70 Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Telphusa emphanista n.sp. 
^ 17mm. Head white. Palpi white, terminal joint with black median 
and apical rings. Thorax white, shoulders blackish, a blackish dot on each 
side of back posteriorly. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly 
rounded, very oblique; white; a narrow blackish-fuscous fascia from costa 
near base to dorsum at f , widened on costa and extended to base, a black 
almost basal dot beneath this; a semioval blackish-fuscous blotch on costa 
before middle; a dark fuscous elongate blotch on costa beyond middle, 
narrowed downwards and with lower margin triangularly excised; first discal 
stigma minute, black, second represented by two transversely placed raised dots 
of dark fuscous and brownish-ochreous scales, lower forming apex of a suffused 
grey blotch on dorsum before tornus; a spot of dark grey suffusion just before 
apex, whence some grey suffusion extends along termen; a rather large ir- 
regular black apical dot, two others preceding it on costa, and two beneath 
it on termen: cilia grey, with five faint fine whitish lines, base tinged with 
pale brownish-ochreous. Hind wings light grey, suffused with ochreous- whitish 
anteriorly; cilia ochreous-whitish, tinged with grey round posterior part of 
wiijg. 
Natal, Karkloof, in January (Janse); one specimen. Allied to caelata. 
Telphusa ohjecta n.sp. 
$ 18 mm. Head white. Palpi white slightly sprinkled with brownish, base 
dark fuscous, rough scales of second joint long. Thorax brown mixed with 
dark fuscous, apex of patagia, sides of dorsum posteriorly and a bar behind 
middle white. Abdomen whitish mixed with fuscous, apex ochreous-yellow. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 
termen very obliquely rounded ; brown irregularly and suff usedly mixed with 
dark fuscous, anterior half irregularly marked with dark fuscous; an irregular 
transverse suffused ochreous-whitish blotch from middle of costa, almost 
reaching an irregular triangular ochreous-white blotch on dorsum opposite; 
irregular ochreous-white opposite spots on costa at f and tornus; irregular 
undefined white marginal dots round apex: cilia ochreous-whitish, on costa 
barred with grey. Hind wings rather dark grey, lighter anteriorly; cilia 
ochreous-whitish, tinged with grey towards base. 
Rhodesia, Salisbury, in December (Janse); one specimen. 
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Telphusa retecta n.sp. 
$ 14 mm. Head white sprinkled with grey. Palpi whitish sprinkled with 
grey, second and terminal joints each with two blackish bands. Thorax white 
sprinkled with grey, with a blackish posterior spot, shoulders narrowly 
blackish. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; dark grey, 
slightly and irregularly speckled with whitish ; small blackish spots at and near 
base on costa; a small white spot on base of dorsum, followed by an irregular 
semioval blackish blotch extending to about middle of dorsum, posteriorly 
suffused, and reaching more than half across wing; a longitudinal streak of 
light brownish suffusion above this blotch; a blackish elongate mark on costa 
before middle; a blackish oblique streak beneath this reaching to middle of 
wing, extremity representing first discal stigma, plical stigma black, beneath 
this, edged posteriorly with whitish ; second discal stigma black, edged laterally 
with whitish, forming apex of a dark fuscous elongate-triangular blotch from 
costa above it; posterior part of costa and upper part of termen obscurely 
