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its lower margin beyond f, and one slightly whitish-edged below middle at §; 
a black marginal line round apical part of costa and termen : cilia whitish, grey 
towards tips and on a subbasal line. Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish, 
apical fourth suffused with light grey; cilia pale yellowish, round apex with a 
pale greyish subbasal line. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in October (Janse); one specimen. 
Gymnogramma racemosa n.sp. 
3 $ 28-32 mm. Head white. Palpi dark grey, second joint whitish an- 
teriorly. Antennal ciliations of $ 1^. Thorax white, with a blackish mark on 
each side of neck, a blackish dot on patagia, and two small dark grey spots 
posteriorly. Abdomen pale greyish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 
arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; 2 and 3 stalked; 
white ; a small grey spot on base of costa ; seyen or eight variable small round 
grey spots in anterior half of disc, and one somewhat larger towards dorsum 
at f; a short thick inwardly oblique grey streak from dorsum before tornus, 
in one specimen nearly obsolete; one or two very variable small grey dots 
towards apex or termen : cilia white. Hindwings pale grey, anteriorly some- 
what whitish- tinged ; cilia white, basally more or less tinged with grey. 
Zululand, Nkandhla Forest, in January (Janse); three specimens. 
Hesperarcha n.g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli small, posterior; tongue short. Antennae 
f (?), in $ shortly ciliated, basal joint short, stout, without pecten. Labial 
palpi short, porrected, with appressed scales, terminal joint short, obtuse. 
Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Forewings 
with 1 b furcate, 2 from towards angle, 3 from angle, 6 and 7 closely approxi- 
mated at base or short-stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, 
elongate-ovate, cilia J; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 
Hesperarcha pericentra n.sp. 
24 mm. Head dark fuscous, with an orange mark on each side behind 
antennae. Palpi and antennae dark fuscous. Thorax blackish, patagia orange 
with blackish central spot. Abdomen orange, base of segments rather dark 
fuscous, basal segment wholly dark fuscous, ventral surface purple-blackish. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex 
rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; orange; costal edge blackish 
towards base; a blackish nearly basal dot in middle; a large blackish dot on 
end of cell ; eleven large blackish marginal dots round apex and termen : 
cilia orange. Hindwings orange; eight blackish marginal dots round apex 
and termen; cilia orange. 
Cape Colony (from Albany Museum) ; one specimen. 
COLEOPHORIDAE 
Platybathra hysterota n.sp. 
cJ $ 12-13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, terminal 
joint irrorated with dark fuscous. Thorax light greyish-ochreous. Abdomen 
ochreous. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate; greyish-ochreous or 
light fuscous, more or less sprinkled with brown or dark brown; plical and 
second, discal stigmata dark fuscous, plical beneath middle of wing, second 
discal at f : cilia pale fuscous. Hindwings grey; cilia pale fuscous. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); three specimens. 
