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GEN. SCYTHEOPIA, Hiibn. 



SCYTHROPIA CROCOSTACTA, 11. sp . 



$ . 14-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Abdomen pale 

 grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen hardly rounded, very oblique ; white ; mark- 

 ings pale ochreous-yellow ; three small round spots in a longitudinal 

 series in disc from \ to f ; a small spot towards dorsum at \ ; an 

 outwardly oblique streak from beyond middle of dorsum, not reaching 

 half across wing ; a small spot on dorsum before tornus : cilia white. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia white, base greyish-tinged. 



CAPE COLONY, Tulbagh (E. M. Lightfoot) ; two specimens. 



ELACHISTID^E. 



GEN. AUGASMA, Herr.-Sch. 



AUGASMA (?) NIDIFICA, n. Sp. 



$ . 13 mm. Antennae f , simple, basal joint moderately elongate, 

 with pecten. Forewings lanceolate, 2 from angle, 3-5 absent, 7 and 

 8 out of 6, 9 absent, 11 from middle ; whitish-ochreous : cilia con- 

 colorous. Hindwings f , lanceolate, cilia 3 ; transverse vein absent 

 between 2 and 5, 3 and 4 absent, 5 approximated to upper angle, 

 6 and 7 stalked ; whitish-ochreous ; cilia concolorous. 



TRANSVAAL, Krugersdorp, in December (Bro. J. H. Power) ; one 

 specimen. Bred from an ovate woody gall (19 mm. x 11 mm.) on 

 twig of an unnamed shrub. This species is probably not a true 

 Augasma, but the mouth-parts are damaged, and further material 

 would be requisite to establish a new genus. 



COLEOPHORmaE. 



GEN. COLEOPHOEA, Hiibn. 



COLEOPHORA EREMODES, 11. Sp/ 



$ . 14 mm. 'Head white. Antennae white, faintly ringed with 

 pale fuscous. Palpi light fuscous mixed with white, terminal joint 

 short. Thorax white, partially tinged with fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish-grey. Forewings very narrow, elongate-lanceolate ; light 

 fuscous irregularly mixed with white, tending to form fine white 



