Tineide, and Pterophoride of South Africa. 261 
PgoricopTeRA, Stainton. 
Psoricoptera ? hirsutella, n.s. (Pl. XII, fig. 29). 
Capite aliquot hirsuto-griseo; haustello mediocre, 
squamato. Palpis labialibus griseis fusco striatis et 
ivroratis articulo secundo late fasciculato, articulo 
apicali erecto tenui paulum squamato. Antennis fuscis. 
Alis anticis scabris dilute griseo-ochraceis undique fusco 
suffusis et irroratis ; flocco basali submediali erecto fusco 
et flocco post medium supra marginem dorsalem sub- 
ochraceo. Posticis et abdomine cinereis. 
Head slightly rough, grey. Tongue moderate coarsely 
scaled. Labial palpi mottled and irrorated with greyish 
fuscous, with the second joint thickly and widely tufted 
beneath ; the apical joint erect, slender, slightly scaled. 
Antenne fuscous, with the basal joint scarcely thickened. 
Fore wings pale greyish ochreous, almost entirely suffused 
or sprinkled with dark fuscous, with numerous scattered 
tufts of raised fuscous scales, of which the most promi- 
nent and conspicuous is at the base of the wing slightly 
below the middle. Immediately above the dorsal 
margin, and beyond the middle of the wing, is another 
conspicuous tuft of scales of the pale ground colour. 
Hind wings cinereous, with a slender pale ochraceous 
line at the base of the cilia. Abdomen cinereous. The 
posterior pair of tibie hairy. Hxpanse, 20 mm. 
One specimen in Mr. Gooch’s collection. 
In neuration it differs only slightly from Psoricoptera 
gibbosella, Zell., in which species the fork of the apical 
vein is nearer to the cell, and the position of the veins 
about the anal angle is somewhat different. 
GELECHIA, Zeller. 
Gelechia rescissella, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 
Vetens. Akad., 1852, 110; Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., 
iB, Mo xxix, 628. 
G. zetterstedtiella, Zell., Handlingar Kong. Svensk. 
Vetens. Akad., 1852, 110; Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., 
i>. My-xxix. 628. 
Gelechia zulu, n.s. (Pl. XII., fig. 30). 
Capite dilute ferrugineo. Palpis tenuibus albidis 
externe aliquot infuscatis, Thorace brunneo-fusco, 
