24 Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
reaching costa; a transverse fasciate blotch from dorsum before middle, edged 
with lighter, apex rounded, not reaching costa; an outwards-oblique fasciate 
blotch from middle of costa, edged with lighter, reaching § across wing, 
towards costa suffused with blackish; a straight slightly inwards-oblique 
transverse line from costa at f , apical area beyond this suffused with blackish, 
with cloudy black marginal dots : cilia leaden-grey, on apex and upper part 
of termen mixed with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in November (Janse); one specimen. 
Trichotaphe turgida n.sp. 
$ 1 8 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders slenderly black. 
Palpi whitish, second joint with rough projecting scales at apex beneath and 
strongly triangularly expanded with rough scales above, dark fuscous except 
apex, terminal joint much longer than second. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
elongate, narrow-oblong, costa strongly arched anteriorly, sinuate towards 
middle, slightly arched posteriorly, apex nearly rectangular, termen faintly 
sinuate, little oblique; 7 to apex; whitish-ochreous; a small black mark on 
base of costa; stigmata small, dark fuscous, first discal represented by a short 
linear dash, plical slightly beyond this ; costa slenderly dark fuscous from § to 
apex, cut by a whitish line which runs from § of costa to near apex and thence 
strongly curved to tornus, and posteriorly by three oblique whitish strigulae; 
a fine whitish terminal line marked with several small blackish dots, space 
between this and preceding line brownish-tinged : cilia whitish-ochreous 
(imperfect). Hindwings with 5 widely remote from 4, parallel; grey; cilia 
light greyish, with darker subbasal shade. 
Zululand, Eshowe, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Lecithocera binotata n.sp. 
(J 11 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, crown centrally suffused with purplish- 
fuscous. Palpi pale yellowish, second joint externally fuscous except towards 
base, terminal joint anteriorly dark fuscous. Antennae pale yellowish, ringed 
with pale fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 
2 and 3 connate, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7; fuscous sprinkled with dark 
fuscous; discal stigmata rather large, blackish : cilia pale fuscous, with two 
darker shades. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Dragmatucha ob septa n.sp. 
$ 17 mm. Head whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint without 
tuft, basal third dark fuscous, terminal joint with blackish lateral line. Thorax 
ochreous-whitish, with black patch on shoulders, and a black stripe on each 
side of back. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, towards middle slightly sinuate, apex 
obtuse-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, rather oblique; 3 and 4 out of 2; 
whitish, costa and edge of markings tinged with ochreous-yellow ; markings 
blackish; a spot on base of costa; an irregular-edged straight transverse streak 
at J- ; a very broad postmedian fascia, narrowed towards dorsum, marked with 
three longitudinal whitish streaks, pointed at each end; a slightly incurved 
streak from costa near termen to tornus ; a slender terminal streak : cilia 
shining ochreous-whitish, at apex with a blackish bar. Hindwings ochreous- 
whitish; an inwards-oblique cloudy mark of dark fuscous irroration tinged 
