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apex and termen : cilia light grey, pale-sprinkled. Hindwings pale grey; 
cilia whitish-grey, with grey subbasal shade. 
Zululand, Eshowe, in January; Natal, New Hanover, in August (Janse) ; 
two specimens. 
Aulotropha n.g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat raised; ocelli small, 
posterior; tongue developed. Antennae f , in $ serrulate, shortly and unevenly 
ciliated, basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi rather long, curved, 
ascending, second joint thickened with appressed scales, slightly rough 
beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, moderate, pointed. Maxillary 
palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with 
hairs above. Forewings with i b furcate, 2 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings f, elongate-ovate, cilia 1; 3 and 4 short- 
stalked, 5-7 nearly parallel. 
This genus is very near the North American Gevdana, but as the two 
genera are at present structurally distinguishable, it seems advisable to keep 
them separate until further species are discovered. 
Aulotropha pentasticta n.sp. 
$ 14-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light ochreous-yellowish. Abdomen 
pale yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; ochreous-yellowish; stigmata black, 
plical nearly beneath first discal, an additional dot between first and second 
discal (in one specimen obsolete) , and one towards tornus somewhat beyond 
second discal : cilia pale yellowish. Hindwings whitish-yellowish, with grey 
reflections; cilia pale yellow. 
Natal, New Hanover, in November and December (Hardenberg) ; two 
specimens. Larva feeding in a portable case composed of a piece of hollow 
grass-stem, foodplant not recorded. 
Streptothyris n.g. 
Head with loosely appressed hairs, sidetufts somewhat raised; ocelli 
posterior; tongue developed. Antennae hardly over in $ shortly ciliated, 
basal joint elongate, stout, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, 
recurved, second joint much thickened with dense scales, rough towards apex 
beneath, terminal joint as long as second, stout, scaled, pointed. Maxillary 
palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with 
rough hairs above. Forewings with 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 
7 to costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings nearly 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 
f ; a hyaline space beneath cell towards base, limited by a bar from cell to 1 c, 
3 and 4 connate, 5—7 nearly parallel. 
Allied to Cyphothyris . 
Streptothyris tanyacta n.sp. 
cJ 27 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous, collar brown. Palpi ochreous- 
whitish, second joint with basal third dark fuscous and a faint fuscous supra- 
median ring, terminal joint with a fuscous supramedian ring. Thorax dark 
fuscous, posteriorly sprinkled with whitish, anterior margin brown. Abdomen 
dark grey, apex whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 
apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; fuscous, irregularly mixed with brown 
and whitish, and partially with black along veins in disc; first discal stigma 
