Tineide, and Pterophoride of South Africa. 267 
Ypsolophus siccifolii, n.s. (Pl. XIIL., fig. 37). 
Capite levi antennis simplicibus et thorace pleno 
osseis. Palpis osseis, articulo secundo late fasciculato 
externe fusco liturato; articulo apicali tenui fusco 
bicincto. Alis anticis latitudine ter longioribus; costa 
ultra basim recta; margine apicali obliquo, osseo- 
cinereis, ochraceo-cervino partim suffusis et irroratis ; 
squamis atro purpureis in medio et in fine cellule 
glomeratis; strigulis costalibus prope apicem sub- 
argenteis et linea metallice argentea in margine 
apicali. Posticis dilute osseis subnitentibus. 
Head smooth, antenne simple, thorax wide, all bone- 
coloured. Labial palpi bone-coloured, projecting, re- 
curved; the second joint having a wide laterally 
compressed tuft projecting fully its own length beyond 
it, blotched with fuscous on its outer side ; the apical 
joint slender, acuminate, with two subconspicuous 
fuscous rings. Fore wings cinereous bone-colour, more 
or less irrorated and suffused with ochreous fawn- 
colour, especially on the upper and outer half of the 
wing; a few scattered dark purplish scales near the base 
of the costal margin, and two rounded groups of dark 
purplish scales on the disc, one before and one beyond 
the middle; some shining whitish oblique streaks on the 
outer half of the costa, and a bright shining silvery 
metallic line along the apical margin. Cilia shaded 
with brownish ochreous, darker at their tips. Hind 
wings slightly emarginate below the apex, together with 
their cilia pale bone-colour. Posterior tibie smooth, 
somewhat thickened, but not tufted. Expanse, 25 mm. 
One specimen only. Spring Vale, at light; De- 
cember (Gooch). 
Noruris, Hitbner. 
Gelechia (Nothris) externella, Zell., Handlingar Kong. 
Svensk. Vetens. Akad., 1852, p.109; Walk., Cat. 
Lep. Het., B. M., xxix., p. 628. 
Gelechia (Nothris) septella, Zell., Handlingar Kong. 
Svensk. Vetens. Akad., 1852, p. 108; Walk., Cat. 
Lep. Het., B. M., xxix., p. 628. 
Two specimens in Mr. Gooch’s collection. Taken at 
D’Urban and Spring Vale ; December. 
