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a little above the angle ; discocehular oblique ; cell of about J of wing ; 
6 from f discocellular ; stalk of 7, 8, 9, 10 from upper angle ; 7 from stalk 
beyond 10, at from nearly J of 8 ; 9 from 8 at f ; 10 from beyond J stalk 
of 7, 8, 9 ; 11 from upper median at beyond £, bent upwards at -J- and 
well touching 12, then parallel to 10 ; 12 parallel to costa, till where it 
touches 11. In $ 10 comes from before J stalk of 7, 8, 9, and 11 quite 
anastomoses with 12. (Turner, l.c. p. 471, mentions that Axiologa, Turner, 
has vein 11 anastomosing with 12, but this genus has also an areole. It 
may be found necessary to create a new genus for modesta, as the process 
of the fore tibia is also quite peculiar.) 
Hind wing triangular ; costa and inner margin well hollowed out ; 
apex, termen, and tornus much rounded ; at tornus a slightly rounded 
lobe from la to 2 ; la very long and near inner margin ; 2 from f lower 
median ; 3 from close to lower angle ; 4 from the angle ; 5 from above 
angle about 2 times as far as 3 ; cell over \ of wing ; discocellular very 
oblique, sharply angled at f of distance 5 to 6 ; . 6 from below upper angle ; 
7 from angle ; upper median angled at J, so as to meet 8, which is hollowed 
out there and connected with upper median beyond \ by a short oblique 
bar ; in $ this bar is less distinct and the veins touch each other ; also 
3 and 4 are there from lower angle ; 6 and 7 from upper angle. 
The touching of vein 11 and 12 in fore wing is rather peculiar and 
was found in ail specimens I examined (sixteen specimens), though about 
50 per cent, only touch and the remainder actually anastomose. 
In the $ of L. monacha (I possessed no A) from Europe these veins 
come close to each other, but do not touch ; this is also the case in 
L. albimacula, Wllgrn. 
In albimacula vein 3 is 2 times farther from 4 in the fore wing than 
in modesta and the palpi are much less hairy, while the process of the fore 
tibia is of even width and not dilated at end ; in the $ the process is longer 
than in the 2 of modesta. 
1. a. Hind wing tinged with geranium-pink (I) in ; in $ the 
hind wing is more tinged with pink and thinly suf- 
fused on terminal area with fuscous modesta . 
b. Hind wing in both sexes cartridge-buff (XXX), tinged 
with naples yellow (XVI). albimacula. 
Species in South Africa : — 
Lymantria modesta, Wlk,, IV, p. 859 (1855). 
Sarothopyga rhodopepla , Feld., Reis. Nov. (pi. 100, fig. 23) (1875). 
Hmpsn., Ann. S.A. Mus., p. 410 (1905). 
Hab. Waterval, Zoutpansberg District (XI, Janse). 
Barberton (XII, I, Janse ; V, Munroe). 
Sarnia (VIII, Janse). 
Pinetown (Janse). 
Durban (XII, Leigh ; X, Boss). IV. 
Estcourt (Natal). 
Umkomaas (I, Janse). 
