Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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marginal series of blackish elongate dots round posterior part of costa and 
termen: cilia pale ochreous. Hind wings grey, basal f clothed with hairscales; 
cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Pachnistis consors n.sp. 
12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi stout, ochreous-whitish, second 
joint dark fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint with two or three dark 
fuscous scales. Antennae grey. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish, anal 
tuft suffused with ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; grey suffusedly mixed with dark 
fuscous, along costa posteriorly irrorated with grey-whitish: cilia whitish- 
grey. Hindwings pale grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Cape Colony, Nelspruit, in February (Breijer); one specimen. Type in 
Transvaal Museum. Very like the Indian cephalochra, but smaller and rather 
narrower-winged, and termen of forewings obviously more oblique. 
Pachnistis microphanta n.sp. 
cJ 15 mm. Head pale ochreous suffusedly mixed with pale leaden-grey, 
face leaden-grey. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except 
apex, terminal joint sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennae dark grey. Thorax 
dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 
termen rounded, rather oblique; 2 and 3 connate; dark purplish-fuscous; small 
undefined opposite spots of whitish-ochreous suffusion on costa at f and 
dorsum before tornus, and three or four scattered scales between them: cilia 
grey, basal half obscurel}^ spotted with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings rather 
dark grey; cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Salisbury, in December (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Pachnistis autophanta n.sp. 
cJ 14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark purplish-fuscous. 
Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly some- 
what dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 
oblique; 2 and 3 connate, stalk of 8 and 9 very short; dark purplish-fuscous; 
small cloudy pale ochreous opposite spots on costa at | and dorsum before 
tornus: cilia grey, mixed with dark fuscous towards termen. Hindwings and 
cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. Very similar to 
preceding, but apparentl}^ distinct by the wholly dark head and palpi. 
Onehala hifrenata n.sp. 
c? 13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, a median stripe of crown fuscous. Palpi 
whitish-ochreous, second joint suffused with dark fuscous, terminal joint with 
a fine lateral line of fuscous scales. A.ntennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax dark 
purple-fuscous, with an ochreous-whitish stripe on each side of back. Abdomen 
grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 2 and 3 stalked, 4 
absent, 7 absent, 8 and g stalked, 10 absent; dark purple-fuscous; a direct 
transverse whitish-ochreous streak at |, posterior edge shffused, especially on 
upper half, and extended as a slender streak along costa to beyond middle; 
a cloudy whitish-ochreous line from a spot on costa at | to dorsum before 
tornus, sinuate inwards above and outwards below middle: cilia whitish- 
