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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
GLYPHIPTERYGIDAE 
Phy codes mochlophanes n.sp. 
(^15 mm. Head and thorax dark grey closely speckled and on collar and 
part of patagia pencilled with whitish, face light bronzy-metallic. Palpi 
whitish, towards apex grey. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, pos- 
teriorly slightly dilated, costa hardly arched, apex obtuse, termen almost 
straight, somewhat oblique; dark fuscous closely speckled with whitish in fine 
transverse series, a spot of pencilling in middle of base; straight transverse 
slender blackish fasciae at ^ and f edged with iridescent greenish-coppery- 
metallic streaks, margins of second confluent above and below middle and with 
posterior projection in middle; a greenish-coppery-metallic terminal fascia, 
widest at extremities and with anterior edge concave, ending abruptly just 
above tornus, cut by seven irregular longitudinal blackish marks: cilia bronzy. 
Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey-whitish, with dark grey basal line. 
Portuguese East Africa, Magude, in November (Swierstra) ; one speci- 
men. Intermediate between substriata and adjectella. 
Imma quaestor ia Meyr. 
Natal, Durban, in. November (Leigh, in Transvaal Museum). Described 
from Aldabra Island, and not previously found in Africa. 
Imma tormentata n.sp. 
S 19-20 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi fuscous, second joint more or less 
whitish-sprinkled, terminal joint very short, obtuse. Antennal ciliations i|. 
Thorax fuscous, with angulated transverse dark fuscous median bar. Abdomen 
fuscous. Fore wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen nearly straight, almost vertical, rounded beneath; 7 and 8 
separate, 8 to costa; rather dark fuscous, somewhat mixed irregularly with 
olive-greenish-grey; m one specimen an inwards-oblique fasciate blotch of 
whitish suffusion from middle of costa reaching more than half across wing, 
tinged with pale blue especially on lower portion, preceded towards costa by 
a patch of blackish-fuscous suffusion, in the other specimen this is replaced 
by an irregular median fascia of blackish-fuscous suffusion; a transverse 
blackish mark on end of cell; posterior area beyond this more or less mixed 
with greyish-ochreous irroration or marbling, with two curved transverse 
series of short blackish-fuscous interneural streaks; a blackish-fuscous terminal 
shade: cilia dark fuscous, base obscurely spotted with paler, tips white to- 
wards tornus. Hindwings rather dark grey, lighter anteriorly; cilia light grey, 
with dark grey subbasal line, obscure patches of grey-whitish suffusion above 
and below middle of termen. 
Transvaal, Rustenburg, in January (G. v. Dam); two specimens. Type in 
Transvaal Museum. The first African species of the more primitive section of 
the genus; the two whitish patches in cilia of hindwings are an interesting 
reminder of affinity with Simaethis. 
Simaethis stereocrossa n.sp. 
d $ II mm. Head and thorax light ferruginous-ochreous speckled with 
whitish. Palpi white banded with light ochreous, towards apex with whorls 
of dark grey scales tipped with whitish. Antennal ciliations of c? 3. Abdomen 
dark grey, base whitish. Forewings somewhat elongate- triangular, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat bowed, little oblique; 7 and 8 
stalked; ferruginous, irregularly whitish-speckled, this irroration partially 
