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opposite first costal, surrounded by clear spaces on margins : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous, at base with a few fuscous scales. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Cape Colony, Capetown (Lightfoot) ; three specimens. 



Tinea antiphracta, n. sp. 



? . 12-13 mm. Head pale yellowish. Palpi ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennae light grey. Thorax pale whitish-ochreous, patagia dark 

 purplish-fuscous except on outer edge. Abdomen whitish-grey, 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 stalked ; whitish-ochreous, 

 with a few scattered fuscous scales ; a thick dark purplish-fuscous 

 streak along basal third of costa, posterior extremity suffused ; a 

 strong dark purplish-fuscous streak along fold from base to ^ of 

 wing, terminating abruptly ; discal stigmata dark purplish-fuscous, 

 approximated, first elongate, dash-like, second rounded ; sometimes 

 some undefined grey spots or scattered scales round apex and along 

 termen : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale whitish-ochreous 

 tinged with grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 



Cape Colony, Capetown and Clanwilliam, in January; four 

 specimens. Near T. zebra Wals. 



Setomorpha rutella Z. 



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

 seven specimens, 



AMYDKIA Clem. 



I think Scyrotis Meyr. must be merged in this ; I find that 

 maxillary palpi are present, though very short and sometimes con- 

 cealed in the dense scales of face ; a short tongue is sometimes but 

 not always present. The bristles of labial palpi are usually much 

 more developed in the African species, but the character varies 

 specifically. 



Amydria poliodes, n, sp. 



(J . 24 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, second 

 joint with numerous spreading bristles beneath and externally, 

 suffused with fuscous except at apex, terminal joint mixed with 

 fuscous. Antennae light grey. Thorax purplish-fuscous sprinkled 

 with darker. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous suffused with light 



