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fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint suffused with 

 fuscous. Antennse pale ochreous suffusedly ringed with fuscous. 

 Abdomen fuscous. Fore wings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked,, 

 7 to apex, 9 separate ; pale ochreous suffusedly ii'rorated with 

 fuscous ; blackish basal dots on costa and in middle ; stigmata 

 blackish, plical rather obliquely before first discal ; a row of unde- 

 fined blackish dots immediately before termen and apical part of 

 costa, terminating in a small suffused dark fuscous prfetornal spot : 

 cilia pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous, Hind wings grey ;. 

 cilia light grey. 



Transvaal, Pretoria, in January {Janse) ; one specimen. 



POLYHYMNO TROPJilA, Sp. n. 



2 . 8 mm. Head white, posterior edge of crown dark fuscous,, 

 collar white. Palpi white, terminal joint grey except apex. An- 

 tennge white, with a blackish line above. Thorax white, patagia 

 mixed with fuscous. Abdomen grey, apex white. Fore wings, 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, pro- 

 duced, termen sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; bronzy-fuscous 

 irrorated with dark fuscous ; markings white ; a median longi- 

 tudinal streak from base to middle, thence bent to meet at a very 

 acute angle a narrow very oblique streak from middle of costa, 

 the bent portion closely followed by a similar parallel streak 

 meeting the same costal streak produced ; two shorter less oblique 

 costal streaks posteriorly, second mostly in cilia and edged with 

 blackish ; a narrow irregular streak along posterior part of fold ; 

 a narrow almost marginal streak along loAver half of termen, 

 extended round tornus : cilia grey, above apex with a white spot 

 margined posteriorly by an obliqiie dark fuscous line, beneath 

 apex with a white patch, above and below which are fragments of 

 a black aiitemedian line. Hind wings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Transvaal, Pretoria district, from September to ISTovember and 

 in February {Janse) ; one specimen. 



Xyloeyctid,^. 

 Eporycta, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, side-tufts somewhat spreading ; 

 ocelli and tongue apparently absent. Antennae f, in c? shortly 

 unipectinated (1) and ciliated, basal joint moderate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint thickened 

 with appressed scales, terminal as long as second, slender, acute. 

 Maxillary palj)i rudimentary. Posterior tibise clothed with hair& 

 above. Fore wings with 2 from -|, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hind wings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate,, 

 cilia -| ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 short stalked. 



Clearly related to the Australian genus Xylorycta. 



