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rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 
oblique; pale ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with fuscous, suffused towards 
costa anteriorly with brownish, and towards costa posteriorly and termen 
with grey, more or less streaked between veins with dark fuscous; stigmata 
represented by small ochreous-white dots, discal placed on a ferruginous-brown 
streak continued beneath vein 6, first discal extended as an irregular mark 
anteriorly, plical very obliquely before first discal; cloudy blackish dots on 
extremities of intraneural streaks, two above and two below apex preceded 
by ochreous-white marks : cilia grey suffusedly irrorated with ochreous- 
whitish, with two dark grey shades. Hind wings with apex obtuse, termen 
hardly sinuate; grey, paler anteriorly; cilia whitish-fuscous, with faint greyish 
suffused shade. 
Natal, Karkloof, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Phthorimaea sihila n.sp. 
2 ii-i2mm. Head and thorax whitish, partially sprinkled with light 
ochreous-grey. Palpi white, second joint except apex whitish-grey slightly 
sprinkled with dark grey, scales angularly projecting beneath at apex, terminal 
joint shorter than second, with two indistinct pale greyish bands sprinkled 
with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish, two basal segments with ochreous 
bands. Forewings lanceolate, acute; 7 and 8 out of 6; ochreous-whitish, some 
faint pale ochreous suffusion forming streaks posteriorly; faint pale grey 
suffusion with scattered dark grey specks forming very indefinite markings, 
viz. a streak along basal fourth of costa, a spot beneath apex of this, a spot on 
fold towards base, another larger on middle of fold, an oblique patch from 
middle of costa, some irregular marbling posteriorly in disc, a spot on middle 
of termen, and an apical patch, all irregular and indistinct ; plical stigma formed 
of dark fuscous irroration, second discal similar, placed towards tornus: cilia 
ochreous-whitish, round apex with a few dark fuscous specks. Hindwings 
grey-whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in November (Swierstra) ; three 
specimens. 
Phthorimaea dispensata n.sp. 
$ 9-1 1 mm. Head whitish more or less sprinkled with grey. Palpi 
whitish, second and terminal joints each with two bands of dark grey irrora- 
tion. Thorax ochreous-whitish more or less irrorated with grey or dark grey. 
Abdomen rather dark grey, three basal segments light ochreous, sometimes 
partially suffused with grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings lanceolate, acute; 
7 and 8 out of 6; pale greyish, streaked between veins or mostly suffused with 
brownish-ochreous, and irregularly irrorated with dark grey; stigmata dark 
fuscous, plical obliquely before first discal, second discal approximated, below 
middle: cilia light grey, basal half sprinkled with blackish points. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia light grey. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, from December to April (Swierstra); nine specimens. 
Allied to syne eta, but apparently constantly distinct. 
Phthorimaea fanatica n.sp. 
II mm. Head whitish sprinkled with dark grey. Palpi white, second 
and terminal joints each with two bands of dark fuscous irroration. Thorax 
whitish tinged with ochreous and sprinkled with grey, shoulders irrorated with 
dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate- 
lanceolate; 7 and 8 out of 6; ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with blackish, and 
