250 Annals of the South African Museum. 



FAMILY XYLOEYCTIDAE. 



GEN. XYLOEYCTA, Meyr. 

 XYLORTCTA ARTIGENA, n. sp. 



$ . 13-14 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, towards 

 base with a blackish streak above, extreme tip black. Antennae 

 serrate, ciliations \. Forewings moderate, somewhat dilated pos- 

 teriorly, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat 

 rounded, little oblique ; 7 to apex ; white ; costal edge blackish 

 towards base ; a patch of faint whitish-ochreous suffusion on basal 

 portion of dorsurn ; black dots at both angles of cell, followed by a 

 brown patch, and connected with tornus by an irregular interrupted 

 line of brown suffusion sprinkled with black ; a faint irregular line 

 of brownish suffusion with some dots of black irroration running 

 near margin round posterior f of costa and termen ; a terminal row 

 of small black dots : cilia white. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked ; 

 white, with a faint ochreous tinge ; cilia white. 



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

 collection from Pinetown in February (Leigh). 



GEN. ODITES, Wals. 

 ODITES OBVIA, n. sp. 



$ 5 . 14-15 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint suffused with dark fuscous 

 except apex. Antennal ciliations of $ nearly 1. Forewings elon- 

 gate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; whitish-ochreous ; 

 stigmata blackish, plical rather obliquely before first discal ; a series 

 of small blackish almost marginal dots round apex and termen : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-whitish, slightly 

 greyish-tinged towards apex ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



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

 seven specimens. 



ODITES INVEKSA, n. sp. 



$ . 11-13 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-yellowish. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint suffused with grey except towards apex. 

 Abdomen whitish-yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen rounded, rather strongly 

 oblique ; ochreous-yellow, with a few scattered dark fuscous specks ; 

 stigmata blackish, plical obliquely beyond first discal ; an almost 



