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Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 
Porthesia hardenbergia, nov. spec. (pi. Ill, fig. 24). 
A. Head, palpi, teguiae, patagia, crest on abdomen, anal tuft, and 
inner sale oi lore legs cadmium-yellow (III) ; shaft of antennse, ground 
colour of hmd wings, thorax and abdomen on under side, fore legs on outer 
side, and hairs on the other legs pale orange-yellow (III) ; branches of 
antennae warm buff (XV). 
Fore wing with ground colour apricot-yeliow (IV), here and there 
irrorated with cadmium-yellow hairs and scales ; an antimedial fascia 
from inner margin to lower median and pointed towards that vein, it 
consists ot orange (III) scales, of which some are tipped with blackish ; 
a sub-terminal fascia beginning near tornus and there rather broad, parallel 
to medial fascia as far as vem 3, where it is narrow and indistinct, then 
as a faint line directed towards apex, but stopping at vein 5 ; this fascia 
is also made of orange and blackisfL scales, whicli get fewer beyond vein 2 ; 
cilia of ground colour. 
Hmd wing without any markings, but thickly covered with light 
orange-yellow (III) hairs and scales ; cilia of ground colour. 
Under side ot both wings pale orange-yellow, with the foie wing on 
costa for J its length broadly streaked with blackish hairs and scales. 
Exp. 25 mill. One specimen only, which is in coll., Janse. 
Hab. Clan Syndicate, Natal (27.9.13, Hardenberg ; bred from 
wattle). 
In this species the veins 3 and 5 of hind wing are on a stalk of J 3. 
Porthesia sub-alba, nov. spec. (pi. Ill, fig. 25). 
$. Head, palpi, shaft of antennae, hairs on thorax, and ground colour 
of fore wings marquerite-yeilow (XXX) ; branches of antennae light 
ochraceous-bufi (XV) ; hairs on first three segments above and on under 
side, hind wings above, thorax and both wings on under side and hairs 
on legs pure white ; hairs on other segment of abdomen pale orange- 
yellow (ill) ; anal tuft light drab (XLVI). 
Fore wing with a faint indication of a white antimedial line as far 
as lower median vein ; a more distinct postmedial white line from inner 
margin to vein 4, fringed on outer side by a few apricot-yellow (IV) scales ; 
cilia of both wings ol the ground colour of its wing. 
Hind wmg without any markings. 
Exp. 29 -5 mill. 
Hab. $ type from New Hanover (March, 1913, Hardenberg) ; in 
coll., Janse. 
Co- type, Port St. Johns (May, 1909, Swinny) ; in coll., Tvl. 
Mus. 
This species is structurally typical, except that vein 11 is farther 
away from the stalk of 7, 8, 9, 10. 
Naroma (pi. VIII, fig. 1). 
Naroma, Wlk., Cat. VII, p. 1744 (1856) ; type signifem. 
Hysibada , Wlk., XXXII, p. 497 (1865) ; type signifera. 
Zarfa , Wlk., Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc., Glasg., I, p. 338 (1869); type 
signifera . 
