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termen vertical, concave below apex, rounded-prominent beneath ; 

 ochreous- brown, marbled tbroughout with a pale ashy-purplish 

 gloss ; some very fine irregular dark fuscous striae more or less indi- 

 cated ; basal patch outlined by a similar stria, obtusely angulated in 

 middle, preceded on dorsum by a spot of dark reddish-fuscous suffu- 

 sion, base of costa suffused with dark reddish-fuscous ; central fascia 

 outlined by two similar striae, gradually dilated downwards, rather 

 narrow on costa, moderately broad on dorsum, suffused with rather 

 dark reddish-fuscous towards both extremities ; costal patch semi- 

 oval, dark reddish-fuscous, anteriorly edged by a similar stria 

 running to termen above tornus : cilia ochreous-brown, suffused with 

 reddish-fuscous on upper part of termen and dark fuscous at apex. 

 Hindwings bright deep orange, at apex with one or two reddish- 

 fuscous strigula} ; cilia yellowish, with reddish-fuscous basal line. 

 Natal, Durban (Leigh) ; two specimens. 



TORTRIX CAPENSANA Walk. 



Cape Colony, King William's Town. 



Proselena ionephela, n. sp. 



J . 16-17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, more or less 

 tinged with brownish. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint exter- 

 nally suffused with fuscous. Antennae grey. Abdomen pale whitish- 

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

 obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous ; costa 

 suffused with yellow-browmish towards base ; a streak of ferruginous 

 suffusion along dorsum from near base to tornus, expanding into a 

 moderately large suffused prsetornal blotch : cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Cape Colony, Capetown and Clanwilliam, in January (Lightfoot) ; 

 three specimens. This is a very interesting occurrence, the genus 

 Proselena being hitherto known only from Australia and New Zea- 

 land, especially the latter ; to some of the New Zealand species the 

 present one is very similar. 



GELECHIADiE. 



SiTOTROGA CEREALELLA 01. 



Cape Colony, Capetown (Lightfoot) ; nine specimens. An im- 

 portation, not previously recorded but doubtless common in 

 granaries ; the larva feeds on stored grain, and is a destructive 

 pest. 



