1908.] AFRICAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 749 



with pale ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, anal tuft large, 

 pale yellowish. Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; 

 white, thinly and finely sprinkled with brown : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, finely sprinkled with brown. Hind wings whitish- 

 ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Transvaal, Pietersburg, in October and November (Janse); 

 two specimens. 



Melasina abacodes, sp. n. 



S . 20 mm. Head pale bright fulvous, face whitish-suffused ; 

 tongue very short. Palpi moderate, densely scaled, fulvous- 

 yellowish, sufiused with fuscous towards base. (Antennae broken.) 

 Thorax white, tinged with ochreous anteriorly. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous, anal tuft lai^ge, expansible. Fore wings elongate, narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 all veins separate ; white, with very numerous pale fuscous strigul^e 

 or small spots arranged in longitudinal series between veins, 

 obsolete in anterior half of cell and absent on anterior half of 

 costal area ; a dark fuscous dot on base of costa ; costal edge 

 ochreous-yellowish to origin of cilia : cilia whitish-yellowish, on 

 termen with two rows of dark fuscous points. Hind wings grey ; 

 cilia whitish-yellowish. 



Transvaal, JST.E. Pretoria district, in ISTovember (Janse) ; one 

 specimen. 



Hapsifera pardalea, sp. n. 



(5$. 20-30 mm. Head and palpi pale yellowish-ochreous. An- 

 tennas and abdomen pale ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous tinged 

 with brownish and lilac, and mixed anteriorly with dark fuscous. 

 Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; 9 absent ; whitish-ochreous, 

 irregularly strigulatecl with ferruginous, with scattered black 

 strigulse on margins, all these strigulse more or less raised ; larger 

 tufts near base, and an antemedian fascia near dorsum ; very 

 indefinite markings of irregularly mixed ferruginous, lilac-fuscous, 

 and black scales, forming a basal patch, an oblique fascia before 

 middle, and a large posterior patch in disc almost reaching apex : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, with two indistinct fuscous lines. Hind 

 wings pale grey tinged with whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, with more or less indistinct fuscous line. 



Natal, Campei-down (2500 feet) and Northdene, in March and 

 April (Leigh): ten specimens. 



The only known species in which vein 9 is absent (coincident 

 with 7 instead of stalked), but normal in all other respects. 



Hapsifera ochroptila, sp. n, 



d 2 • 23-27 mm. Head, paljji, and thorax ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennae and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 



