Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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1 irroration. Thorax light grey speckled with whitish, irregularly marked with 
[ blackish-grey suffusion. Abdomen grey-whitish irrorated with dark grey, 
, Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen very 
! obliquely rounded; grey irregularly mixed with dark grey; an oblong dark 
1 grey patch extending along dorsum from near base to tornus and reaching 
j I across wing, anteriorly edged by raised scales, above by a streak of brownish 
j suffusion, posteriorly by an angulated shade of brownish suffusion from | of 
I costa to tornus; stigmata blackish followed by tufts of scales, plical obliquely 
: before first discal, first discal represented by a transverse mark crossing upper 
i edge of dorsal patch, second by two transversely placed dots and a transverse 
ridge-tuft, some other small tufts of scales in disc ; a spot of brownish suffusion 
I on costa beyond middle reaching longitudinal streak; a marginal series of 
suffused brownish spots round posterior part of costa and termen: cilia grey 
; speckled with whitish. Hind wings grey, paler and thinly scaled in disc towards 
base, veins somewhat darker-suffused ; cilia light grey. 
Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, in January (Janse); one specimen, 
Telphusa syndelta n.sp. 
$ 12 mm. Head ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white, second joint 
blackish except apex, terminal joint longer than second, apical half blackish. 
Thorax ochreous-white, with broad blackish dorsal stripe. Abdomen dark 
grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen very obliquely rounded; ochreous-white; markings black, with slight 
purplish tinge; two large triangular dorsal blotches, connected on dorsum, 
occupying whole dorsum except base, first reaching f across wing and just 
touching a triangular spot on costa at J, second reaching more than half 
across wing; a semioval spot on costa beyond middle, a minute strigula before 
this, and a very small spot at |; an oblong blotch extending along termen to 
costa and just touching second dorsal blotch at tornus: cilia blackish (de- 
fective). Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline anteriorly, darker- 
suffused towards termen ; cilia light grey. 
Rhodesia, Salisbury, in December (Janse); one specimen. 
Telphusa commaculata n.sp. 
$ 15-16 mm. Head white speckled with grey. Palpi white speckled with 
dark grey, scales of second joint more strongly projecting beneath at base. 
Thorax white speckled with dark grey, shoulders suffused with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen in ^ dark grey, in $ prismatic whitish-grey, three basal segments 
Avith pale ochreous dorsal patches. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; white 
irregularly speckled with blackish ; a very oblique wedge-shaped black blotch 
on base of costa; a thick black longitudinal streak from base of dorsum to 
beneath middle of disc, and a black streak from above apex of this to termen 
above middle, gradually considerably expanded above with black suffusion 
to reach costa before apex, these two comprehended in a broader irregular 
streak of grey suffusion, and crossed by direct transverse fasciae of grey 
suffusion before middle and at |, former including a strong black subcostal 
streak : cilia white, on costa suffused with grey, basal half speckled with black, 
base with a series of black marks. Hindwings grey, suffused with dark grey 
posteriorly; some scattered raised whitish and two or three blackish scales on 
veins anteriorly ; cilia light grey. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in November (Swierstra) and Inyack 
Island, in September (Breijer); three specimens. 
