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suffused with dark indigo, extended dorsally to a purplish patch on middle 
of dorsum reaching § across wing and suffused with greenish in disc; a very 
indistinct whitish mark on fold before ^ of wing ; a transverse white mark on 
middle of costa, and another towards dorsum at f of wing, dorsal edge from 
middle to this suffused with coppery-golden : cilia dark grey, basally scaled 
with purple on termen. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia dark grey. 
Zululand, Eshowe, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Cholotis melanogastra n.sp. 
cJ 8 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, slightly whitish-speckled. 
Palpi dark fuscous speckled with whitish. Abdomen blackish, segmental 
margins slenderly pale grey. Forewings lanceolate; dark fuscous, slightly and 
very minutely whitish-speckled; plical and second discal stigmata indistinct, 
blackish : cilia grey mixed with dark fuscous and minutely speckled with 
whitish. Hindwings rather dark grey, suffused with blackish from near 
base to beyond middle; cilia light grey. 
Zululand, Nkwaleni, in January (Janse); one specimen. The character- 
istic blackish abdomen and suffusion of hindwings may probably be confined 
to the male. 
Cholotis cardinata n.sp. 
cJ 8 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, face leaden-grey. Palpi dark 
fuscous speckled with white, apex of second joint white. Abdomen dark grey. 
Forewings elongate-lanceolate; grey with bases of scales ochreous-whitish, 
towards costa and posteriorly wholly suffused with dark purplish-fuscous; a 
narrow black basal fascia, sharply edged with pale ochreous suffusion ; stigmata 
rather large, black, plical obliquely before first discal ; cloudy whitish opposite 
dots on costa at § and tornus; cilia grey suffused with dark fuscous round 
apical area. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Batrachedra ledereriella Zell. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in October, November, and February (Janse). This 
South European species has not previously been recarded from South Africa. 
Tr achy dor a iocharis n.sp. 
15 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint infuscated towards base. 
Thorax white, with a blackish spot on shoulders and a dorsal dot anteriorly. 
Forewings elongate-lanceolate; ochreous-white ; some blackish suffusion on 
base of costa; a small blackish dot near base below middle; some irregular 
undefined ferruginous-ochreous suffusion extending from about J of disc to 
apex, in one specimen little developed; a black dot beneath fold at f (plical 
stigma) ; an oval spot of black irroration in middle of disc, in one specimen 
reduced to a dot (first discal stigma) , and a transverse spot on tornus reaching 
half across wing and including second discal stigma; cilia whitish-ochreous,, 
towards base tinged with ferruginous. Hindwings pale grey or whitish-grey; 
cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Zululand, Eshowe; Natal, Drummond (Janse); in January, two 
specimens. 
