Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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This genus is so close to the genus Euproctis that it may not be quite 
distinct. The tufts on the dorsum, the more stout process of fore legs, 
and the more hairiness generally seem to be the only distinctive characters. 
I take it that this genus is intermediate to Ornithopsyche and Euproctis. 
Species in South Africa 
Homochira rendalli, Dist., A. M. N. H. (6), XX, p. 203 (1897). 
Hmpsn., Ann. S.A. Mus, p. 410 (1905). 
Hab. Waterval (Zoutpansberg District) (XII, Janse). 
Rooiplaat (III, Swierstra). 
Pretoria (I, Janse). 
Bultfontein (I, Janse). 
Waterval Onder (XI, Janse). 
Three Sisters (II, III, Janse). 
Durban (X, Clark). 
Umkomaas (I, Janse). 
Only of this species are known to me. 
Euproctis (pi. VII, figs. 3, 5, 6). 
Euproctis, Hiibn., Verz., p. 159 (1827) ; type chrysorrhcea. 
Dulichia, Wlk., IV, p. 809 (1855). 
Lopera, Wlk, IV, p. 919 (1855). 
Hmpsn, Ann. S.A. Mus, p. 406 (1905). 
Description made from E. fasciata, 
(£. Proboscis absent or very rudimentary ; palpi porrect, just reach- 
ing frons ; first joint conical with the point curved upwards, nearly 2 times 
longer than thick ; second joint cylindrical, as thick as first joint, but 
3 times longer than thick ; third joint a lictle shorter than first joint, 
thin and bluntly pointed, hidden in hair ; all joints with a little hair 
abcve and much long hair on under side (in $ the palpi are a little ascend- 
ing ; second joint longer and thinner, about 3 times first joint; third 
joint as long as J second joint and thinner ; the whole palpus less hairy) ; 
eyes rather large, over width of frons, rounded ; frons rounded and with 
short hair ; antennae nearly \ of costa (in $ only J of costa), curved, 
bipectinate ; in <$ the pecten are 6 to 8 times shaft, ending in a long 
bristle ; in $ only 3 times shaft ; vertex and thorax covered with 
moderately long hair ; abdomen longer than hind wings, covered dorsally 
with short hairs and ventrallv with longer hairs, ending in a long hairy 
tuft in (J and becoming truncate in $ ; on dorsum a tuft of hair on first 
and second segments ; legs very hairy on femora, tibiae, and tarsae ; fore 
legs with a process as long as or a little longer than tibiae, curved some- 
what like an S terminally, and pointed ; in $ a little shorter and thicker ; 
mid tibiae with 2 spurs ; hind tibiae with 4 spurs. 
Fore wing long, sub-triangular ; costa and outer margin somewhat 
rounded. ; inner margin well rounded ; apex and tornus rounded ; 16 simple 
at base ; 2 from beyond f lower median ; 3 from well before angle ; 4 and 5 
from lower median ; 6 from just beyond upper angle ; stalk of 7, 8, 9, 10 
from upper angle ; 7 from beyond J of vein 8 ; 9 from f of 8 ; 10 from J of 
vein 8 ; 11 from ^ upper median ; 12 somewhat parallel to upper median. 
