Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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I crimson. Abdomen pale ochreous irrorated with dark grey, anal tuft pale 
' greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse- 
ly pointed, termen slightly sinuate, oblique; pale ochreous suffused with rosy- 
pinkish, and more or less irrorated with brownish and a few blackish specks ; 
I costal edge dark fuscous towards base; oblique brownish shades somewhat 
i sprinkled with dark fuscous from positions of discal stigmata to dorsum, 
i obscurely edged posteriorly with some pale ochreous-yellowish suffusion : cilia 
’ whitish-ochreous irrorated with rosy-brownish, on termen with tips mixed 
I with blackish. Hindwings grey, veins suffusedly darker; cilia pale grey, 
ij Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October and November (Swierstra) ; 
! two specimens. The discovery of this second species of Orygocera Wals. shows 
tliat the genus is clearly a development of Epiphractis] the characteristic 
neuration of the forewings is as given by Lord Walsingham; the hind wing 
shows an oblique bar connecting 7 and 8 beyond cell as in Epiphractis, probably 
overlooked by him in the type. 
Cry ptolechia pachy stoma n.sp. 
8' 21-22 mm. Head and thorax ochreous. Palpi rather densely scaled, 
ochreous, second joint fuscous except apex. Antennae stout, dark grey. 
Abdomen ochreous-grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; ochreous, dorsal 
half slightly tinged with fuscous; costal edge infuscated towards base; discal 
stigmata small, faint, greyish, first almost obsolete; a small spot of fuscous 
suffusion on dorsum before torn us, terminal area beyond this sometimes 
forming a roundish blotch of faint infuscation except towards costa: cilia 
ochreous, towards tornus faintty tinged with fuscous. Hindwings rather dark 
grey; cilia pale grey. 
Rhodesia, Umvuma, in December (Janse); two specimens. 
Cryptolechia languidula n.sp. 
^12 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint dark grey except apex. 
Antennae rather stout. Thorax light greyish. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly 
oblique; 2 and 3 stalked; light grey, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous; 
stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, plical rather obliquely before first discal, second 
discal larger, transverse: cilia pale grey sprinkled with darker. Hindwings 
grey; cilia light grey. 
Portuguese East Africa, Rikatla, in December (Junod); one specimen. 
Type in Coll. Janse. 
Cryptolechia deligata n.sp. 
(818 mm. Head and palpi whitish faintly tinged with flesh colour. Thorax 
whitish suffused with pale grey-pinkish. Abdomen whitish, anal tuft whitish- 
ochreous. Fore wings elongate, suboblong, costa anteriorly moderately, pos- 
teriorly slightly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; ochreous- 
whitish ; a cloudy grey streak from of costa to | of dorsum, tinged with rosy 
on costa ; an elongate-triangular grey blotch extending along costa from before 
middle to |, suffused with reddish-fuscous on costa, hardly reaching ^ across 
wing; first discal stigma very small, grey, second larger, pinkish-grey; a suf- 
fused grey streak round apical edge : cilia whitish, on costa slightly tinged with 
rosy. Hindwings whitish; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Cape Colony, Capetown, in May (Lord Gladstone) ; one specimen. Type in 
Transvaal Museum. 
