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plical very obliquely before first discal : cilia whitish, base with a few 

 fuscous specks. Hindwiugs pale whitish-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 CAPE COLONY, Matroosberg, 3500 ft., in November (Lightfoot) ; 

 three specimens. 



GEN. MEGACRASPEDUS Zell. 



MEGACRASPEDUS PERACTJTA, n. sp. 



cJ ?. 11-13 mm. Head white, with a dark grey mark on each 

 side of forehead. Palpi white, second joint blackish except apex, tuft 

 very short, terminal joint blackish towards tip. Thorax yellow- 

 whitish, shoulders dark grey. Abdomen blackish-grey. Forewings 

 lanceolate, apex produced, acute ; yellow-ochreous, sometimes tinged 

 with grey posteriorly ; costal edge white on basal third : cilia light 

 greyish-ochreous, becoming whitish on costa towards middle. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



CAPE COLONY, G-t. Winthoek, 4500 ft. ; four specimens. 



MEGACRASPEDUS PHOTINOPA, n. sp. 



(J. 13 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, second joint with 

 a median baud of fuscous irroration. Abdomen grey- whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate-lanceolate ; white ; a rather broad whitish-ochreous 

 streak sprinkled with grey and dark fuscous running from base beneath 

 costa to |, thence obliquely deflected to a small round yellow- whitish 

 spot edged with a few dark scales representing second discal stigma, 

 and a similar streak from middle of base to a more obscure similar 

 spot representing plical stigma ; some grey irroratiou towards costa 

 at f , and two or three scales on toruus ; an apical spot of grey^suffusion i 

 cilia whitish, at apex with sharp median and apical grey lines. Hind- 

 wings light grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Table Mountain, in February (Barnard) ; one 

 specimen. 



GEN. EPITHECTIS Meyr. 



EPITHECTIS EXSTINCTA, Meyr. 



In the original example veins 6 and 7 of forewings are stated to 

 rise out of 8, but in two specimens since examined 7 and 8 rise out 6, 

 which must therefore be held to be the normal structure, and on this 

 difference the species should be referred to Epitlieciis. 



