Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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Natal, Maritzburg, in August; one specimen, bred from a grey silken 
tapering case of triangular section, 13 mm. long X 1-5 mm. broad; probably 
feeds on lichens. 
Fumea ominosa n.sp. 
cJ 11 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi apparently 
rudimentary. Antennal pectinations 7. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 
arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, faintly purplish- 
tinged; cilia concolorous. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in November (Janse); one specimen. 
Sapheneutis diplop samma n.sp. 
$ 14 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi short, whitish-ochreous. 
Antennal ciliations 1^. Thorax whitish-ochreous sprinkled with brownish. 
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; light ochreous suffusedly irrorated with 
rather dark brownish : cilia light brownish. Hindwings and cilia whitish- 
ochreous. 
Natal, New Hanover, in September (Hardenberg) ; one specimen. 
Sapheneutis certiftcata n.sp. 
cJ 15 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 
1^. Thorax whitish, with a blackish blotch occupying anterior half of dorsum 
and shoulders. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 8 absent; grey -whitish, with some 
scattered strigulae of grey and dark fuscous scales; an elongate black spot 
along basal fifth of costa; four small blackish spots on costa from § to f , 
first three connected by grey suffusion; small blackish spots representing 
discal stigmata, remote, a small blackish irregular spot towards dorsum 
somewhat before first: cilia grey-whitish. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey t 
with darker basal shade. 
Zululand, Nkwaleni, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Melasina salicoma n.sp. 
<J 20 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi slender, hairy, grey. Antennal 
pectinations 4. Thorax and abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 
dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, 
somewhat oblique; fuscous-grey, coarsely and suffusedly strigulated with 
dark fuscous; the confluence of strigulation forms a cloudy blotch in middle 
of disc and a transverse mark on end of cell : cilia fuscous, basal half obscurely 
barred with darker. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia fuscous, with indistinct 
darker subbasal line. 
Cape Colony, Grahamstown, in September (Mally); one specimen, bred. 
The larval case (sent) is slenderly elongate-conical (length 24 mm., breadth 
at orifice 2*5 mm.), covered with a smooth scale-work apparently consisting 
of small flat fragments of bark, orifice rather oblique; pupa protruded in 
emergence from a slit at about § length from orifice. 
Eucryptogona secular is n.sp. 
S 28 mm. Head white, face ochreous-tinged. Palpi 4, fuscous, white 
above and internally. Antennal ciliations Thorax whity-brownish. 
Abdomen fuscous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly 
