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ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 

 pointed, termen sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; pale ochreous- 

 grey suffusedly mixed with white ; costa suffused with white, costal 

 edge dark grey towards base ; a moderately broad cloudy white 

 median streak throughout ; a short subcostal streak of red suffusion 

 from base ; a red basal spot beneath median streak, connected with 

 plical stigma by a suffused ochreous-yellow streak ; stigmata large, 

 vermilion-red, discal placed on median streak, plical beyond first 

 discal, second discal forming an oblique spot connected by a streak 

 of scattered red scales with apex ; some scattered red scales along 

 termen : cilia pale ochreous-grey mixed with white, on costa white. 

 Hindwings light ochreous-grey, whitish-tinged towards base ; cilia 

 white, towards base greyish-tinged. 



Cape Colony, Capetown (Lightfoot) ; one specimen. In the 

 absence of the palpi the generic location is not certain, but it is 

 a very distinct species. 



PLUTELLID^. 



Gymnogbamma khodoneura, Meyr. 

 Cape Colony, Capetown (Dawson) ; one specimen. 



TINEID^. 



CEITICONOMA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue absent. Antenna |, in <? 

 stout, somewhat flattened, simple, basal joint stout, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi moderate, curved, somewhat ascending, diverging as 

 widely as possible, clothed with dense appressed scales, terminal 

 joint as long as second, obtuse. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 

 Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 2 

 from J, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia 1 ; 2 widely remote, 5 and 6 stalked, 7 parallel. 



Intermediate between Opogona and Tiiiea, but differs from both 

 by the undeveloped maxillary palpi. 



Ckiticonoma chelon^a, n. sp. 

 J 21 mm., $ 25 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale brownish- 

 ochreous. Antennae and abdomen whitish-ocbreous. Forewings 



