Fam. T in e id ^;.
(Ey J n o . H a r t l e y D t jr r a n t , F.E.S., M.Soc.Ent.Fr.)
Subfam. Tine in.®.
Sematocera, gen. nov.
((rrjfia = a sign, /eepa?=a horn.)
Type,<J. Sematocerafuliginipunct a. (Tab.IV.figs.a:b,c,d,e.*)
Antennce slightly more than half the length of the fore wings ;
bipectinate (5), each pectination biciliate.
Maxillary palpi folded (concealed in the clothing of the labial
palpi).
Labial palpi, second joint recurved, densely clothed beneath,
almost concealing the porrect apical joint.
Haustellum not apparent.
Head somewhat roughly clothed above.
Fore wings, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, apical
margin oblique. Neuration : 12 veins, all separate; 7 to apex,
continued through the cell to between 10 and 11, and forming
a supplementary cell, from which arises 8, 9, and 10; another
internal vein from the base is forked near the end of the cell,
one branch going to between 5 and 6, the other to between 3
and 4; 1 furcate at base.
Hind toings slightly wider than the fore wings, subovate.
Neuration: 8 veins, all separate; the internal vein is forked,
one branch going to between 3 and 4, the other to between 6
and 7; 1 b furcate at base.
Abdomen moderate; anal appendages strongly developed.
Legs, hind tibiae clothed on their inner side.
This genus differs from Scardia, Tr. (to which it is nearly
allied), in the form of the palpi and the bipectinate antennae.
Euplocamus, Latr., which has similar antennae, is distinguished
by the structure of the palpi and by having veins 7 and 8 of
the fore wings from a common stem.
The possession of folded maxillary palpi separates it from
Lasioctena, Meyr. (J. H. D.)
* 4a. Neuration; 4 b. Head; 4c. Inner side of labial palpus, showing
the concealed maxillary palpi; 4 d. Part of antennae; 4 e. Three joints of
antennae, highly magnified.
Sematocera fuliginipunct a, sp. n. (Tab. IV. fig. 4.)
Antennce dark fuscous.
Palpi brownish ochreous.
Head ochreous.
Thorax dull white, with some blackish scales at the base and
apex of the tegulse, and a few before its- junction with the
abdomen.
Fore wings dull white, with soot-black spots which tend to
form irregular fasciae; at one third from the base a reduplicated
fascia of black spots arises from the costa and, inclining
obliquely outwards to the outer edge of the cell, is angulated
downward to the dorsal margin; the costa is spotted with black
from the base to the origin of these fasciae, and near the base
of the wing is another outwardly angulated fascia of spots; the
apical third of the wing is irrorated with black spots, which,
however, also arrange themselves in fasciaform lines; cilia dull
white, with some fuscous scales intermixed. The markings can
be distinctly traced on the underside.
Hind wings pale greyish ochreous, with cilia of the same
colour.
Abdomen pale greyish ochreous.
Hind legs pale ochreous ; tarsi unspotted.
Exp. al. 22 millim.
Hab. Transvaal: Pretoria [Distant).
Type {J- H. D.)
Tinea, L.
Tinea vastella, Z.
Transvaal: Pretoria [Distant).
A single female in poor condition.
Tinea, sp.
Transvaal: Pretoria [Distant).
A single specimen without abdomen is in poor condition.
It is smaller than any specimen of vastella that I have yet seen;
but if not that species it is, at least, so closely allied to it that
a comparative description would be useless. The head is bright
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