Annals of the Transvaal Museum 93 
Autosticha emmetra n.sp. 
(^12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, basal half of 
second joint fuscous. Thorax purplish-fuscous. Abdomen bronzy-ochreous, 
anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; light fuscous irrorated 
with rather dark fuscous, with faint violet tinge ; stigmata dark fuscous, plical 
rather obliquely before first discal, a cloudy dark fuscous dot above dorsum 
obliquely before second discal: cilia whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous 
towards base. Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 
Rhodesia, Salisbury, in December (Janse); one specimen. 
Clerogenes n.g. 
Head with loosely appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae f , in d" rather stout, serrulate, simple, basal joint moderate, without 
pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, with appressed scales, terminal joint as 
long as second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed 
to tongue. Posterior tibiae shortly rough-scaled above. Forewings with 2 from 
towards angle, 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 
II from middle. Hindwings under i, elongate-ovate, cilia i; 3 and 4 connate, 
5 slightly approximated, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 
Clerogenes meledantis n.sp. 
(7 10 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, with submedian 
and subapical rings of second joint, and basal and supramedian rings of terminal 
joint dark fuscous. Thorax pale ochreous speckled with blackish, shoulders 
blackish. Abdomen pale greyish, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 
rounded; pale ochreous, thinly sprinkled with blackish; a triangular d^' F 
fuscous spot on base of costa; stigmata black, plical rather obliquely b e 
first discal ; a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on costa at f , and a rather smaller 
one on dorsum before tornus opposite to it; three or four indistinct dots of 
blackish irroration on termen: cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings pale grey; cilia 
whitish-ochreous . 
Cape Colony, Port St John, in October (Swinny); one specimen. Type in 
Transvaal Museum. 
Holcopogon Staud. 
I have now satisfied myself that this genus should be regarded as identical 
with Epistomotis Meyr., which it supersedes; in the original species vein 6 of 
hindwings is absent (coincident with 7), whilst in the species attributed to 
Epistomotis 6 and 7 are long-stalked, only separating just before apex; the 
characteristic palpi are similar in all the species, and there is agreement in all 
other essential points; it is therefore desirable and convenient to group these 
species (including the one described below they only number five altogether 
at present) as a single whole. It is also now apparent that the affinity of the 
genus (which has been found puzzling) is with the Symmoca group. The other 
South African species is H. vhyodes Meyr. (= amphicentra Meyr.). 
Holcopogon scaeocentra n.sp. 
S 13-14 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, second joint fuscous 
except apical edge, anterior edge of terminal joint grey. Abdomen whitish. 
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
very obliquely rounded ; white irregularly irrorated with light greyish-ochreous ; 
