Tineidce, and Pterophoridce of South Africa. 267 



** _, Ypsoloplws siccifolii, n. s. (PL XIII., fig. 37). 



Capite levi antennis simplicibus et thorace pleno 

 osseis. Palpis osseis, articulo secundo late fasciculate 

 externe fusco liturato ; articulo apicali tenui fusco 

 bicincto. Alis anticis latitudine ter longioribus ; costa 

 ultra basim recta ; margine apicali obliquo, osseo- 

 cinereis, ocliraceo-cervino partim suffusis et irroratis ; 

 squamis atro purpureis in medio et in fine cellules 

 glomeratis ; strigulis costalibus prope apicem sub- 

 argenteis et linea metallice argentea in margine 

 apicali. Posticis dilute osseis subnitentibus. 



Head smooth, antennae 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 tibise smooth, 

 somewhat thickened, but not tufted. Expanse, 25 mm. 



One specimen only. Spring Vale, at light; De- 

 cember (Gooch). 



NOTHBIS, Hilbner. Cj+^fc 



Gelechia (Nothris) exteniclla, 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. 



