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pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, with 

 a few scattered dark fuscous scales, costal -f suffused with fuscous ; 

 stigmata black, plical rather beyond first discal, second discal repre- 

 sented by a short fine longitudinal line : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings grey-whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Cape Town, in December (Dr. L. Peringuey) ; one 

 specimen. 



DOXOMEKES, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat raised; ocelli pre- 

 sent ; tongue short. Antennae (broken) in rather shortly ciliated, 

 basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 second joint reaching base of antennae, thickened with appressed 

 scales, somewhat rough beneath, terminal joint much shorter than 

 second, roughened with scales anteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short. Forewings with \b furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 

 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwiugs 1, elongate-ovate, cilia f ; 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 parallel to 4, rather widely remote from 6 towards base, 6 

 and 7 nearly parallel. 



Perhaps allied to Elaeonoma. 



DOXOMERES DIAXANTHA, n. Sp. 



c?. 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax yellow-ochreous, tip of palpi 

 dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations f. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewiugs elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termeu obliquely rounded ; yellow-ochreous : cilia concolorous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia whitish-ochreous. 



TRANSVAAL, Lydenburg, in January (Kroeger) ; one specimen. 



GEN. CBYPTOLECHIA Zell. 



CRYPTOLECHIA TETRASTICTA, n. sp. 



<j> . 18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous, terminal joint of 

 palpi shorter than second. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous ; 

 stigmata black, plical rather beyond first discal, an additional dot mid- 

 way between second discal and tornal margin ; a few dark fuscous 

 specks on costal margin towards apex : cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings 

 rather pointed, whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



NATAL, " Durban," in September (Marley) ; one specimen. 



