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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
on costa at cilia light violet-grey, base mixed with blackish. Hindwings 
grey; cilia light grey. 
^ Portuguese East Africa, Lorenzo Marques (Moreira) ; one specimen. : 
Type in Coll. Janse. 
Trichotaphe hercogramma n.sp. 
S 13 mm. Head and thorax dark grey. Palpi dark grey, second joint 
loosely haired above towards apex, terminal joint shorter than second, whitish, 
anterior edge black. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 
slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique; dark violet-fuscous 
speckled with whitish ; discal stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, an additional spot 
midway between first and base ; a whitish-ochreous transverse line at f , rather 
indented above middle, somewhat expanded on costa; edge round apex and 
termen blackish: cilia grey, with darker subbasal shade, base grey-whitish. 
Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Trichotaphe ochroxesta n.sp. 
cJ 17mm. Head and thorax light yellow-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, 
second joint with scales rather triangularly expanded above beyond middle, ♦ 
with fuscous lateral streak, terminal joint longer than second. Abdomen grey, 7, | 
anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently M*. * 
arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; yellow-ochreous,^ii 
somewhat paler towards costa anteriorly: cilia yellow-ochreous. Hindwingst^ 
grey; cilia whitish-ochreous, tinged with grey on lower part of termen and I 
dorsum, with faint greyish subbasal shade. S ; 
Transvaal, Woodbush Village, in April (Swierstra) ; one specimen. I ; 
Trichotaphe homaloxesta n.sp. | 
$ 14 mm. Head pale ochreous with iridescent violet reflections. Palpi 1 
rather dark grey, second joint with scales rather expanded towards apex 1 
above, terminal joint shorter than second. Thorax light grey. Abdomen darkBi 
grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse- 
pointed, termen nearly straight, rather oblique; grey with a faint yellowish 
tinge and violet reflections; extreme costal edge whitish from about 4 to f’ g' 
cilia grey, towards tips whitish. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia grey. s , 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. S 
Trichotaphe pleuropa " 
S 19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, faintly greyish-tinged on crown, sides of § 
face blackish. Palpi whitish, second joint with scales triangularly expanded f 
above towards apex, dark fuscous except apex, anterior edge of terminal joint 
dark fuscous. Antennae fasciculate-ciliated (2) . Thorax pale ochreous, a central 
line greyish-tinged, shoulders blackish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 
termen slightly rounded, oblique; 7 to costa; pale ochreous; dorsal edge tinged 
with grey; stigmata moderate, blackish, plical rather obliquely before first 
discal, an additional dot midway between first discal and base; an inwards- 
oblique streak of blackish-grey suffusion from dorsum beneath second discal, 
angulated near dorsum, included in a faint greyish slightly curved band 
crossing wing behind second discal ; a marginal row of black dots round apical 
part of costa and termen to before tornus: cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings 
rather dark grey; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Natal, Karkloof, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
