724 MR. E. MEYRiCK OX [June 16^ 



Hind wings with 6 and 7 stalked ; grey-whitish ; cilia pale whitish- 

 yellowish. 



Transvaal, Pretoria district, from November to February 

 {Janse) ; five specimens. 



Aristotelia sirota, sp. n. 



c? . 15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous- whitish sprinkled with 

 brown. Palpi moderately long, rather thickened with scales,, 

 whitish, second joint light brownish. Antennpe whitish -ochreous. 

 Abdomen light grey, three basal segments ochreous-yellowish. 

 Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa gently ai'ched, apex acute,, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 out of 7 near base ; 

 ochreous- whitish, faintly streaked longitudinally with pale 

 brownish- ochreous ; some dark fuscous irroiation tending to form 

 indistinct streaks on veins ; plical stigma small, fuscous, second 

 discal formed by a small round spot of dark fuscous irroration r 

 cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with brownish. Hind wings grey- 

 whitish ; cilia whitish-ochi'eous. 



Transvaal, Pretoria district, in August, September, and 

 January (Janse) ; one specimen. 



Aristotelia acrena, sp. n. 



$ . 12 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous mixed with 

 deep ochreous-yellow. Palpi moderately long, loosely scaled,, 

 whitish, second joint mixed with yellowish and sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous, terminal joint sprinkled with ochreous. Antennae 

 pale ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish, mixed with dark 

 fuscous on sides and ^posteriorly. Fore wings elongate, veiy 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, produced, termen ex- 

 tremely oblique, sinuate ; 7 and 8 out of 6 ; whitish-ochreous some- 

 what si^rinkled with fuscous ; some deep ochreous-yellow sufiiision 

 forming streaks beneath costa and along submedian fold, and a 

 broad patch occupying most of postmedian area except a narrow^ 

 terminal fuscous fascia sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a blackish 

 dot at base of costa, two beneath costa at i and |^, two on fold 

 obliquely beyond these respectively, one in disc beyond middle,, 

 and one at f : cilia ochreous-yellowish, round apex with a few dark 

 fuscous specks. Hind wings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged 

 with grey. 



Transvaal, Pietersburg, in April {.Janse) ; one specimen. 



Aristotelia peltosema Low. 



Transvaal, Pretoria, in August and January (./fw^se). 

 I imagine this ^^ ide-ranging species, which occurs in Ceylon 

 and Australia, is attached to some garden plant. 



Ephysteris, n. g. 

 Head smooth ; tongue developed. Antenna 4, in S simple, 

 basal joint moderately long, without pecten. Labial palpi mode- 

 rately long, recurved, second joint beneath with rough projecting 



