8 EXOTIC JllCROLEPIDOPTERA. 



strigulated witli dark fuscous ; markings suffused with grey and 

 edged with dark brown ; basal patch with outer edge irregular, 

 aijgulated iu middle, followed by a spot on dorsum ; central fascia 

 moderate, rather strongly oblique, somewhat broader on lower 

 half; costal patch triangular, undefined posteriorly, anteriorly 

 edged by a dark brown stria running parallel to central fascia to 

 termen above torjius ; in one large § these markings are obsolete, 

 but there is a streak of dark fuscous suffusion along dorsum through- 

 out ; in one specimen some irregular white marking accompanying 

 edge of basal patch and central fascia in middle, and before middle 

 of termen ; two or three small dark fuscous spots on costa poste- 

 riorly : cilia light brown, sprinkled or spotted with dark fuscous, 

 in the large $ specimen suffused with dark grey except towards 

 tips. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal 

 line. 



Comoro Is., Mayotte and Grand Comoro, from May to July 

 ( Leigh) ; nine specimens. 



Epichorista cMoradelpha, n. sp. 



cf. 15-17 mm. Head and palpi grey sprinkled with whitish 

 points. Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior margin suffused with 

 grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, without fold, apex round-pointed, termen almost 

 straight, ol)lique ; whitish-ochreous, tinged with yellow; a very 

 few scattered dark fuscous scales in disc : cilia concolorous. Hind- 

 wings whitish-grey ; cilia wliitish. 



Transvaal, Pretoria district and Waterval-onder, from November 

 to January (Jause) ; three specimens. 



Epichorista tortuosa, n. sp. 



$ . 18-20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax yellow-ochreous, 

 palpi 4. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique; 

 light ochreous-yellow ; costal edge suffused with white from base 

 to 4; a thick ferruginous streak above middle from near base to ^ ; 

 two or three indistinct spots of ferruginous suffusion above and 

 below this ; a thick oblique ferruginous streak from costa before 

 middle to disc at |, where it meets a similar inwardly oblique 

 streak from costa near apex ; a short inwardly oblique ferruginous 

 streak from dorsum before torn us, sometimes connected with 

 angle of costal streaks by a bar of indistinct ferruginous suffusion : 

 cilia pale ochreous-yellow. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, 

 with grey basal shade. 



Transvaal, Prtitoria, in October and March (Janse) ; two 

 specimens. 



