282 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GEN. TELPHUSA Chamb. 



TELPHUSA LIMENAEA, n. sp. 



<$ . 12 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint mixed with 

 black on basal half, terminal joint with two black bands. Thorax 

 white, shoulders irrorated with dark grey, dorsum with two small 

 black spots anteriorly. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 gently arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark 

 grey, tips of scales very finely whitish ; extreme base mixed with 

 black ; a broad white antemedian fascia edged with blackish ante- 

 riorly and preceded by a brown subcostal mark, its posterior half not 

 reaching costa and marked with a black subcostal dot in an indenta- 

 tion, its posterior margin followed by a brown transverse spot in disc ; 

 opposite white costal and tornal spots at f, their anterior angles 

 connected by a black mark, above and beneath which is some brownish 

 suffusion : cilia whitish (imperfect). Hindwings pale grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Capetown, in December (Lightfoot) ; one specimen. 



TELPHUSA IRIDITIS, n. sp. 



$ . 12 mm. Head iridescent grey-whitish irregularly speckled 

 with blackish. Palpi grey, second and terminal joints each with two 

 bauds of blackish irroratiou, terminal joint thickened with scales. 

 Thorax violet-grey suffusedly irrorated and marked with blackish. 

 Abdomen greyish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 faintly sinuate towards middle, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; purplish-grey speckled with black, with iridescent 

 green reflections ; three small spots of black irroration on costa at ^, i, 

 and middle, each with a small browuish-ochreous spot adjacent 

 beneath, some whitish irroration between these extending obliquely 

 towards disc ; a black oblique mark in disc beneath first of these, and 

 a black longitudinal spot beneath second ; three small brownish - 

 ochreous tufts towards dorsum from ^ to before tornus ; a small 

 brownish-ochreous spot in middle of disc and another at f ; a trans- 

 verse black spot in disc towards apex, preceded by two brownish- 

 ochreous dots transversely placed ; three brownish-ochreous dots on 

 costa and two on termen towards apex, separated with black and with 

 a more distinct small black spot at apex : cilia pale grey with some 

 black specks towards base, round apex with basal area purple-whitish 

 speckled with black. Hiudwings light grey thinly scaled towards 

 base, margins and veins suffused with darker grey ; cilia light grey. 



