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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Gelechia exoenota n.sp. 
$ 1 8 mm. Head pale rosy-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, basal joint and 
base of second dark fuscous, terminal joint anteriorly sprinkled with dark 
fuscous. Thorax dark violet-fuscous, apex of patagia suffused with red-brown. 
Abdomen rather dark grey, apex light reddish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen sinuate, very oblique; 
dark red-brown, suffusedly mixed with dark purplish-fuscous; a short in- 
distinct light reddish-ochreous transverse mark from costa almost at base; 
plical and second discal stigmata small, indistinct, blackish ; a small indistinct 
spot of ochreous suffusion on costa at £-: cilia coppery-brownish, anteriorly 
slightly greyish -tinged, posteriorly with three fine grey lines. Hindwings with 
apex pointed, termen sinuate; rather dark grey; cilia light grey. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in February (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Apotactis n.g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat raised; ocelli small, 
posterior; tongue developed. Antennae £, in $ serrulate, simple, basal joint 
moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint with 
strong dense projecting apical tuft beneath, terminal joint longer than second, 
somewhat thickened and roughened anteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi very 
short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with very long 
fine hairs above. Forewings with i b furcate, 2-5 rather approximated, 
6 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to just above apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, 
elongate-trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen scarcely sinuate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 
connate, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Allied to Chelaria. 
Apotactis drimylota n.sp. 
A 14-16 mm. Head whitish, sides of crown tinged with grey. Palpi dark 
grey, apex of second joint whitish, terminal joint whitish with two bands of 
dark grey irroration. Thorax whitish irrorated with grey, sometimes anteriorly 
suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 
rounded; grey, variably irrorated with white, with a few black scales; small 
elongate blackish spots on costa at £, and middle; black elongate dots 
beneath costa near base, and on fold at £, and sometimes a smaller one 
beyond former of these; stigmata rather large, elongate, black, plical slightly 
before first discal; two or three short black dashes towards costa posteriorly, 
and one above tornus; some cloudy blackish dots on posterior part of costa 
and termen: cilia light grey, round apex sprinkled with darker and whitish. 
Hindwings grey, slenderly hyaline beneath cell towards base; cilia light grey. 
British S. E. Africa, Bela Vista, in November (Swierstra) ; three specimens. 
COSMOPTERYGIDAE 
Labdia macrobeia n.sp. 
^ 11 mm. Head bronzy-grey, crown with very fine central and lateral 
white lines. Palpi white lined with dark fuscous. Thorax bronzy-grey, with 
three very fine white lines, apical half of patagia white. Abdomen pale 
ochreous. Forewings narrow-lanceolate, apex long-caudate; bronzy-grey; a 
silvery-white line along costa from base to fascia, and a very oblique line from 
this near base to beneath costa at f ; a strong white median longitudinal streak 
