Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Micraroa (pi. VII, figs. 1, 2). 
Micraroa, Hmpsn., Ann. S.A. Mus., p. 404 (1905) ; type rufescens. 
Proboscis absent ; palpi very short, drooping, and consisting of two 
joints only ; first joint sub-conical, at base of second joint somewhat 
hollowed out, with long hair on under side (in minima this joint is more 
globular) ; second joint cylindrical, towards end thickened end obtusely 
rounded; length length of first joint (in minima the second joint is 
more pear-shaped and somewhat pointed) ; second joint on under side 
and at end fringed with very long hair ; eyes nearly rounded, rather small, 
less than width of frons ; irons rounded and with a pointed tuft of hair ; 
antennse bipectinate, about \ length of costa and very much curved ; basal 
joint of shaft with a pointed hair tuft ; branches about 6 times thickness 
of shaft and ending in 2 long bristles ; thorax and abdomen clothed with 
hair ; abdomen | of hind wing ; fore legs with a thm, somewhat curved 
process, longer than the tibia ; a long tuft of hair and a number of very 
short hairs on inner side of process ; mid and hind tibiae with terminal 
spurs only ; femora of all legs and tibiae of hind legs with rather long 
hair ; the other tibiae and the tarsae of all legs with moderate hair. 
Fore wing broadly triangular ; costa and inner margin straight ; 
termen, apex, and tornus much rounded ; cilia rather long ; 15 simple 
at base ; 1c faintly represented at basal J, then stronger ; 2 from § lower 
median ; 3 from beyond f distance 2-4 ; 4 and 5 from lower angle ; disco- 
cellular absent ; 6 from upper angle ; 7 absent (Hampson states that 9 is 
absent, but, judging by the position, I think it is 7 and not 9 that is absent) ; 
stalk of 8, 9, and 10 from upper angle ; 8 ending at apex ;• 9 from J of 8 ; 
10 from J of 9 ; 11 from upper median at | ; 12 parallel to upper median 
and vein 11. 
Hind wing broadly sub-triangular ; costa somewhat and inner margin 
well rounded ; termen slightly hollowed out from 1c to vein 4 ; apex and 
tornus well rounded ; 1 a long ; 15 to tornus ; 1c faintly represented ; 
2 from f lower median ; 4 and 5 from lower angle (Hampson states in his 
key that vein 3 is absent and in the description that 5 is absent ; the 
latter, I think, is wrong) ; 6 and 7 on a long stalk (about J of 6) ; 8 curved 
to upper median at J, then anastomosing with it for then to beyond J of 
costa ; cilia very long for this family ; transverse vein absent. 
Hampson mentions a recurrent vein in cell, but in both species this 
is very indistinct ; I take it to be the median fold. 
Using Prof. Auriviliius’s “ Key,” one comes to the genus Iiomoeomeria, 
Wllgrn., but I am not certain whether these two genera are synonymic 
or not, as I do not know the type of Homoeomeria. 
Species in South Africa : — 
Micraroa rufescens, Hmpsn., Ann. S.A. Mus., p. 405 (1905), 
Hab. Groenvlei, Transvaal (X, Janse). 
New Hanover (IX, X, III, Hardenberg). 
Durban (IX, Leigh). 
Tongaat (Natal). 
The specimens I take to belong to this species are smaller than 22 mill. 
My largest specimen is 19 -5 mill, and the smallest 17 mill. The description 
