Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
*9 
Zululand, Melmoth, in January (Jan%p); one specimen. The normal 
rough scaling of second joint of palpi is exaggerated into rather long hairscales 
in this species, and the loose scaling of terminal joint is also noticeable, but 
in all other particulars this species agrees well with Phthorimaea, and is pro- 
perly referred there. 
Polyhymno hostilis n.sp. 
$ 1 6 mm. Head white, centre of crown fuscous. Palpi white, second joint 
anteriorly dark fuscous. Thorax bronzy-brown, with five white stripes. 
Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex strongly produced, acute, subfalcate, termen 
concave beneath apex, then obliquely rounded; bronzy-brown; a strong 
shining white median longitudinal streak from base to near termen, broadest 
beyond middle, whence it sends a line to termen above tornus, thence narrowed 
to a point ; a fine costal line almost from base to middle, thence very obliquely 
to just above apex of median streak; a narrow subdorsal white streak from 
base of dorsum to tornus; an oblique white line from f of costa, becoming 
silvery-metallic and angulated to form a short mark on termen beneath apex ; 
above posterior part of this an ochreous streak running into apical proj ection ; 
a wedgeshaped white spot before termen in middle, and some irregular white 
marking along termen : cilia white, on costa with two oblique dark fuscous 
marks at origin followed by a wedgeshaped dark fuscous spot, above apex 
with a basal dark fuscous mark followed by two oblique dark fuscous lines 
converging to apex, at apex with a grey anterior spot tipped with dark fuscous, 
beneath apex with a short black basal mark, below middle of termen with 
two dark fuscous subbasal dots, on tornal area light grey. Hindwings bluish- 
grey; cilia ochreous-whitish suffused with light grey towards base. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in December (Janse); one specimen. Nearest 
pavacma, but with costal white line almost reaching base. 
Polyhymno intorta n.sp. 
2 6 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi white, terminal joint with dark 
fuscous median band. Thorax dark fuscous with three white stripes. Fore- 
wings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, produced, termen 
sinuate beneath apex, then very obliquely rounded; blackish; two closely 
parallel whitish median lines from base, upper not reaching middle, lower 
continued along fold to tornus; a whitish dorsal line from base to tornus; a 
very oblique whitish streak from § of costa and a very oblique whitish line 
from ^ of dorsum, meeting at an acute angle in disc and produced to near 
termen, then shortly acute-angled back parallel to termen ; a fine double dark 
fuscous line suffused with fulvous from f of costa into apex, thence along 
termen to tornus, on costal portion margined on each side by fine whitish lines : 
cilia light grey, above apex with two wedgeshaped whitish marks separated 
and followed by black lines, at apex with a projecting black line, beneath apex 
with a short black basal mark and dark grey apical spot, beneath these with 
a whitish patch containing a slight brownish subbasal mark beneath. Hindwings 
violet-grey; cilia light grey. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); one specimen. The smallest 
species of the genus. 
Anacampsis elaeocoma n.sp. 
n-i 2 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second 
joint irrorated with dark fuscous on basal half, terminal joint with anterior 
