Descriptions of South African Micro- Lepidoptera, 309 



GEN. CTENOCOMPA Meyr. 

 CTENOCOMPA ZASCIA, u. sp. 



J. 16-17 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark grey. 

 Antennal pectinations 5. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termeu rounded, oblique ; 8 and 9 

 stalked or usually coincident ; dark grey, basal area slightly sprinkled 

 with blackish and whitish ; a slightly incurved median fascia of dark 

 fuscous irroration, preceded by a narrower fascia of whitish irroration ; 

 area beyond this suffusedly irrorated with whitish towards margins 

 and slightly in disc, with a dark fuscous transverse spot on costa 

 at |, and a smaller one beyond it : cilia grey, base mixed with whitish. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey or grey-whitish. 



CAPE COLONY, Gt. Winthoek, 4500 ft.; three specimens. The genus 

 Ctenocomva includes and supersedes Strttthisca. 



GEN. MELASINA Hub. 

 MELASINA CYLINDRAULA, n. sp. 



<^. 24-25 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish. Palpi short, 

 slender, grey. Antennae slender, pectinations 4. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey. Forewiugs elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termeu slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 

 7 to termeu ; fuscous-grey, more or less suffusedly irrorated with 

 whitish ; veins posteriorly more or less marked with fine indistinct 

 darker fuscous lines : cilia light fuscous suffused with whitish. Hind- 

 wings light grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



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

 specimens, bred from cylindrical cases about 20 mm. x 5 mm., formed 

 of a single series of longitudinally placed segments, iu one case of 

 hollow grass-stems, in the other (I think) stems of Juncus, with 

 irregular ends. 



MELASINA MAKMARODES, u. sp. 



. 17-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white, slightly sprinkled 

 with grey, palpi short. Abdomen pale grey, anal tuft grey- whitish. 

 Forewiugs elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; light grey irregularly mixed aud 

 suffused with white, with irregularly scattered blackish scales ; the 

 white suffusion indicates an irregular longitudinal median streak on 

 posterior half of wing, partly edged with black scales : cilia white, 

 with obscurely indicated greyish median shade. Hiudwiugs pale grey ;. 

 cilia whitish -grey or whitish. 



