294 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GLYPHIPTERYGIDAE. 



GEN. PHYCODES Guen. 



PHYCODES PSELIOTA, n. sp. 



$ . 16 mm. Head grey. Palpi white, terminal joint grey. 

 Thorax dark grey sprinkled with whitish. Abdomen grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa nearly straight, 

 rather arched towards apex, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, 

 somewhat oblique ; blackish-grey, with close fine transverse striation 

 of whitish points ; direct transverse blackish fasciae bordered with 

 violet-silvery-metallic streaks at ^ and ; blackish spots margined 

 with violet-silvery-metallic streaks at apex and tornus : cilia violet- 

 grey, above tornus with a patch of blue suffusion. Hindwiugs dark 

 fuscous ; an undefined patch of ochreous-yellow suffusion occupying 

 central portion of disc and extending to near base and dorsum ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, with dark fuscous basal line. 



NATAL, Durban (Marley) ; one specimen. Allied to adjectella, but 

 distinct by yellow hindwiugs. 



GEN. ATYCHIA Latr. 



ATYCHIA INFANDA, n. sp. 



c. 17-18 mm. 9. 22 mm. Head and thorax blue-blackish, 

 hairs of collar mixed with pale ochreous. Palpi blackish, white at 

 base and beneath. Antennae blackish, in $ unipectiuated with short 

 stout lamellae (1). Abdomen blackish, segmeutal margins in <$ mixed 

 with grey- whitish, in 9 dark grey. Forewiugs elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, 

 somewhat oblique ; dark bronzy-fuscous, with a faint purplish tinge : 

 cilia dark fuscous, extreme tips whitish round apex. Hiudwings dark 

 fuscous ; a small irregular suffused ochreous-whitish spot in disc 

 slightly before middle, and a smaller one midway between this and 

 toruus ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line, tips whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Gt. Wiuthoek, 4500 ft. ; three specimens. Allied 

 to quiris, but seems constant. 



ATYCHIA NYCTEEOPIS, n. sp. 



(J . 13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish. Palpi blackish, 

 white towards base and beneath. Antennae blackish, much thickened 



