen curved from vein 2 to 6 and very oblique; inner 
margin well curved at 1 a; apex and tornus well rounded; 1 a and 1 b somewhat 
curved; 2 from beyond middle of lower median; 3 from fth 2 to 4; 4 from lower 
angle; 5 absent; discocellulars at lower frd very oblique and straight; upper 
third erect; a trace of a veinlet in the cell; 6 and 7 on a stalk of half of 7 and 
from upper angle; 8 closely approximated to upper median and almost 
touching it at basal third. Head and thorax with rather long loose hairs; 
abdomen of $ with a broad hair-tuft as in Anaphe; in <$ with a short tuft of 
spreading hairs. 
I have no doubt that this genus is closely allied to Anaphe and most pro- 
bably it is a development of that genus. The absence of vein 5 in both wings 
could be expected in such a development, as these veins are already very weak 
in Anaphe; the absence of vein 9 in the fore wing could also be anticipated 
judging by the behaviour of veins 9 and 10 in that genus. I think, however, 
that in Epanaphe this vein has disappeared through absorption and not 
through coalescence, as there is a rather sharp bend in vein 8 from where vein 
9 may be supposed to have been. Only one species is found in South Africa, 
which according to Aurivillius may be a local race of clara, and which is at any 
rate closely allied to that species. 
Epanaphe Clarilla. 
(PL XII, figs. 9-14.) 
Epanaphe clarilla Auriv. Trans. Ent. Soc. Land. p. 699, PL XXXIII, fig. 10 (1904) . 
This species differs from clara in the cilia of both wings being pure white and 
the fore wing being white on the under side with a very narrow costal edging 
only. This species seems to be confined to Mashonaland, as I have not met with 
it elsewhere. 
I have a<J and two $s from Salisbury, in Jan. and Dec. 
