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spotted with whitish irroration, dark fuscous between spots: cilia grey, 
speckled with whitish towards base. Hind wings grey, thinly scaled and pale 
in disc anteriorly; cilia grey. 
Natal, Karkloof, in January (Janse); one specimen. Allied to lathridia, 
but at once distinguished by whitish head and thorax. 
Gelechia melicentra n.sp. 
7 mm. Head white speckled with grey. Palpi white, second and terminal 
joints each with two bands of blackish-grey irroration. Thorax white speckled 
with dark grey, shoulders with an ochreous-ycllow spot. Abdomen grey. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen 
very obliquely rounded ; white speckled with dark grey ; a line of blackish-grey 
irroration along costa from base to f , and short similar mark beyond middle ; 
pale yellowish dots accompanied with a few blackish scales as follows, viz. 
one towards costa at J , one beneath fold slightly beyond this, one nearer costa 
at f , and three representing stigmata, first discal about middle, plical nearly 
beneath it; a small dorsal spot of black irroration beneath second discal; 
some grey suffusion and scattered black irroration towards apex: cilia pale 
grey, round apex and costa speckled with darker grey. Hindwings under i, 
apex pointed, produced, termen sinuate-emarginate, cilia 2; light grey; cilia 
whitish-grey. 
$ 8 mm. Forewings more suffused with dark grey irroration, especially 
posteriorly, with several additional small pale yellow'-ochreous spots towards 
base, along costa, and towards apex; cilia suffused with pale ochreous-yellowish 
towards base. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October and November (Swierstra) ; 
two specimens. 
Gelechia lactiflora n.sp. 
S ti mm. Head white. Palpi white, basal f of second joint black, a few 
black scales above middle of terminal joint. Thorax ochreous-white, a black 
patch on shoulders and black dorsal dot behind middle. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; ochreous-white ; a black basal fascia occupying about ^ of 
w’ing, confluent towards costa with an oblique black fasciate patch from costa, 
extending on costa to f , and reaching f across wing ; a transverse trapezoidal 
black blotch from costa beyond middle, widest beneath and connected wdth 
preceding in disc, lower posterior angle' projecting as a lobe nearly to tornus, 
a few blackish scales along costa between this and preceding; one or two black 
scales at apex: cilia white. Hindwings with termen hardly sinuate; whitish- 
grey; cilia whitish. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October (Swierstra); one specimen. 
Gelechia xylophaea n.sp. 
$ 16-19 mm. Head pale ochreous or whitish-ochreous, crown sometimes 
tinged with iridescent-grey or sprinkled with fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 
somewhat sprinkled with fuscous, terminal joint longer than second. Thorax 
pale ochreous, more or less suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen 
pale ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; 
light brownish-ochreous or brownish, with some scattered fuscous and dark 
fuscous scales; an oblique dark fuscous mark from costa near base, pointing 
to a dot in disc beyond it; a variable sometimes little developed irregular 
