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indicated by an indistinct small roundish dark spot outlined with whitish, 
second by an indistinct transverse dark mark laterally edged with whitish; 
between these a similarly indistinct small dark oval spot edged with whitish; 
a terminal series of brown dots edged anteriorly with whitish, and round apex 
separated with blackish: cilia grey mixed with whitish and blackish (imperfect). 
Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia grey-whitish, with light grey subbasal shade. 
Natal, Durban, in August (Platt) ; one specimen, bred but without par- 
ticulars recorded. 
Ceranthes n.g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts slightly raised; ocelli small, posterior; 
tongue short. Antennae f , in simple, basal joint moderate, thickened with 
scales, without pecten. Labial palpi rather long, recurved, rather widely 
diverging, second joint somewhat roughened with, scales beneath, terminal 
joint half second, moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior 
tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings with 2 from f , 3 and 4 approxi- 
mated from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from f. Hindwings f, 
ovate-lanceolate, cilia if ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 
Intermediate between Evotis and Diocosma. 
Ceranthes thiota n.sp. 
cJ 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded; ochreous-white, slightly and irregularly speckled with 
grey, these specks accompanied by a faint yellowish tinge: cilia ochreous- 
white. Hindwings pale grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Zululand, Nkwaleni, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Diocosma eotrocha n.sp. 
$ 13 mm. Head silvery- white. Palpi whitish. Thorax whitish-yellowish, 
transversely marked with crimson. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, with an 
interrupted light reddish dorsal stripe. Forewings elongate, widest in middle, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; pale whitish- 
yellowish, with scattered crimson scales and irregular crimson markings 
forming an interrupted reticulation, costal edge white ; a crimson line sprinkled 
with dark fuscous from near base of dorsum to f of costa; a crimson ring 
following this beneath costa, within which is a small pale crimson sp'ot; a 
large crimson ring beyond middle nearly reaching costa and dorsum, and 
enclosing a smaller irregular ring, connected with lower part of termen by 
four crimson lines on veins; a mark of blackish irroration on costa beyond 
middle; an undefined line of blackish irroration running from § of costa to a 
narrow semioval light crimson spot on middle of dorsum : cilia crimson irrorated 
with dark grey, towards tornus yellow-whitish. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 
Natal, Stella Bush, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
XYLORYCTIDAE 
Cladophantis n.g. 
Head with loosely appressed hairs; ocelli very small; tongue developed. 
Antennae f , in strongly ciliated, basal joint short, stout, without pecten. 
Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint reaching base of antennae, thickened 
with dense appressed scales, terminal joint nearly as long as second, moderate, 
pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Anterior 
