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before middle, reaching half across wing, and on dorsum beyond 

 middle opposite to it ; an irregular transverse spot from tornus ; a 

 blotch suffusedly irrorated with black on costa towards apex ; some 

 fuscous black-tipped scales on costa before apex and on termen towards 

 middle : cilia white, somewhat mixed with fuscous on termen. Hind- 

 wings whitish-grey ; cilia white. 



CAPE COLONY, Steenbrass (Barnard) ; one specimen. 



GEN. PICEOSPOEA Meyr. 



PlCROSPORA LITHACOPA, n. sp. 



c . 13 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous, white above. Thorax 

 whitish-fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Porewiugs elon- 

 gate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, ternien faintly sinuate, rather 

 strongly oblique ; fuscous, with some scattered whitish scales, towards 

 termen with some whitish suffusion ; plical and second discal stigmata 

 very small, blackish : cilia whitish. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey. 



CAPE COLONY, Somerset West Mts., 4000 ft. (Barnard) ; two 

 specimens. Very similar to the allied Acorostoma medicata, but easily 

 separated by the quite different palpi. 



GEN. MALLOBATHEA Meyr. 



MALLOBATHRA ZOPHAULA. u. sp. 



<$ . 8 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey. Palpi whitish. 

 Antennae f, joints closely set, pubescent. Forewmgs elongate, costa 

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

 purplish suffusedly mixed with grey and dark grey : cilia grey. 

 Hindwiugs grey ; cilia light grey. 



CAPE COLONY, Table Mountain, 2300 ft., in January (Barnard) ; 

 two specimens. 



ENCELIDOTIS, u. g. 



Head loosely rough-haired ; ocelli small, posterior ; tongue well 

 developed. Antennae f, in $ shortly ciliated, basal joint moderate, 

 with tuft or pecten of scales anteriorly. Labial palpi moderately long, 

 slender, porrected, loosely scaled throughout, second joint with two or 

 three apical bristles, terminal joint as long as second, hardly pointed. 

 Maxillary palpi absent. Posterior tibiae thinly haired above. Fore- 



