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reaching half across wing ; central fascia oblique, rather dark 

 fuscous, becoming obsolete towards dorsum but with margins indi- 

 cated by some black scales, moderate on upper half, broader on 

 lower, posterior edge prominent below middle, finely edged with 

 white on upper f ; a rounded rather dark fuscous blotch near before 

 upper part of termen, anteriorly mixed with blackish and finely 

 edged with white ; four minute black dots on upper part of termen : 

 cilia brownish sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings rather dark 

 fuscous, in $ somewhat lighter : cilia whitish-fuscous, with darker 

 fuscous subbasal line. 



NATAL, Victoria district (Gooch), one specimen ; also one in my 

 collection from Durban, in March (Leigh). Nearest the Chinese 

 archimedias, which is a smaller and more neatly marked insect. 



FAMILY GELECHIADAE. 



GEE. EPITHECTIS, Meyr. 

 EPITHECTIS PTYCHOPHORA, n. sp. 



3 $ . 8-11 mm. Head pearly ochreous-white, crown sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous. Palpi white, somewhat sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, second and terminal joints each with two blackish bands. 

 Thorax white, finely irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish 

 mixed with dark grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; rather dark 

 fuscous irrorated with white ; a costal fold in $ extending from base 

 to middle ; an ochreous subbasal dot in middle ; in ? an ochreous 

 longitudinal mark beneath costa towards base ; two blackish dots 

 obliquely placed above and below fold at ^, lower sometimes centred 

 with ochreous ; a small ochreous spot towards costa before middle ; 

 a black dot above middle of disc, edged beneath with ochreous ; two 

 small ochreous spots transversely placed at end of cell, partially 

 edged or connected with black ; a few scattered black scales 

 posteriorly : cilia dark grey irrorated with whitish. Hindwings 

 grey, in $ irrorated with darker except in disc and towards base ; 

 cilia light grey. 



CAPE COLONY, Dunbrody, in June (Fath. A. Vogt) ; four 

 specimens. 



THYMOSOPHA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae f , 

 in $ minutely ciliated, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, recurved, second .joint thickened with scales, slightly 



