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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
rounded ; 6 separate ; fuscous finely and closely irrorated with white, with some 
scattered blackish scales; three or four blackish dots towards base; a small 
obliquely elongate dark fuscous spot on middle of costa, two small costal marks 
anterior to this and two posterior, all separated with whitish suffusion on costal 
edge; plical and second discal stigmata black; a series of cloudy dark fuscous 
marginal dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia fuscous or 
brownish irrorated with whitish, basal half indistinctly spotted with dark 
fuscous. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly; cilia light fuscous. Forewings 
beneath with a long expansible fuscous hair-pencil from near base of dorsum 
extending obliquely upwards across disc. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); two specimens. 
Chelaria aust erodes n.sp. 
$ 1 6 mm. Head shining grey sprinkled with whitish. Palpi dark grey 
mixed with black and sprinkled with whitish, second joint with large broad 
tuft, with black median band and suffused with whitish basally, terminal 
joint with posterior scale-projection towards apex. Thorax blackish, patagia 
fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; 6 separate; dark 
grey irregularly sprinkled with whitish, with scattered small blackish tufts and 
dashes; a longitudinal ochreous-brown mark near base in middle; seven or 
eight small oblique blackish spots along costa; an erect-oval spot of ground 
colour above tornus edged on upper half with blackish and on lower with 
whitish ; some blackish marking along termen : cilia dark grey sprinkled with 
whitish (imperfect). Hindwings dark grey, thinly scaled and whitish-tinged 
anteriorly, with hyaline streaks in and beneath cell; cilia light fuscous. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in March (Janse); one specimen. 
Lachnostola n.g. 
Head smooth, sidetufts somewhat raised; ocelli small, far posterior; 
tongue developed. Antennae f , basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with scales, forming a long 
projecting triangular apical tuft beneath, terminal joint as long as second, 
slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 
Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings with i b furcate, 2 from 
f , 3 and 4 closely approximated from angle, 6 and 8 stalked, 7 absent, 1 1 from 
middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate-trapezoidal, apex produced, pointed, 
termen sinuate, cilia if; 3 and 4 connate, 5 nearly approximated, 6 and 7 
stalked. 
Appears to be a development of Nothris. 
Lachnostola amphizeucta n.sp. 
$ 8-1 1 mm. Head and thorax whitish-yellowish, shoulders dark fuscous. 
Palpi yellow-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except towards apex. Abdomen 
grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen 
extremely obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous-yellowish ; a narrow dark fuscous 
streak along costa from base to f ; a dark fuscous streak along dorsum from 
near base to f ; a deep ochreous spot surrounded with blackish suffusion resting 
on this before middle of wing; a triangular dark grey blotch extending on 
costa from middle to £ and reaching half across wing; discal stigmata blackish, 
second just below apex of costal blotch; more or less yellow-ochreous suffusion 
towards tornal area, with scattered blackish scales ; an apical spot of blackish 
