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GELECHIAD^. 



GEN. PALTODOEA, Meyr. 

 PALTODORA MAGNANIMA, n. sp. 



<? 2 . 27-28 mm. Head whitish, in $ irrorated with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi white, second joint suffusedly irrorated with fuscous 

 or dark fuscous except apical edge, tuft long. Antennae in $ dark 

 grey, in J whitish. Thorax whitish suffusedly irrorated with 

 fuscous or dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, very 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen sinuate, extremely 

 ohlique ; pale brownish-ochreous mixed with whitish and more or less 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, veins sometimes partially streaked with 

 whitish ; cloudy dark fuscous dots beneath costa near base and at ; 

 two cloudy dark fuscous dots on fold obliquely beyond these, con- 

 nected by a fine dark fuscous streak with plical stigma, this streak 

 edged above with white ; stigmata dark fuscous, plical much before 

 first discal, first discal elongate, second dot-like : cilia pale brownish- 

 ochreous, in 3 largely suffused with fuscous, on termen with 

 interrupted dark fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 light fuscous. 



ORANGE FREE STATE, Smithfield (D. E. Kannemeyer) ; two 

 specimens. 



PALTODORA PENTACENTRA, n. sp. 



$ . 20 mm. Head and thorax ochreous- white, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Palpi brownish-ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous, tuft 

 long, terminal joint and apical edge of second white. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apex 

 produced, acute; whitish-ochreous ; costa slightly sprinkled with 

 brownish specks ; conspicuous black dots beneath costa at ^ and \ ; 

 stigmata black, plical obliquely before first discal : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-whitish ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



ZULULAND, Mfongosi, in November (W. E. Jones) ; one specimen. 



PALTODORA HELICAULA, n. sp. 



$ . 14 mm. Head and thorax whitish, patagia with a line of 

 dark fuscous irroration. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, termen sinuate, 

 extremely oblique ; white, tinged with brownish and irrorated with 

 blackish except on costa and veins, which form undefined white 

 streaks : cilia rosy-whitish irrorated with blackish. Hindwings light 

 grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 



