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costa irregularly strigulated with blackish irroration ; a small blackish 

 mark above dorsum near base, posteriorly suffused with grey; first 

 discal stigma represented by a black dot, and another obliquely before 

 and above it, second by a white dot surrounded by fuscous suffusion, 

 which forms a cloudy spot before it and a more diffuse patch beyond 

 it : some small indistinct blackish marginal dots round apex and 

 termen : cilia pale grey sprinkled with ochreous-whitish. Hindwings 

 light grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. 

 CAPE COLONY, Gt. Winthoek, 4500 ft. ; one specimen. 



DEPRESSARIA PANURGA, u. sp. 



? . 17 mm. Head brownish. Palpi greyish sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, terminal joint whitish with basal and median bands of blackish 

 irroration. Thorax brownish, anterior and posterior margins marked 

 with blackish. Abdomen light greyish. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 '2 and 3 stalked ; brown suffused with fuscous except beneath costa on 

 anterior half, and with rather dark purplish-fuscous on dorsal |, 

 darkest towards base ; costa marked with small obscure dark fuscous 

 spots or strigulae from base to J. ; discal stigmata rather large, whitish, 

 first irregularly edged anteriorly with blackish suffusion or irroration, 

 second preceded by an irregular whitish dot or group of scales almost 

 connected with it : cilia light fuscous, slightly whitish-sprinkled. 

 Hindwiugs light grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



CAPE COLONY, Knysna, in October (Pcriuguey) ; one specimen. 



MELOTELES, n. g. 



Head smooth, side-tufts slightly raised ; ocelli small, posterior ; 

 tongue developed. Antennae f , in <$ serrate, minutely ciliated, basal 

 joint moderate, without pec ten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint thickened with appressed scales, slightly roughened beneath, 

 terminal joint f of second, thickened with scales, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae 

 clothed with hairs above. Forewings with 16 furcate, 2 and 3 stalked 

 from angle, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, 

 cilia f ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 



MELOTELES XANTHODOXA, n. sp. 



(J . 14mm. Head, palpi, and thorax yellow-ochreous tinged with 

 ferruginous. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewiugs elongate, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; yellow-ochreous 



