2 Annals of the 8outh African Museum. 



GEN. PTEROPHORUS Geoffr. 



PTEROPHOETJS ILLUTUS, n. sp. 



$ . 21 mm. Head and thorax whity- brownish, face infuscated. 

 Palpi slender, fuscous. Abdomen pale brownish, dorsally suffused 

 with whitish towards base. Forewings with first segment narrow, 

 pointed, second nearly equal, termen extremely oblique, sinuate ; pale 

 brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous towards costa and 

 dorsum as far as cleft ; a dark fuscous dot in disc at ^ ; an oblique 

 mark of dark fuscous suffusion on base of cleft, edged with some 

 whitish suffusion on edge of cleft ; a dark fuscous mark on costal edge 

 beyond base of cleft, preceded and followed by whitish suffusion on 

 costal edge ; a dark fuscous dot on costa midway between this and 

 apex, and one close beneath apex ; a streak of dark brown suffusion 

 irrorated with blackish running through middle of second segment and 

 expanded along termen : cilia fuscous, becoming pale greyish-ochreous 

 externally on termen. Hindwiugs and cilia dai'k grey. 



NATAL, Durban, in March (W. H. Bell-Marley) ; one specimen. 



TORTRICIDAE. 



GEN. EPICHORISTA Meyr. 

 EPICHORISTA NIPHOSEMA, n. sp. 



$ . 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark fuscous, some- 

 what mixed with white. Auteunal ciliatious 1. Abdomen dark grey, 

 anal tuft white. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, oblique ; rather dark fuscous ; markings 

 formed by undefined irregular white suffusion, viz. some cloudy 

 marbling towards costa on basal third, a fascia from before middle of 

 costa to middle of dorsum, furcate dorsally, and a less-marked fascia 

 from f of costa to tornus : cilia white, with a fuscous subbasal line. 

 Hiudwings white, sprinkled with grey in disc, towards costa, and 

 along terminal edge, and suffused with dark grey towards apex ; cilia 

 snow-white. 



CAPE COLONY, Hottentots Holland Mts., 4000 ft., Caledon 



(Barnard) ; two specimens. 



EUCOSMIDAE. 



GEN. SPILONOTA Steph. 

 SPILONOTA SINTJOSA, n. sp. 

 $ . 17-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. 



