TWO NEW SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF 
STRIPHNOPTERYGIDAE. 
By A. J. T. Janse. 
Jana nigristriata, nov. spec. (pi. IX). 
c£. Head (except vertex), palpi, tegulae, patagia, thorax, and legs 
glossy fuscous-black (XLY1) ; vertex and antennue cinnamon-buff 
(XXXIX) ; antennae bipectmate ; abdomen cinnamon (XXXIX), the 
last two segments suffused with fuscous (XL VI), ventral side argus-brown 
(III) and edged with a sub-lateral band of auburn (III). 
Fore wmg light pinkish-cinnamon (XXXIX), broadly suffused, 
especially on basal and costal area, with glossy fuscous-black ; reniform 
distinct, in- and out-wardly confined by a sub-triangular black suffusion ; 
medial line fuscous, curved outwards from costa to vein 7, then straight 
till vein 2, then slightly bent inwards to vein 16, then indistinct to inner 
margin ; postmedial line double, fuscous, nearly straight, waved inwards 
on veins i6 to 9 ; sub-terminal line less defined and of ground colour, 
waved mwards on veins, curved from costa to vein 5, then nearly straight 
to tornus ; space between postmedial and sub-terminal lines and also 
beyond the sub-terminal line thickly suffused with fuscous ; cilia fuscous ; 
vein 16 for terminal J, veins 2, 3, 4 till sub-terminal line, veins 5, 6, 7 
from medial to sub-terminal line, and the whole of vein 8 marked with 
fuscous-black. 
Hind wing light pinkish-cinnamon ; medial line very indistinct ; sub- 
terminal line broad, tuscous, slightly dentate on inner side, more dentate 
inwards on outer side at all veins ; terminal line broad, fuscous, slightly 
dentate outwards on the veins ; cilia fuscous. 
TJnder side of both wings cinnamon (XXIX), suffused at costa with 
fuscous ; all lines fuscous. 
Fore wirg with the medial line nearly even ; postmedial line single, 
waved ; sub-terminal indistinct ; terminal represented by a fuscous 
suffusion. 
Hind wing with the medial line well defined, nearly even ; postmedial 
line curved, waved inwaidly on veins ; sub-terminal and terminal as on 
upper side, but more diffused. 
$ like but pecten of antennue shorter, and under side with the 
lines more diffused. 
Exp. 102 mill. 
Hab. One J type and one $ type from Watervai Onder (Bonne- 
kamp, Feb., 1912). 
One (J from One- tree Hill, Natal (Miss He Carry). 
One (J from New Hanover, Natal (Hardenberg, 3.3.13). 
This species comes very near to J. tantalus , but has the medial and 
postmedial lines of fore wing more oblique and the medial and post- 
medial lines of hind wings better developed. Moreover, tantalus is much 
smaller. 
