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wings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen 

 rounded, somewhat oblique; 7 and 8 stalked; dark purplish-fuscous: 

 cilia concolorous. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



CAPE COLONY, Table Mountain, 2500 ft., in November (Barnard) ; 

 three specimens. Taken in company with the preceding, to which it 

 is exceedingly similar, but immediately distinguished by the different 

 antennal pectinations, as well as the stalked veins 7 and 8 and slightly 

 different shape of forewings. 



ELLOCHOTIS, n. g. 



Head densely rough-haired ; ocelli small, posterior ; tongue very 

 short. Antennae f-f , in $ simple, basal joint short, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint with long project- 

 ing apical tuft of rough hair-scales beneath, terminal joint very short, 

 slender, pointed, almost concealed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 

 Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewiugs with Ib furcate, 

 2 from angle, 7 to costa, 8 out of 7 or absent, 11 from before middle. 

 Hiudwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia ^; 2-7 nearly parallel. 



Apparently allied to Eucryptogona, 



ELLOCHOTIS INPAUSTA, n. sp. 



^. 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewiugs elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse- 

 pointed, termeu very obliquely rounded ; bronzy-grey, suffusedly irro- 

 rated with dark fuscous : cilia bronzy-greyish, with subbasal and 

 apical dark bluish-fuscous lines. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia 

 grev, with dark fuscous subbasal shade. 



O J 7 



CAPE COLONY, OH. Winthoek, 4500 ft. ; six specimens. 



ADELIDAE. 

 GEN. CEROMITIA Zell. 



CEROMITIA ARATA, n. sp. 



J. 14-15 mm. Head white. Thorax white, patagia mixed with 

 grey. Abdomen whitish-grey. Forewiugs elongate, rather narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termeu very obliquely rounded ; light 

 grey suffused with white, with fine irregular dark fuscous lines on all 

 veins, and scattered dark fuscous scales between them : cilia light 



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