Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
6i 
Argyroploce nectar odes n.sp. 
^ 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-orange, thorax with four 
small dark fuscous marks. Abdomen grey, anal tuft grey-whitish. Forewings 
rather broad, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex rounded- 
obtuse, termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique; ochreous-orange, with some 
scattered reddish-fuscous strigulation ; a few scattered black dots or small 
spots on costa; markings reddish-brown somewhat mixed with violet-grey; 
a fasciate band of strigulation from basal portion of dorsum to a blotch on 
middle of costa representing extremity of central fascia, remainder of this 
indicated by some irregular strigulation; an irregular fasciate streak from 
beneath costa at | to middle of termen; cilia ochreous-orange. Hindwings 
rather dark grey; cilia grey- whitish, with grey subbasal line. 
Natal, Karkloof, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Argyroploce lutipennis n.sp. 
(3^ 13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, slightly sprinkled with grey. Palpi 
whitish-grey, second joint with a dark fuscous lateral streak. Thorax whitish- 
grey-ochreous, anterior margin infuscated, crest large. Abdomen grey. Fore- 
wings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; whitish-grey-ochreous, suffusedly and 
irregularly transversely striated with fuscous; costa with obscure paired 
whitish strigulae, and small darker spots between these posteriorly; an oblique 
fuscous fasciate streak from middle of costa reaching half across wing and 
terminated by a small cloudy whitish spot, this streak expanded posteriorly 
with fuscous suffusion to form a subtriangular costal blotch ; ocellus obscurely 
pale, limited anteriorly by a fuscous streak edged with some blackish scales; 
a short upwards-oblique fuscous streak from middle of termen edged with 
blackish scales ; cilia fuscous, whitish-tinged towards tornus, with brown basal 
line. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey, with grey basal line. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October (Swiestra) ; one specimen. 
An obscure species, somewhat intermediate between cavcevaria and sagata, 
much like the latter, but without the characteristic sexual black speckling on 
dorsal area of hindwings. 
Argyroploce trithyra n.sp. 
(3 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous slightly sprinkled with 
whitish, thoracic crest large. Abdomen pale greyish. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa almost straight, arched 
near apex, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, rather oblique; dark grey 
finely speckled with whitish, mixed with blackish scales indicating irregular 
transverse striae; two undefined subquadrate spots of whitish suffusion on 
dorsum before and beyond and a rather larger more distinct spot beyond 
middle : cilia dark grey speckled with whitish. Hindwings light grey, becoming 
grey-whitish anteriorly; cilia grey- whitish, with grey subbasal shade. 
Rhodesia, Hopefontein, in January (Janse); one specimen. A peculiar 
form, not obviously allied to any other, but recalling the West Australian 
endophaga. 
Laspeyresia nicomacha n.sp. 
$ 10 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous speckled with white, palpi 
whitish towards base. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings rather elongate- 
triangular, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, some- 
what oblique; blackish; a violet-leaden slightly curved streak from before 
