Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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heliodinidae 
Stathmopoda aegotricha n.sp. 
17 mm. Head iridescent ochreons- white. Palpi whitish, second joint 
loosely haired beneath, second joint laterally and terminal joint anteriorly 
sprinkled with blackish. Thorax ochreous-whitish mixed ' with blackish. 
Abdomen ochreous-whitish suffusedly banded with greyish. Posterior tibiae 
and basal joint of tarsi with ver^^ loi^g dense rough ochreous-whitish hairs, on 
tibiae mixed with blackish. Forewings narrow, widest near base, thence 
narrowed to acute apex; ochreous-whitish, irregularly streaked longitudinally 
with, blackish between veins; a very broad undefined oblique transverse band 
of grey suffusion extending from near base to middle: cilia ochreous-whitish, 
irregularly suffused with light grey towards base. Hindwings grey; cilia as in 
forewings. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in October (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Allied to tvichodora in the large development of the rough hairs of posterior 
legs, but very distinct. 
Stathmopoda hemiplecta n.sp. 
cJ' 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, face whitish. 
Abdomen whitish-yellowish, base of segments grey. Forewings narrow, widest 
near base, thence narrowed to acute apex ; pale ochreous-yellowish ; a moderate 
bronzy-fuscous slightly inwards-oblique transverse spot from costa before 
middle, reaching half across wing ; a light bronzy-fuscous patch occupying apical 
third of wing, edge inwards-oblique from costa: cilia pale greyish-ochreous, at 
apex with a pale yellowish suffused patch. Hindwings grey; cilia light ochreous- 
grey. 
Cape Colony, Nelspruit, in December (Breijer); one specimen. Type in 
Transvaal Museum. 
Stathmopoda revincta n.sp. 
$ 14 mm. Head and thorax orange, face glossy pale ochreous. (Palpi 
missing.) Forewings elongate, narrow, widest near base, moderately pointed, 
acute; orange; markings indistinct, suffused, light yellowish-fuscous; costa 
narrowly grey on basal third; converging fasciae from costa at ^ and beyond 
middle, widest on costa, meeting on dorsum beyond middle, first sending from 
its origin a faint transverse bar to ^ of dorsum; a rather outwards-oblique 
fasciate spot from termen below middle, hardly reaching costa: cilia light 
orange, paler towards tornus. Hindwings dark grey; cilia light grey, at apex 
tinged with ochreous. 
Rhodesia, Llmtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
• Stathmopoda teleozona n.sp. 
$ 10-12 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, face more whitish-suffused, back 
of crown dark fuscous. Palpi yellow- whitish. Thorax yellow. Abdomen 
ochreous-whitish, segments with slender dark ferruginous-brown rings. Pos- 
terior tibiae and basal joint of tarsi with strong apical whorls of whitish bristles 
suffused with fuscous towards base, second tarsal joint with smaller similar 
whorl. Forewings very narrow, widest near base, thence rapidly narrowed to 
acute apex; yellow; markings violet-fuscous; a moderate basal fascia; a broad 
antemedian fascia, costal edge greyish between this and preceding; a broad 
apical patch, anterior edge rather inwards-oblique from costa: cilia ochreous- 
whitish. Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in November (Swierstra) ; two specimens. 
