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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
sprinkled with blackish points on basal half. Hindwings with apex strongly 
produced, termen nearly vertical beneath apex; bluish-grey; cilia pale greyish, 
base tinged with whitish-ochreous. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in February and March (Swierstra) ; two specimens. 
Leuronoma nigridorsis n.sp. 
S 12. mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, with a dark fuscous spot 
on shoulder. Palpi whitish-ochreous, base dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish 
irrorated with grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely 
rounded; pale ochreous, with a few dark fuscous specks; a subtriangular dark 
fuscous spot on base of costa; a narrow suffused dark fuscous streak along 
dorsum from near base to tornus; plical and second discal stigmata small, 
dark fuscous; a rather elongate spot of dark fuscous suffusion on costa at 
f; some pale brownish suffusion towards upper part of termen; a small 
blackish mark on apical edge, and dot on termen beneath it: cilia whitish- 
ochreous-grey, on costa whitish-ochreous. Hindwings rather dark grey, 
lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly; cilia whitish-ochreous-grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Pithanurga n.g. 
Head smooth; ocelli small, posterior; tongue developed. Antennae | (?), 
basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 
second joint thickened with rough projecting scales beneath, terminal joint 
shorter than second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 
appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae loosely scaled. Fore wings with 2 from 
1 , 3 and 4 closely approximated towards base, from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 
7 to costa, II from middle. Hindwings under i, elongate-trapezoidal, apex 
pointed, termen sinuate, cilia 2, frenulum in 9 strong, simple; 3 and 4 approxi- 
mated towards base, 5 nearly parallel, 6 and 7 connate. 
Allied to Telphusa, differing by the strongly approximated veins 3 and 4 
of forewings; the simple frenulum of 2 is an unusual character. 
Pithanurga chariphila n.sp. 
9 9 mm. Head and thorax white, shoulders suffused with grey. Palpi 
white, second joint irrorated with dark grey except apex, terminal joint with 
slight median ring of grey irroration. Abdomen light grey. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 
obliquety rounded; white, slightly sprinkled with pale grey; markings formed 
by grey suffusion speckled with blackish; an elongate spot along basal fifth 
of costa; a semioval blotch along dorsum before middle; a triangular blotch 
extending over median third of costa and reaching f across wing, its discal 
portion occupied by an oblique-oblong light yellow-ochreous spot ; apical fourth 
suffusedly irrorated with grey, preceded on tornus by an undefined small 
pale yellow-ochreous spot with some black scales : cilia whitish speckled with 
grey. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in December (Swierstra); one specimen. Not in 
perfect condition, but a distinct insect. 
Telphusa accensa n.sp. 
$ 15mm. Head light grey speckled with whitish, face suffused with 
ochreous-whitish. Palpi grey suffused anteriorly with brown, second joint 
with three and terminal joint with two undefined bands of dark fuscous 
