54 Annals of the South African Museum. 



GEN. PLATYPTILIA, Hiibn. 

 PLATYPTILIA PATEIARCHA, n. sp. 



c? . 16 mm. Head and thorax pale fuscous sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, forehead without tuft. Palpi H, whitish irrorated with 

 dark fuscous. Antennae whitish lined with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous, becoming whitish-ochreous towards base, segmental 

 margins whitish dotted with dark fuscous, anal tuft whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings cleft to before f , segments moderately broad, 

 apex pointed, termen oblique, of first segment straight, of second 

 slightly sinuate ; light brownish-ochreous irregularly sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous and whitish ; costal edge dark fuscous except a whitish 

 patch beyond cleft, slightly thickened above cleft ; a cloudy dark 

 fuscous dot in disc at $, and two transversely placed at angles of 

 cleft ; a transverse whitish line on first segment near before termen, 

 preceded and followed by rather dark fuscous suffusion, and a 

 similar less marked line on second segment : cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 at lower angle of first segment with a black dot and fuscous bar, 

 and another black basal dot above this, at apex of second segment 

 with a black basal dot, on dorsurn with small black scale-projections 

 beyond middle of wing and beyond cleft. Hindwings dark grey ; 

 cilia grey, above apex tinged with whitish, on basal half of dorsurn 

 with several small scattered dark fuscous scales. 



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

 An early form of the genus 



GEN. PTEKOPHORUS, Geof. 

 PTEEOPHOBUS SOKDIDATUS, n. sp. 



$ . 19 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, face fuscous- 

 tinged. Palpi hardly over 1, whitish. Antennal ciliations \. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish, longitudinally streaked with brownish. 

 Forewings cleft to ?, segments moderate, acute ; ochreous-whitish, 

 mostly suffused with very pale brownish-ochreous except on second 

 segment, which is suffused with white, darkest on anterior portion 

 of first segment ; extreme costal edge dark fuscous from near base 

 to ? : cilia greyish-ochreous, whitish towards base, on costa of first 

 segment white except a dark fuscous patch from its middle to near 

 apex, on anterior margin of second segment rather dark fuscous, on 

 dorsuin with large patch of fuscous suffusion before cleft and two 

 smaller ones posteriorly. Hindwings with segments narrow, acute ; 

 grey ; cilia greyish-ochreous. 



ORANGE FREE STATE, Srnithtield (D. E. Kanuemeyer) ; one 

 specimen. 



