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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Tineola phaeocephala n.sp. 
ii— 12 mm. Head rather dark brown. Palpi grey, tip whitish. Antennae 
whitish, base infuscated. Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior margin tinged 
with dark grey. Abdomen pale greyish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; 
7 and 8 stalked; shining pale ochreous, with scattered grey scales, especially 
posteriorly; costa more or less grey towards base: cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Hindwings pale grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Zululand, Eshowe, in January (Janse); two specimens. 
Tinea asp er at a n.sp. 
$ 16-17 mm. Head white, face dark fuscous. Palpi blackish. Thorax 
white somewhat sprinkled with light grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded; white, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous; costal edge 
blackish anteriorly, and marked with small blackish raised strigulae; discal 
stigmata raised, black, remote, second large, transverse; apical fourth of wing 
irrorated with dark grey, and strewn with blackish raised strigulae, especially 
on margins : cilia ochreous-whitish, irrorated with dark grey. Hindwings 
with 5 and 6 stalked; grey, paler towards base; cilia ochreous-whitish, with 
greyish subbasal shade. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); two specimens. 
Tinea zygodes n.sp. 
cJ 8 mm. Head white. Thorax white, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen 
grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, 
termen very obliquely rounded; whitish suffused with light ochreous-yellowish; 
a thick black streak along costa from base to near middle, apex truncate, 
lower margin bisinuate; a small black spot on dorsum beyond middle, and 
some black specks on dorsal edge preceding this; a spot of blackish irroration 
on costa at f, and a dot on tornus; a black mark on apical part of costa 
terminating in apex: cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings pointed, grey; cilia 
pale grey. 
Natal, Sarnia, in August (Janse); one specimen. 
Tinea euplocamis n.sp. 
12 mm. Head light clear yellow. Palpi grey. Antennae whitish. Thorax 
purplish-bronzy-grey. Abdomen light greyish. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely 
rounded; bronzy-grey, with a faint violet tinge: cilia grey. Hindwings light 
grey, with a faint brassy tinge; cilia pale violet-grey. 
Natal, Umkomaas and Maritzburg, in January and February (Janse); 
two specimens. 
Talaeporia mesochlora n.sp. 
cj 14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi grey. Antennal ciliations 1. 
Thorax whitish-ochreous, patagia and anterior margin grey. Abdomen grey. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa 
slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 separate ; 
greyish-fuscous, obscurely and suffusedly marbled with whitish-grey-ochreous 
except towards costa: cilia grey, base pale. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale; 
ochreous-greyish. 
