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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
CARPOSINIDAE 
Carposina exsanguis n.sp. 
$ 15 mm. Head and thorax white, patagia faintly tinged with ochreous. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish finely sprinkled with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex pointed, 
termen nearly straight, oblique; ochreous-whitish, faintly clouded with very 
pale greyish-ochreous ; an indistinct mark of fuscous suffusion along basal 
sixth of costa, and five very small faint fuscous or greyish-ochreous costal 
spots between this and apex : cilia ochreous-whitish faintly speckled with 
light grey. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 
Transvaal, Barberton, in December (Janse); one specimen. 
PHALONIADAE 
Euxanthis umbraculata n.sp. 
$ 16-19 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi 3, whitish-ochreous. Thorax 
whitish, partially suffused with pale ferruginous. Abdomen dark grey, apex 
ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated 
posteriorly, costa hardly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, 
termen straight, oblique; light ferruginous-ochreous, more or less mixed 
with whitish; some ferruginous-brown marking on basal area, and anterior 
half of costa suffused with ferruginous-brown; a rather narrow ferruginous- 
brown median fascia, mixed with dark fuscous on dorsal half, obtusely angu- 
lated or tending to be interrupted above middle; a small dark fuscous discal 
dot beyond this ; three small brown spots on costa between this and terminal 
fascia; a suffused ferruginous-brown terminal fascia, tending to be produced 
anteriorly in suffused streaks along veins towards cell : cilia whitish-ferruginous, 
barred or sometimes generally suffused with rather dark grey, with dark grey 
subbasal line. Hindwings dark grey; cilia whitish, with grey subbasal line. 
Transvaal, v.d. Merwe and Middelburg, in October and December (Janse) ; 
two specimens. 
TORTRICIDAE 
Tortrix corroborata n.sp. 
15 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi 3^, brownish- 
ochreous. Antennal ciliations 1. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft ochreous- 
whitish. Forewings suboblong, moderate, costa anteriorly strongly, posteriorly 
hardly arched, without fold, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate, hardly 
oblique; pale brownish-ochreous, tinged with silvery-grey on dorsal half; 
basal patch little marked, partially suffused with light ferruginous-brown 
except towards costa, edge irregularly curved; central fascia moderate, 
oblique, ferruginous-brown, on dorsal half dilated and suffused with grey 
posteriorly except on edge, costal edge dark fuscous; costal patch semioval, 
ferruginous-brown, suffused with blackish on costal edge, connected by an 
irregular stria with termen above tornus : cilia pale ochreous, basally somewhat 
dotted or barred with blackish, more strongly above apex and beneath tornus. 
Hindwings dark grey; cilia pale greyish, with dark grey subbasal shade. 
Zululand, Nkandhla Forest, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Tortrix metapyrrha n.sp. 
£ 18 mm. Head and thorax whitish-yellow. Palpi 2^, pale yellowish. 
Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 
