24 EXOTIC MlCEOLEriDOPTERA. 



middle; a black dot in disc at |; an iiiideliiied apical spot of 



blackish irroration : cilia pale ocbreous. Hindwings whitish ; cilia 



pale ■whitish-ochreous. 



Transvaal, Donkerkoek, in October (Janse) • one specimen. Tho 



facies of this species is exceptional in the genus, but the structure 

 conforms ; 2^unctulata Wals., which I have not yet obtained, is 

 clearly nearly allied, and must also belong here aud not in 

 Gracilaria. 



Acrocercops carbunculata, n, sp. 



(S . 8-11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, finely 

 sprinkled with whitish, palpi with appressed scales. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings very narrowly elongate, moderately pointed ; 

 dark fuscous finely irrorated with whitish, forming more or less 

 obscure strigulse towards costa on posterior half; a thick streak of 

 blackish sutfusion beneath costa from about ^ to ^ ; a rhomboidal 

 blackish spot on costa beyond middle ; three semioval blackish 

 dorsal spots, sometimes distinctly margined with whitish, first at | of 

 wing, second largest, in middle of wing, third on tornus : cilia 

 grey, round apex tinged with whitish, with two dark fuscous lines 

 and two blackish apical hooks, on middle of termen Avith two dots 

 of blackish suffusion. Hindwings rather dark giey ; cilia grey. 



Tkansvaal, Pretoria, Barberton, in December, January, and May 

 {Janse) ; three specimens. 



Acrocercops gravissima, n. sp. 



5.11 nim. Head white, centre of crowu with a dark fuscous 

 mark. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous except apical 

 portion, with very long rough projecting tuft beneath, terminal 

 joint with three rings aud extreme apex dark fuscous. Thorax 

 white, margins suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 apex whitish. Forewings very narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, 

 short-pointed, rather obtuse; dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled and 

 on costa obscurely strigulated with blackish ; an irregular pointed 

 white streak along dorsum from base to tornus, strigulated with 

 dark fuscous ; a very oblique white striga from above tornus, 

 reaching half across wing ; a white mark along lower part of 

 termen, and another above this, separated by some black scales ; 

 two oblique blackish rhomboidal spots on costa above these, 

 reaching half across wing, separated by a pair of short whitish 

 costal strigulse, and followed by another pair, of which the second 

 is continued as an oblique somewhat curved silvery-metallic line to 

 termen above middle ; a white dot on costa near apex : cilia grey, 

 round apex whitish with a black basal shade and apparently median 

 and apical lines. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey. 



Tkansvaal, Three Sisters, in March {Janse) ; one specimen. 



