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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Laspeyresia aphrospila n.sp. 
c? ? 14-15 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with whitish- 
ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, towards apex grey. Abdomen dark grey. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 
termen bowed, somewhat oblique; dark violet-fuscous, irrorated with whitish- 
ochreous ; some irregular whitish suffusion in disc before, beneath, and beyond 
middle ; costa with paired strigulae of whitish irroration, dark fuscous between 
these ; five oblique blue-leaden streaks from costa, beyond ^ , fourth very short, 
fifth running to termen beneath apex, first, third, and fifth preceded by dark 
fuscous streaks; a blue-leaden dot beneath praeapical strigula; leaden erect 
streaks indicating lateral margins of ocellus, posterior more distinct and silvery, 
preceded by three elongate black dots: cilia light grey irrorated with whitish, 
with dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings dark grey, rather lighter anteriorly; 
cilia whitish, with dark grey subbasal line. 
Natal, Karkloof, in January (Janse); Transvaal, Haenertsburg ; two 
specimens. The whitish patches of suffusion in disc give a characteristic 
appearance. 
Laspeyresia plectocosma n.sp. 
^ 9 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi grey- whitish. Thorax dark grey, 
posterior half suffusedly mixed with ochreous. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior 
tibiae expanded with rough whitish scales. Forewings elongate-triangular, 
costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen faintly sinuate, rather oblique; 
dark fuscous; dorsal f of wing transversely streaked with ochreous-yellowish 
and leaden; a group of three oblique subconfluent purple-leaden strigae from 
costa before middle, white on costal edge, becoming confluent and extended 
to dorsal yellowish area; an oblique purple-leaden streak, followed by a fine 
ochreous-yellowish line, rising from two white dots on costa at f , angulated 
above middle, becoming obsolete in an irregular tornal patch of ochreous- 
yellow suffusion ; two white marks on costa towards apex, whence an irregular 
curved streak of ochreous-yellowish suffusion runs near apex to this patch: 
cilia grey, with dark fuscous subbasal shade edged on each side with ochreous- 
yellowish. Hindwings dark grey; an elongate hyaline patch beneath cell 
anteriorly; cilia whitish-grey, with dark grey subbasal line. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
GELECHIADAE 
Apatetris undina n.sp. 
9 mm. Head and palpi white. Thorax white, slightly speckled with light 
fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex produced, 
acute; 6 separate; whitish, thinly speckled with fuscous: cilia ochreous- 
whitish, thinly speckled with fuscous, with apical line of dark fuscous points. 
Hindwings with produced apex forming J of wing, termen rectangularly 
emarginate beneath it; whitish-grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Apatetris collecta n.sp. 
$ 8-9 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous, palpi with a few dark 
fuscous specks. Thorax grey-whitish speckled with dark fuscous. Abdomen 
grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; whitish-grey closely speckled with dark fuscous : cilia grey- 
whitish speckled with blackish, especially towards tips. Hindwings with apex 
