274 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GEN. OXYPTILUS Zell. 



OXYPTILUS VARIEGATUS, 11. sp. 



g ? . 17 mm. Head whitish or whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish, 

 partially lined with fuscous. Thorax pale ochreous, apical half of 

 patagia white. Abdomen whitish, marked laterally with fuscous. 

 Forewiugs cleft nearly to middle, segments slender, first acutely 

 pointed, second subfalcate, termen concave, very oblique ; pale 

 ochreous, slightly sprinkled with fuscous ; first segment suffused 

 with fuscous, more or less extended along costa towards base ; a spot 

 of fuscous irroratiou on dorsum at \ ; a blackish dot in disc at ^, 

 followed by a small cloudy white spot ; a blackish dot on base of 

 cleft, followed by a small cloudy white spot on base of lower margin 

 of first segment ; suffused white bars on first segment at } and -, 

 inwardly oblique from costa, first moderate, second narrower and 

 more oblique, these continued on second segment by less distinct 

 whitish liars ; terminal edge of second segment blackish on lower 

 half : cilia pale ochreous, on costa with white patches edged with 

 dark fuscous on segmental bars, on margins of cleft white on seg- 

 mental bars and mixed with black scales between these, and before 

 and beyond them oil first segment, on dorsum with white spots at 

 base and -J- of second segment and at tornus, and some scattered 

 black scales between these. Hindwings dark grey, third segment 

 whitish towards tip ; cilia grey, on dorsum with a small patch of 

 black scales at f of third segment, and scattered black and white 

 scales between this and base. 



TRANSVAAL, Louis Trichardt, one specimen (E. Tucker) : also one 

 in my collection from Pretoria. 



GEN. PTEROPHOKUS Geoffr. 



PTEROPHORUS ACUMINATUS, n. sp. 



^ . 16-17 nun. Head light brownish, with a whitish line between 

 antennae. Palpi 1, light brownish, edge whitish. Thorax ochreous- 

 whitish, patagia sometimes tinged with brownish. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish, more or less mixed with brownish. Forewiugs cleft to near 

 middle, segments narrow, acute ; whitish, more or less wholly suffused 

 with pale brownish-ochreous ; costa aud basal third of dorsum more 

 or less irrorated with blackish ; an elongate blackish dot in disc at ^ ; 

 a cloudy transverse blackish mark on base of cleft ; an elongate 



