1908.] AFRICAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 735 



Antennae grey. Thorax grey, sometimes whitish-mixed. Abdomen 

 light ochreous-reddish, dorsally suffused with grey, sides with 

 series of oblique dark grey stripes. Fore wings narrowly 

 elongate-lanceolate, apex blunt-pointed ; ochreous-grey ; three fine 

 white very oblique streaks from costa at ^, beyond middle, and 

 at f, reaching nearly half acx-oss wing, dark-edged anteriorly, 

 sometimes dilated on costa, between these are more or less distinct 

 whitish marks beneath costa ; an irregular white streak along 

 dorsum throughout, above which is a short white oblique mark 

 beneath middle of wing, and two approximated fine oblique white 

 lines above torn vis ; a fine silvery-metallic curved transverse line 

 at -I ; a small round black anteapical spot, above and beneath 

 which are white wedge-shaped spots on margins: cilia white, 

 towards tornus light ochreous-grey, elsewhere with a blackish 

 subbasal line, on costa also with apical third blackish. Hind 

 wings dai'k grey ; cilia grey. 



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

 specimens. 



ACROCERCOPS DASMOPHORA, Sp. n. 



2 . 8-9 mm. Head and palpi shining white. Antennfe grey, 

 beneath whitish. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Fore wings narrowly elongate-lanceolate; ochreous- 

 orange ; markings shining white, edged with rather dark fuscous ; 

 three semioval dorsal spots, first two large, first reaching base, 

 second rather obliquely placed, third smaller; an elongate- 

 triangular blotch extending along costa from near base to ^, 

 broadest posteriorly, posterior edge oblique, almost united with 

 second dorsal spot ; three wedge-shaped costal spots posteriorly, 

 first oblique, elongate, almost united with third dorsal spot, 

 second and third not dark-margined posteriorly, second extended 

 as a narrow streak to termen, third small, anteapical, its apex 

 almost touching this streak ; a small elongate black apical spot : 

 cilia white, on costa with three dai'k fuscous bars, round apex 

 and termen with a dark fuscous subbasal line, and a dark fuscous 

 bar beneath apex, beneath termen tinged with greyish-ochreous. 

 Hind wings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Transvaal, Pretoria, in November, January, and February 

 (Janse) ; two specimens. 



Macarostola onychota, sp, n. 



c? 2 • 8-9 mm. Head white, sides of crown fuscous-tinged. 

 Palpi loosely scaled, white, lower |- of second joint and a median 

 ring of terminal joint fuscous. Antennae whitish ringed with 

 fuscous. Thorax ochreous-bronze, with two white stripes. Ab- 

 domen gTey. Fore wings elongate-lanceolate, acute ; ochreous- 

 bronze ; markings white, edged with black irroi'ation ; four streaks 

 from costa, reaching nearly half across wing, first three outwardly 

 oblique, first at |, extended as a fine line along costa to near base, 

 fourth inwardly oblique ; four streaks from dorsum reaching half 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1908, No. XLVII. 47 



