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edged with some black scales ; an indistinct pale ochreous trans- 

 verse mark before apex : cilia purplish-fuscous with rows of black 

 points, and a strong black median line round apex. Hindwiugs 

 and cilia grej'. 



Tkansvaal, Barberton, in December (Janse) ; one specimen. 



Gracilaria filifera, n. sp. 



(5 . 7 mm. Head whitish, crown more or less mixed with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi loosely scaled, whitish, obscurely ringed with grey. 

 Thorax fuscous mixed with whitish, shoulders dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey. Middle tibiae black, tarsi white with 

 fuscous rings. Forewings very narrowly elongate, moderately 

 pointed ; brownish-ochreous, irregularly and sufiusedly irrorated 

 with dark fuscous aud blackish ; five fine ir-regular white fasciae 

 edged with some black scales, first at |^, transverse, not extending 

 below fold, second rather oblique, third median, slightly curved, 

 transverse, fourth beyond |, somewbat dilated on costa, not 

 reaching dorsum, fifth praeapical : indistinct whitish dots on costa 

 at I and tornus ; the brownish-ochreous ground colour forms a 

 transverse bar in disc before fourth fascia : cilia grej', round apex 

 whitish, with rows of black points. Hindwings and cilia grey. 

 Tkansvaal, Pretoria, m January (Janse) ; two specimens. 



Gracilaria seriata, n. sp. 



J . 16 mm. Head and thorax light brownish somewhat mixed 

 with whitish. Palpi loosely scaled, light grey sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, apex whitish. Abdomen light grey. Anterior and middle 

 tibiae blackish mixed with pale scales, tarsi white. Forewings 

 very narrow, moderately pointed, acute; light brownish; costal 

 third sufhised with whitish from base to | ; whole wing, except 

 dorsal area beneath submedian fold, strewn with scattered blackish 

 scales arranged especially in groups along veins ; cilia whitish- 

 brownish, round apex sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings and 

 cilia light grey. 



Tkaxsvaal, Barberton, in December (Janse) ; one specimen. 



ADELID.E. 



ULOMETRA, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 3, in d with rather long fine ciliations (3) diminishing from base 

 to 1^, basal joint short, stout. Labial palpi rather short, porrected, 

 slender, pointed. Maxillary palpi moderately long, folded, porrected. 

 Posterior tibiae with thin fine long hairs above. Forewings with 2 

 from angle, 7 to apex, 9 absent, 11 from before middle. Hind- 



