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brownish. Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked ; grey, paler towards 

 base ; cilia whitish-brownish. 



ORANGE FREE STATE, Smithfield (D. E. Kanueineyer) ; TRANS- 

 VAAL, Barberton, in March (H. Edwards) ; two specimens. 



SCYTHRIS F^CULENTA, 11. Sp. 



$ . 10 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate, acute ; dark fuscous with bases of scales whitish, 

 appearing grey : cilia fuscous. Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked ; 

 grey ; cilia fuscous. 



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

 specimen. 



(ECOPHOBIOE. 



GEN. CCESYEA, Meyr. 



CCESYRA RUTILA, n. Sp. 



$ ? . 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax orange- 

 ochreous, terminal joint of palpi half second, antennal ciliations 

 of 3 1. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; ochreous-orange, sometimes slightly 

 sprinkled with brownish posteriorly : cilia concolorous. Hindwings 

 whitish-ochreous ; cilia ochreous-yellowish. 



ZULULAND, Mfongosi, in October and November (W. E. Jones) ; 

 four specimens. 



HYPONOMEUTID.E 



THYESTAECHA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. Antennae |, 

 in $ simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 long, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, somewhat rough 

 towards apex beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 

 Anterior tibiae and basal joints of tarsi thickened with rough scales, 

 posterior tibiae with long hairs. Forewings with 2 from f , 3 from 

 before angle, 4 from angle, 5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 11 from somewhat before middle. Hindwings under 1, 

 ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1^ ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 



