726 . MR. E. MEYRICK ON [JuiielG, 



extremities : cilia bronzy-fuscous, becomiug whitish-fuscous to- 

 wards tornus, on costal streak ochreous-white. Hind wings light 

 grey ; cilia whitish-fuscous, darker round apex. 



Transvaal, Pretoria district, from October to December [Janse) ; 

 ■one specimen. 



Phthorim^a operculella Zell. 



Transvaal, Pretoria and Pietersbui-g districts, from September 

 to May [Janse) ; common. 



This destructive potato- feeding species has not previously been 

 recorded from South Africa, though now introduced into many 

 other countries. 



Lecithocera cholopis Meyr. 



'fRANSVAAL, Pretoria and Pietersburg districts, from September 

 to April (Janse) ; Natal ; ]^yassaland, Fort Johnston. Widely 

 distributed in India. 



Ptilothyris purpurea Wals. 



The female, which is not described by Lord Walsingham, is 

 without the white patch which characteiises the hind wings of 

 the male, these wings being wholly blackish. 



Dragmatucha, n. g. 



Head with appressed hairs ; ocelli absent ; tongue small. An- 

 tennae 1^, basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial 

 palpi very loTig, recurved, second joint thickened with dense 

 scales, forming a loose spreading tuft towards apex beneath, 

 terminal joint longer than second, slender, acute. Maxillaiy palpi 

 rudimentary. Posterior tibia? clothed with very long rough 

 spreading hairs. Fore wings with 2 and 4 short-stalked from 

 angle, 3 absent, 5 approximated, 7 to costa, 8 and 9 out of 7, 

 11 from beyond middle. Hind wings over 1, trapezoidal, apex 

 obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, cilia ^ ; 3 absent, 5 parallel, 6 and 

 7 stalked. 



Appai-ently related to some extent to Timyra. 



Dragmatucha proaula, sp. n. 



5 . 30 mm. Head dark fuscous, face and sides of crown 

 ochreous-yellow. Palpi light ochreous- yellowish, second joint 

 sufi'used with orange-yellow, terminal joint sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous. Antennae whitish-ochreous, basal joint and a short 

 streak towards base above blackish. Thorax dark purplish- 

 fuscous, posterior margin narrowly ochreous-yellowish. Abdomen 

 fuscous, dorsally coppery-tinged, segmental margins and apex 

 ochreous-yellow. Legs yellow banded with blackish, hairs of 

 posterior tibiae mixed with whitish. Fore wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat 

 obliquely rounded ; dark purplish-fuscous ; a small irregular pale 



