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upper angle ; 7 from the angle ; 8 approaching upper median at J, but 
not touching it. 
1. a. Hmd whig yellow *lugardi. 
b. Hind wing pale crimson *rhodea. 
c. Hmd wing white '. rhodalipha. 
Aclonophlebia rhodalipha, Feld., Reis Nov. (pi. 100, fig. 25) (1874). 
Aclonophlebia tessellata, Disk, A. M. N. H. (6), XX, p. 201 (1897). 
Hmpsn., Ann. S.A. Mus., p. 406 (1905). 
Hab. Durban (Leigh ; XII, Clark). 
Green Point (Natal) (I). 
This is the only species known to me by specimens. As explained 
under the genus Lymantria, albimaculata ( mosera ) has to come out of the 
genus Aclonophlebia, as that species has 4 spurs on the hind legs. 
Species auctorum : — 
Aclonophlebia lugardi, Swinh., Trans. Ent. Soc., p. 493 (1903). 
Aclonophlebia rhodea, Hmpsn., Ann. S.A. Mus., p. 405 (1905). 
Ornithopsyche (pi. VI, fig. 4). 
Ornithopsyche, Wllgrn., Het. Kaff. Kongl. Svenska Vet. Aka. Hand. 
Bnd. V, No. 4, p. 35 (1865) ; type discalis. 
Hmpsn., Ann. S.A. Mus., p. 408 (1905). 
<J. Proboscis absent ; palpi slightly ascending, long, about 2 times 
the eye, thickly hairy underneath ; first joint small, as long as broad ; 
second joint of same thickness, but 4 times length of first joint, slightly 
rostrate; third joint nearly 2 times first joint, thin, porrect, and some- 
what hidden in hairs of first joint ; in $ second joint more straight, more 
ascending ; third joint in line with second joint ;* eyes moderate, not as 
large as width of frons, elliptical ; irons rounded, covered with short hair ; 
antennae bipectinate, about as long as J length of costa ; shaft curved ; 
basal joint rather large and with a hair tuft ; branches 6 times shaft, 
ending in two bristles ; in $ the antennae are J of costa and the branches, 
are only 2 times shaft ; thorax covered with moderate hairs ; abdomen 
shorter than hind wings, with no crests ; fore tibia with a long process, 
curved outwards over tibia (in 0. difficilis the process is much shorter 
and is not bent over the tibia ; in O. quadrimaculata the process is normal, 
but does not curve over the tibia) ; mid tibia with 2, hind tibia with 4, 
long spurs ; in $ the abdomen is pointed and without a woolly tuft. 
Fore wing short and broad ; costa somewhat rounded ; termen erect, 
rounded at veins 2-6 ; inner margin nearly straight ; apex and tornus 
well rounded ; 16 simple at base ; 2 from beyond J lower median ; 3 from 
£ distance between 2-4 ; 4 from lower angle ; 5 from a little above the 
angle ; discocellular indistinct, from vein 5 to 6 somewhat curved ; cell 
only ! length of wing ; 6 from § discocellular ; 7 a very little stalked with 
stalk of 8, 9, 10, which comes from the upper angle ; 8 from a little beyond 
* In O. difficilis the second joint is shorter and not rostrate ; third joint is much 
shorter and drooping. 
