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from base to apex; a fine white line beneath this from towards base, running 
into it at § ; a dull orange postmedian transverse fascia interrupted by median 
streak, margined on each side above and below this by two silvery-metallic 
spots, upper anterior one followed by a black dot; costa silvery- white for a 
short distance beyond fascia : cilia light grey, with white apical bar. Hindwings 
grey; cilia light grey. 
British S. E. Africa, Bela Vista, in November (Swierstra); one specimen. 
Microcolona pantomima Meyr. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in December (Swierstra) ; two $ examples. The 
original specimens of this species were from French Congo; the forewings of 
$ are rather broader and less pointed than in but <£ examples also vary in 
these particulars, and the species is so well-marked that its identity cannot be 
doubted. 
OECOPHORIDAE 
Epiphractis thysanarcha n.sp. 
9 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dull brownish-crimson, scales of 
forehead roughly projecting, face greyish; second joint of palpi expanded 
above with long rough projecting scales except toward base, terminal joint -£ 
of second. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; dull light 
crimson, slightly ochreous-tinged, with a few scattered blackish scales pos- 
teriorly; an inv ardly oblique dark grey streak from middle of dorsum, reaching 
half across wing, edged posteriorly with light ochreous-yellowish; second 
discal stigma small, dark grey; a short rather inwards-oblique streak of dark 
grey suffusion from dorsum beneath it: cilia dull light crimson, darker towards 
tips, and suffused with dark grey on tornus. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in March (Swierstra); one specimen. Distinguished 
from all others of the genus by the peculiar palpi; otherwise normal in all 
respects, and certainly not separable generically. 
Porthmologa deltophanes n.sp. 
$ 15 mm. Head white, face somewhat marked with fuscous. Palpi dark 
fuscous, tip white. Thorax ochreous-white, shoulders and a spot on posterior 
extremity dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely 
rounded; fuscous; a white dot on base of dorsum; a triangular ochreous- 
white antemedian dorsal blotch, anterior edge direct, nearly reaching costa, 
preceded and followed by strong blackish-brown suffusion; first discal stigma 
moderate, black, second represented by two transversely placed minute 
black dots; a broad undefined transverse band of white irroration beyond 
middle; a small white spot on costa at f , from which a very fine incurved 
white line crosses wing, limiting a round fuscous anteapical area of which 
the upper part is mixed with blackish : cilia whitish-grey, base irregularly 
mixed with dark fuscous, tips suffused with fuscous towards middle of termen, 
on costa wholly fuscous mixed with dark fuscous except a small white spot 
on costal spot. Hindwings grey; cilia light grey. 
British S. E. Africa, Bela Vista, in November (Swierstra); one specimen. 
Appears to agree in all structural essentials with the genus Porthmologa, 
hitherto represented only by a single Indian species; but superficially very 
distinct. 
