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Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
Anticrates crocophaea n.sp. 
$ i6 mm. Head grey- whitish. Palpi whitish, grey anteriorly. Thorax pale i 
ochreous anteriorly suffused with grey-whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. ‘ 
apical half tinged with grey, apex ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquety rounded; 7 and 
8 stalked ; pale ochreous, with scattered greyish-ochreous scales, towards costa 
also sprinkled with grey and dark grey scales; a suffused grey streak along 
costa throughout; discal stigmata represented by small cloudy spots of dark 
grey irroration: cilia light grey. Hind wings light grey; cilia grey-\Vhitish. 
Cape Colony, Capetown, in April (Lord Gladstone) ; one specimen, not in 
good condition. Type in Transvaal Museum. 
COLEOPHORIDAE 
Coleophora purifica n.sp. | ^ 
d lo-ii mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen white, basalTy 
joint of antennae with moderate tuft of scales above. Forewings narrowly^ ' 
elongate-lanceolate ; white, tinged faintly with grey posteriori}^ between veins, 
towards apex suffused with pale grey with a faint ochreous tinge : cilia ochreous- 
white. Hindwings whitish; cilia ochreous-white. 
Rhodesia, Hopefontein and Emangeni, in Januar}?- (Janse) ; two specimens. 
Coleophora preshy tica n.sp. 
d" $ II mm. Head grey, slightly mixed with whitish. Palpi light grey, white 
towards base beneath. Antennae white ringed with grey. Thorax grey suffused 
with whitish anteriorly. Abdomen grey sprinkled with whitish. Forewings 
narrow-lanceolate, long-pointed, acute; ochreous-grey, with a few darker grey 
scales ; a white line along costa from base to about middle : cilia whitish-ochreous- 
grey, on costa ochreous-whitish. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in February and March (Swierstra) ; two specimens. 
Coleophora textoria n.sp. 
d $ II mm. Head shining whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint slightly 
tufted at apex beneath. Antennae whitish, basal joint with rough projecting 
scales anteriorly. Thorax shining whitish, shoulders sometimes infuscated. 
Abdomen pale greyish, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate- 
lanceolate; rather light ochreous-fuscous or greyish-ochreous, more or less 
suffused with darker irroration towards apex ; costa slenderly white from base 
to about f ; a very fine indistinct whitish line along fold, and three or four 
feebly marked similar parallel lines above and below it, dorsal area suffused 
with white towards base : cilia ochreous-grey- whitish, on costa white except 
towards apex. Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Transvaal, Pretoria, in January and February (Swierstra) ; six specimens. 
Coleophora molesta n.sp. 
d 10 mm. Head whitish. Palpi white, second joint with a grey streak. 
Antennae whitish, obscurely ringed with light fuscous. Thorax whitish, 
shoulders tinged with fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings 
elongate-lanceolate; pale greyish-ochreous, veins suffusedly lined with white; 
a few scattered fuscous scales towards apex ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, more 
whitish towards tips. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse) ; one specimen. Most like scariphota, 
but immediately separated by dark grey hindwings. 
