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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Lecithocera spiladias n.sp. 
1 1 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish, sides irrorated with dark fuscous. 
Palpi whitish-yellowish, second joint irrorated with dark fuscous except apex, 
terminal joint irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennae whitish- 
yellow ringed with fuscous. Thorax pale yellowish sprinkled with dark fuscous, 
shoulders irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish irrorated 
with dark fuscous, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 absent ; light ochreous-yellow 
irregularly sprinkled with blackish; costal edge suffused with dark grey; 
markings grey irrorated with blackish; a roundish spot beneath costa near 
base; stigmata represented by roundish spots, plical more oval, beneath first 
discal, second discal absorbed in an irregular fascia running from | of costa to 
f of dorsum; some small marginal spots round apex and termen: cilia pale 
yellowish sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish- 
grey, base whitish-ochreous. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in November (Swierstra) ; one speci- 
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Aphnogenes n.g. j 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae II 
|, in (7 ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, re- 
curved, second joint somewhat thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint 
as long as second, moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior 
tibiae rough-scaled above. Forewings with i h furcate, 2 and 3 short-stalked 
from angle, 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked, ii from middle. Hindwings somewhat 
under i, elongate-trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, cilia i; 
2 and 3 stalked, 4 absent, 5 rising out of stalk of 2 and 3, transverse vein 
absent, 6 free, 7 wholly absent. 
Perhaps an abnormal development of Pachnistis, or possibly of Paristhmia. 
Aphnogenes zonaea n.sp. 
(7 lo-ii mm. Head pale ochreous, lower part of face fuscous. Palpi 
whitish, second joint dark fuscous. Thorax light ochreous. Abdomen grey, 
anal tuft suffused with ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly rounded, oblique; light ochreous, 
costal third pale ochreous-yellowish ; costal edge blackish at base ; a nearly 
straight suffused brownish transverse shade from f of costa to dorsum before 
tornus, terminal area beyond this ochreous-yellowish sprinkled with brownish; 
some brown marginal dots round apex and termen: cilia ochreous-yellow. 
Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); two specimens. 
Pachnistis finitima n.sp. 
^12 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, lower part of face dark grey. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apex, anterior edge 
of terminal joint dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft ochreous-grey- 
whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 
rounded, rather oblique; pale ochreous, towards dorsum slightly grey-speckled; 
base of costa blackish; stigmata moderately large, blackish, plical slightly 
before first discal, second discal somewhat transverse; an obtusely angulated 
pale shade from | of costa to dorsum before tornus, preceded by a fascia of 
sparse grey irroration and terminal area beyond it similarly irrorated; a 
