Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
87 
Frisilia compsostoma n.sp. 
(^17 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 
second joint short, with long rough projecting tuft beneath, terminal joint 
more than twice as long as second, wholly clothed and greatly thickened with 
long dense loose hairscales transforming it into an obtuse brush, suffused with 
blackish-grey above towards apex. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, 
apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 4 absent, 
8 and 9 out of 7; pale ochreous, on posterior half thinly sprinkled with dark 
fuscous, subdorsal furrow yellowish anteriorly; base of costa dark fuscous; 
discal stigmata small, blackish: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind wings grey; cilia 
grey- whitish, with two grey shades. 
Rhodesia, Salisbury, in December (Janse); one specimen. 
Corthyntis crossogramma n.sp. 
(7 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous, expansible tuft of palpi 
very long and dense. Basal joint of antennae without tuft. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 
termen faintly sinuate, rather oblique; light yellow-ochreous ; costa rather 
broadly suffused with fuscous except at apex, darkest towards base; second 
discal stigma fuscous : cilia pale ochreous, on termen with a rather dark fuscous 
apical shade. Hindwings and cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, in January, in palm grove (Janse) ; one specimen. 
The only other species of Corthyntis is Indian. 
Phthoracma n.g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat raised; ocelli posterior; 
tongue developed. Antennae f , in 3^ rather stout, serrulate, minutely ciliated, 
terminal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi with second joint long, 
curved, ascending, rather slender, with appressed scales, terminal joint (c^) 
minute, rudimentary, filiform. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed 
to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings with 
cell I of wing, 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, ii from middle. 
Hindwings i, trapezoidal, termen sinuate beneath apex, cilia i; 3 and 4 con- 
nate, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Probably belongs to Lecithocera group. 
Phthoracma hlanda n.sp. 
14 mm. Head pale ochreous, faintly pinkish-tinged. Palpi pale ochreous 
suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous except towards apex. Thorax whitish- 
grey irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, base, segmental margins, 
and anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; fuscous suffused 
with whitish and sprinkled irregularly with dark fuscous ; stigmata represented 
by undefined groups of dark fuscous irroration, plical very obliquely before 
first discal, first discal about middle of wing, second discal at f , forming a 
roundish cloudy spot: cilia pale greyish. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale 
greyish. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in March (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
