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!] than in vapor alts, rather light fuscous; a narrow irregular discal stripe of 
|ji white irroration of equal width from middle of base to vein 2 near its origin, 
! i then bent and continued irregularly bisinuate to apex : cilia light greyish, with 
, obscure indications of darker bars. Hindwings light grey, towards base sub- 
j hyaline and whitish-tinged ; cilia light grey. 
' Transvaal, Barberton, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Dalaca crossosema n.sp. 
41 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi ij, dark fuscous, apical joint light 
' greyish-ochreous. Antennae stout, simple, compressed, pale fuscous. Thorax 
j dark fuscous, hairs becoming fuscous- whitish towards tips. Abdomen fuscous, 
densely hairy throughout, dorsal hairs on basal segment whitish. Posterior 
tibiae as long as tarsi. Forewings fuscous, irregularly irrorated with fuscous- 
whitish ; anterior half of costa darker-suffused ; three small cloudy dark fuscous 
spots in a longitudinal supramedian row from J to beyond middle, third trans- 
verse; an irregular sinuous row of small cloudy dark fuscous spots, more or 
less suffused into a streak, running from near base beneath cell, abruptly 
looped downwards beneath basal portion of vein 2 and edged with fuscous- 
whitish above, thence somewhat bisinuate almost to apex, on lower portion 
obscurely edged with fuscous-whitish anteriorly; three cloudy dark fuscous 
dots preceding this series towards costa: cilia fuscous, basal half suffusedly 
spotted alternately with ochreous-grey-whitish and dark fuscous. Hindwings 
fuscous, basally suffused with whitish-fuscous except towards costa; cilia as 
in forewings. 
Natal, Willowmore, in March (Janse); one specimen. The conspicuous 
barring of the cilia immediately distinguishes this species. 
Dalaca eriogastra n.sp. 
S 44 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, palpi f . Antennae light fuscous, 
strongly lamellate (i). Abdomen (except apical segment) wholly clothed with 
dense rough fuscous- whitish hairs. Posterior tibiae shorter than tarsi. Fore- 
wings more elongate than usual in the genus; fuscous; a very irregular-edged 
slender somewhat lighter discal stripe edged with whitish lines and then with 
dark fuscous suffusion from base to be^mnd cell, and then bent up to apex, 
marked towards base with a small round blackish spot; a terminal series of 
crescentic whitish marks : cilia light fuscous, darker towards base. Hindwings 
fuscous, base with fuscous-whitish hairs ; some irregular whitish marbling from 
beyond origin of vein 3 to apex; cilia as in forewings. 
Natal, Willowmore (Janse); one specimen. 
Hepialus thermodes n.sp. 
30 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-brown. Antennae stout, flatly 
compressed, simple, ferruginous-brown. Abdomen with appressed scales, 
ochreous-fuscous. Posterior femora densely rough-haired beneath, tibiae 
densely haired above. Forewings rather short and broad ; rather light ochreous- 
brown ; an irregular white longitudinal median streak from base to near middle ; 
an indistinct sinuous interrupted shade or series of spots of obscure fuscous 
suffusion from apex to near dorsum beyond middle, in disc partially edged 
anteriorly by a slender white line : cilia greyish-ochreous, tips pale. Hindwings 
fuscous, slightly ochreous-tinged ; cilia fuscous, tips whitish-tinged. 
Transvaal, Chilovane, Zoutpansberg district, in January (Rev. Junod). 
Type in Coll. Janse. 
