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elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; light brownish-ochreous ; costal edge 

 dark fuscous towards base; whole wing except on costa strewn 

 with large coarse cloudy dark fuscous transverse strigulae tending to 

 coalesce into striae, their confluence tending to form an irregular 

 spot on dorsum before middle : cilia pale brassy-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings and cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Cape Colony, Capetown ; two specimens, of which the ? is 

 damaged. Larva feeding in portable case on lichens ; case sub- 

 oblong, 20 mm. long X 10 mm. broad, flat, little narrowed 

 posteriorly, shoulders rather angularly prominent, mouth abruptly 

 narrowed ; grey-greenish, formed of silk covered with fragments of 

 lichen and sand. 



TiNEOLA PURPUREA, Stt. 



Transvaal, White River, in October (Cooke) ; one specimen. 



Barbaroscardia sceptica, n. sp. 



^ . 14 mm. Head, palpi, antennge, thorax, and abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 7 and 8 separate, 7 to costa, 9 absent ; ochreous-whitish, sprinkled 

 with strigulae of fuscous and dark fuscous scales ; markings fuscous 

 irrorated with black ; small spots on costa near base, beyond ^, in 

 middle, at f, and before apex, two representing discal stigmata, 

 second forming a transverse mark, one on dorsum before middle, 

 and a transverse mark before tornus : cilia ochreous-whitish, with 

 three interrupted fuscous lines sprinkled with black, Hindwings 

 light grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Transvaal, White Eiver, in September (Cooke) ; one specimen. 



Thranitica hemicopa, Meyr. 



Transvaal, White River, in November and December (Cooke) ; 

 six specimens. 



Melasina dissoluta, Meyr. 

 Transvaal, White River, in December (Cooke) ; one specimen, 

 apparently not distinguishable from the types. 



PiTHARCHA chalin^a, Meyr. 

 Transvaal, White River, in November (Cooke) ; two specimens. 



