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lines on veins : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-ochreous 

 tinged with grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



BUSHMANLAND, Jackals Water (E. M. Lightfoot) ; one specimen. 



TINEID^E. 



GEN. TINEA, Linn. 

 TINEA SUSPICIOSA, n. sp. 



$ . 23-25 mm. Head ochreous-orange. Palpi ochreous-yellow 

 or orange, second joint externally dark fuscous. Antennae dark 

 fuscous, in $ pubescent- ciliated (f), in $ spotted with yellowish. 

 Thorax yellow-ochreous, anteriorly orange-tinged. Abdomen rather 

 dark grey, anal tuft ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen slightly rounded, very 

 oblique ; all veins separate ; yellow-ochreous, slightly tinged with 

 grey or brownish, costal edge clear ochreous-orange, towards base 

 dark fuscous : cilia yellow-ochreous. Hindwings with all veins 

 separate ; rather dark grey ; cilia pale ochreous-yellowish tinged 

 with grey. 



ZULULAND, Mfongosi, in March and April (W. E. Jones) ; four 

 specimens. 



PICEOSPOEA, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; tongue very short or obsolete. Antennae f , 

 in $ shortly ciliated, basal joint moderate, stout. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, subascending, second joint with dense tuft of long 

 rough projecting scales beneath, terminal joint shorter, slender, 

 tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, porrected. Pos- 

 terior tibiae loosely haired. Forewings with 2 from angle, 7 to 

 termen, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 

 i_| ; veins all separate, 5 and 6 sometimes rather approximated at 

 base. 



Type P. arcea. 



PlCROSPORA ARJ3A, n. Sp. 



$ . 12-13 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish. Palpi grey, 

 terminal joint white. Abdomen whitish sprinkled with light grey. 

 Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 almost straight, oblique ; pale whitish-ochreous, with some fine 

 scattered fuscous points ; minute undefined groups of two or three 

 black points each on fold at \ and middle of wing, in disc before 



