1908.] AFRICAK MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 733 



termen extremely obliquely rounded ; ochreous- whitish ; a small 

 blackish dot beneath costa near base ; stigmata black, plical 

 obliquely beyond first discal ; an almost marginal series of unde- 

 fined dark fuscous dots round posterior third of costa and termen : 

 cilia ochreous- whitish. Hind wings light grey ; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, 



Transvaal, Pretoria district, in December and January (Jcmse) ; 

 one specimen. 



Elachistid^. 



Stathmopoda xanthoplitis, sp. n. 



cJ . 15 mm. Head and thorax orange, face shining whitish- 

 ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennje grey, basal joint 

 orange. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, base of segments golden- 

 ferruginous. Fore wings narrow-lanceolate, very acutely pointed ; 

 pale greyish-ochreous ; basal third oiunge : cilia, pale yellowish- 

 ochreous. Hind wings light grey ; cilia pale yellowish-ochreous. 



Transvaal, Pretoria, from December to February (Janse) ; 

 one specimen. 



Elachista crocogastra, sp. n. 



S . 6-7 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax ochreous- 

 whitish. Abdomen whitish, tinged and sometimes sufiused with 

 yellow. Fore wings lanceolate, ochreous-whitish : cilia whitish. 

 Hind wings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Transvaal, Pretoria district, in August, December to February, 

 and April (Janse) ; six specimens. 



COSMOPTERYX BACTROPHORA, Sp. n. 



5. 11 mm. Crown of head and thorax dark fuscous with 

 three fine longitudinal white lines, face light fuscous. Palpi 

 white, terminal joint Avith a black line on each side. Antennse 

 white lined with black. Abdomen rather dark grey, beneath pale 

 ochreous. Fore wings narrow-lanceolate, apex very long-produced 

 and acute ; dark fuscous ; an oblique sex'ies of three fine white 

 longitudinal lines about -i-, first reaching base of costa, others 

 detached ; a broad ochreous-yellowish transverse fascia beyond 

 middle, anterior edge somewhat oblique and marked with two 

 small silvery-metallic spots, first followed by two or three black 

 scales, and extended anteriorly on costa as a short fine white 

 streak, posterior edge limited by two small silvery-metallic spots 

 edged with dark fuscous anteriorly, between which the yellow 

 colour forms a triangular median projection, whence proceeds a 

 sinuate fine white line to apex : cilia dark fuscous, with a white 

 bar on apical line. Hind wings and cilia dark grey. 



Transvaal, Pretoria, in February (Janse) ; one specimen. 



CoSMOPTERYX TABELLARIA, Sp. n. 



c? . 10 mm. Crown of head and thorax dark brown with three 

 fine longitudinal white lines ; face whitish-fuscous. Palpi whitish. 



