Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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below middle running into a narrow fascia which runs from a flattened- 
triangular blotch on middle of costa to dorsum beyond middle and coalesces 
there with first fascia; a patch of irregular marbling towards costa posteriorly, 
connected by a very irregular blotch with dorsum before tornus, edged 
posteriorly by a white mark near dorsum : cilia grey, on termen mixed with 
black towards base. Hindwings slaty-grey; cilia grey. 
Zcjluland, Nkwaleni, in January; Transvaal, Pretoria, in February 
(Janse); two specimens. 
Parapsectris ferulata n.sp. 
$ 13-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish irregularly sprinkled with dark 
fuscous. Palpi whitish, second and terminal joints each with base and supra - 
median band dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-grey, second segment with a 
whitish-ochreous dorsal patch. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; fuscous irrorated with 
dark fuscous; a blackish dot at base of costa, and one almost at base above 
fold; a short very oblique whitish-ochreous streak from costa at preceded 
by a small blackish mark; a whitish-ochreous streak along fold from base to 
middle of wing, with a series of three small blackish marks, first on upper 
edge and the other two on lower; a very oblique whitish-ochreous streak 
from f of costa to § of disc, preceded by a series of three or four small blackish 
marks ; three small whitish-ochreous spots or dots on costa towards apex, and 
an undefined streak along termen, accompanied by a marginal series of small 
groups of blackish scales : cilia light grey, irrorated with whitish and somewhat 
sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings slaty-grey; cilia light grey. 
Natal, Umkomaas and Verulam, in January (Janse); two specimens. 
Gelechia fecunda n.sp. 
rj 9 mm. Head and thorax pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi whitish, second 
joint dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint shorter than second, with 
blackish subapical ring. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; yellow-ochreous; costa 
finely dotted with black from base to a triangular cloudy blackish spot at f ; 
a triangular spot of blackish-grey irroration on dorsum before tornus, slightly 
before costal spot ; a small black dot representing plical stigma ; some scattered 
blackish scales towards apex, and several undefined marginal dots of blackish 
irroration round apex and termen : cilia yellow-ochreous. Hindwings under 1, 
apex acutely produced ; rather dark grey ; cilia light grey. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Gelechia revoluta n.sp. 
cJ $ 10-11 mm. Head whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous. Palpi whitish, 
second joint with two bands of blackish irroration, terminal joint with apex 
and median band blackish. Thorax ochreous-whitish, slightly sprinkled with 
grey, shoulders and anterior margin more or less marked with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen grey, two basal segments whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 
narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded; in $ with strong costal fold from base to near middle; 
whitish, irregularly and variably irrorated with grey; basal area suffused with 
pale ochreous; a blackish spot at base of costa; elongate blackish blotches 
on costa about ^ and dorsum before middle, more or less connected posteriorly 
by an oblique blackish blotch in disc; an elongate blackish blotch on costa 
