Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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Oinophila cert a n.sp. 
£ io -ii mm. Head whitish-ochreous, lower frontal tuft rather light 
brownish. Palpi fuscous. Antennae ochreous-whitish, base blackish. Thorax 
whitish-ochreous, patagia blackish. Abdomen ochreous-grey- whitish. Fore- 
wings narrow-lanceolate, very acute; blackish; a strong irregular-edged 
whitish-ochreous dorsal streak from base to apex, finely attenuated posteriorly 
but still very irregular, upper edge indented at f of wing : cilia whitish-ochreous, 
on costa dark grey. Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-grey -whitish. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in December and April (Swierstra); two specimens. 
Very similar to the Indian oxymoris, but in that species the lower frontal tuft 
is blackish, and the antennae are largely suffused with blackish on basal 
half, and have several indistinct narrow grey bands on apical portion. 
TINEIDAE 
Myrmecozela convallata n.sp. 
$ 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown. Abdomen fuscous. 
Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 
rounded; ochreous-brown, with about eight irregular transverse partially 
coalescing dark fuscous streaks, and some additional marks from costa: cilia 
dark grey, base spotted with brownish. Hindwings dark purple-grey; cilia 
grey, with indistinct darker subbasal shade. 
Transvaal, Moorddrift, in December (Swierstra); one specimen. Veins 
7 and 8 of one forewing are stalked, of the other separate as usual in the genus. 
Lysitona n.g. 
Head rough-haired; ocelli posterior; tongue rudimentary. Antennae f, 
in $ simple, basal joint moderate, with projecting tuft of scales anteriorly. 
Labial palpi moderate, porrected, second joint loosely scaled, with some 
projecting lateral bristles at apex, terminal joint about as long as second, 
tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi short, porrected, loosely scaled. Posterior 
tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with rough scale-tufts on 
surface; 2 from angle, 4 absent, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 
f , lanceolate, cilia 2; 2-4 parallel, 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to costa, 7 parallel. 
A derivative of Tinea. 
Lysitona euryacta n.sp. 
<?n mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi dark fuscous, apex of joints white. 
Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated with grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; 
brownish sprinkled with blackish ; a broad white irregular-edged stripe occu- 
pying costal half of wing from base to f , costal edge blackish from base to 
near middle, and with a slight elongate mark of ground colour beyond middle; 
quadrate grey blotches extending from dorsum to white streak before and 
beyond middle of dorsum and on tornus, edged with blackish irroration, and 
a spot on middle of termen: cilia pale brownish -ochreous, towards base with 
a few blackish specks. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia light greyish - 
ochreous. 
British S. E. Africa, Bela Vista, in November (Swierstra); one specimen. 
Crypsithyris insolita n.sp. 
<$ 14 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous. Thorax pale ochreous, 
patagia dark fuscous except apex. Abdomen brownish, segmental margins 
whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 
