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slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly 
rounded, rather strongly oblique; light brownish, with some irregular dark 
brownish sprinkling; an irregular waved cloudy subterminal shade of dark 
brown irroration from costa to beneath angle of cell : cilia whity-brownish, 
with rows of dark brown points. Hindwings pale grey; cilia grey-whitish. 
Transvaal, Johannesburg, in May (Linford); one specimen. 
Zesticodes n.g. 
Head with dense rough scales; ocelli imperceptible; tongue absent. An- 
tennae f, in serrate, ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi moderate, porrected, loosely scaled, pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 
Thorax with posterior crest. Posterior tibiae densely clothed with very long 
rough hairs. Forewings with numerous small groups of raised scales; 2 from 
angle, 7 to apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia § ; 
2—7 separate; a hyaline spot beneath cell at base. 
Allied to Hapsifera. 
Zesticodes cyanoscia n.sp. 
<$ 20 mm. Head and thorax dark indigo-fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous 
mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded; whitish-ochreous; a dark fuscous patch suffused with indigo-leaden 
occupying basal fourth of wing and extending on costal half to middle, thence 
along costa more suffused and diminishing to apex; ground colour on rest of 
apical half slightly mixed with grey and blackish; two small blackish spots 
obliquely placed in disc beyond f , lower posterior: cilia brownish with bluish 
reflections, becoming whitish-ochreous beneath tornus, round apex and costa 
dark indigo-leaden-grey. Hindwings pale ochreous-yellowish, apical half 
suffused with grey; cilia pale yellowish, round apex with two dark grey lines. 
Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Sclerophricta n.g. 
Head rough-haired; ocelli very small, posterior; tongue absent (?). 
Antennae f , in biciliated with long fascicles, basal joint short, with pecten. 
Labial palpi moderate, curved, subascending, second joint clothed beneath 
and externally with very long rough spreading hairs, terminal joint short, 
slender, hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete (?). Posterior tibiae clothed 
with rough scales. Forewings somewhat rough-scaled, towards base with 
some erect hairscales ; 1 b furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 
11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1; 4 absent, 5-7 
nearly parallel. 
Sclerophricta tyreuta n.sp. 
$ 11 mm. Head and palpi light ochreous somewhat mixed with fuscous. 
Thorax fuscous mixed with ochreous (defaced). Abdomen dark fuscous, anal 
tuft light ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen very obliquely rounded; light ochreous tinged with grey, coarsely 
and irregularly striated and strigulated transversely with blackish; four 
moderate undefined fuscous fasciae, first basal, second antemedian, third 
postmedian, somewhat oblique, fourth praeapical : cilia pale ochreous, partially 
suffused with brownish and mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings blackish; 
cilia grey mixed with dark fuscous. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in February (Munro) ; one specimen. 
