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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Scythris homoxantha n.sp. 
$ 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax yellow-ochreous, back of crown orange. 
Abdomen ochreous-orange, beneath dark grey with anal segment orange. 
Forewings elongate-lanceolate; yellow-ochreous: cilia grey, becoming yellow- 
ochreous round apex and costa. Hindwings f ; 4 and 5 separate; blackish-grey; 
cilia dark grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
Scythris mesoplecta n.sp. 
$ 16 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 
second joint irrorated with grey except apex. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 
apex yellowish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; whitish-ochreous, slightly 
greyish-tinged towards costa except posteriorly; an oblique dark grey streak 
from dorsum beyond middle reaching to fold; some dark grey irroration on 
end of fold: cilia grey, on costa whitish-ochreous. Hindwings with 4 and 5 
stalked; grey, darker towards apex; cilia greyish. 
Cape Colony, Port St John, in December (Swinny); one specimen. Type 
in Transvaal Museum. 
Scythris patiens 
S $ 15-17 rnm. Head, palpi, and thorax in ^ whitish-ochreous, in $ pale 
greyish-ochreous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, yellowish towards apex. 
Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; light greyish-ochreous : cilia concolorous. Hind- 
wings I ; 4 and 5 separate; dark grey; cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Hopefontein, in January (Janse); two specimens. 
Scythris halmyrodes n.sp. 
f J $ 14-15 mm. Head and palpi light grey. Thorax light grey, suffused with 
whitish posteriorly. Abdomen whitish-grey, in 2 last two segments whitish 
and tinged with ochreous-yellow towards apex. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; 
light grey irregularly sprinkled with whitish, tending to indicate very obscure 
lines on veins: cilia grey- whitish. Hindwings f ; 4 and 5 separate; grey; cilia 
grey-whitish, greyer towards base. 
Rhodesia, Sawmills, in February (Janse); four specimens. | 
Scythris ilyopa n.sp. ^7. 
■ $ 15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light grey partially mixed with whitish. 
Abdomen ochreous-whitish, more ochreous-tinged towards apex. Forewings 
elongate-lanceolate; light grey irregularly sprinkled with grey- whitish, with 
a few darker grey scales; a round cloudy slightly darker spot in disc at f: 
cilia pale greyish, on costa whitish. Hindwings f ; 4 and 5 separate; light grey; 
cilia light greyish-ochreous. 
Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, in January (Janse); one specimen. 
BLASTOBASIDAE 
Blastobasis determinata n.sp. 
$ 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous, speckled with whitish. 
Abdomen grey, apex pale ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; 
dark fuscous irrorated with whitish ; a narrow straight hardly oblique whitish 
