Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
29 
OECOPHORIDAE 
Promalactis scalmotoma n.sp. 
9 mm. Head and thorax bronzy, face white. Palpi fulvous, terminal 
joint blackish, tip white. Antennae white ringed with black, ciliations 1. 
Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
tolerably pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; bronzy-fulvous; markings 
white edged with some black scales ; a fine line from base of fold to ^ of dorsum ; 
a rather curved line from near base in middle to dorsum before middle; an 
oblique line from dorsum at f , almost reaching apex of a slightly inwards- 
oblique subtriangular spot on costa at § reaching half across wing; a small 
irregular apical spot, and a very minute dot on termen beneath it; a minute 
white dot on tomus : cilia light bronzy-fulvous. Hind wings with 4 apparently 
absent; grey; cilia light grey. 
Zululand, Eshowe, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Schiffermnelleria pedicata n.sp. 
$ 12-15 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-orange. Palpi orange, apical 
half of terminal joint black with anterior edge white. Antennae white ringed 
with black, ciliations in J 1. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen nearly straight, 
rather strongly oblique; deep bronzy-orange, lighter towards costa anteriorly; 
markings white finely edged with black; fine subdorsal and plical lines on 
basal fifth ; a fine line from towards costa near base to disc at f , thence angled 
inwards (more acutely in $) to near J of dorsum, curved round and continued 
near dorsum to middle, then obliquely upwards to disc beyond middle, then 
somewhat downwards and again angled upwards to join a spot on costa at f , 
which is orange-yellow in $ and white in $ ; a short oblique mark before tornus, 
a very short mark on tornus, and a marginal row of dots round apex and 
termen, these markings in $ surrounded with blackish suffusion : cilia pale 
orange, deeper towards base. Hindwings rather dark grey, lighter towards 
base; cilia light grey. 
Zululand, Melmoth, and Natal, Drummond, in January (Janse); two 
specimens. 
Schiffermuelleria helminthias n.sp. 
O 9-1 1 mm. Head and thorax golden-bronze. Palpi ochreous-orange, 
terminal joint white with a few blackish scales. Antennae white ringed with 
blackish. Abdomen whitish-grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 
gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; golden- 
ochreous-orange ; markings white, finely edged with black irroration ; a straight 
line from base to J of dorsum ; a line from near base in middle, running in an 
upward curve to near dorsum before middle, thence curved round to disc 
beyond middle, and again angulated downwards to a small spot on dorsum 
before tornus; a somewhat irregular transverse streak from § of costa, nearly 
reaching praetornal spot ; a more or less interrupted line along upper part of 
termen, not black-margined anteriorly: cilia light golden-ochreous-orange. 
Hindwings light grey or whitish-grey; cilia whitish. 
Natal, Umkomaas, and Zululand, Prospect, in January (Janse); two 
specimens. 
