Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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Tinea sanctijica n.sp. 
$ 27 mm. Head pale ochreous, hairs suffused with orange towards base. 
Labial palpi whitish-ochreous. Maxillary palpi porrected, stout, third joint 
very short, slenderer, deflexed. Antennae whitish. Thorax snow-white. 
Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen very obliquely rounded; shining snow-white; extreme edge of costa 
dark fuscous at base: cilia snow-white. Hindwings pale grey, with slight 
brassy tinge; cilia snow-white. 
Natal, Willowmore, in November (Janse) ; one specimen. I find increasing 
difficulty in maintaining the distinction between Tineola and Tinea. Of course 
their intimate relationship has never been doubted, and they are separated 
by the structure of the maxillary palpi alone. In typical Tinea (as pellionella) 
these are rather long, slender, 3-jointed, folded at both joints; in typical 
Tineola (as biselliella) they are very short, apparently simple, inconspicuous. 
So far so good; the difference is easily seen, and is found sufficient in other 
genera; but there is a practically complete series of transitional forms from 
one extreme to the other. After reconsidering some of the more intermediate 
African species, I propose to transfer leucastis (to which the present species 
is nearly allied in this as in other respects), ovatrix, xanthastis, and melanostoma 
to Tinea ; the maxillary palpi, though short, stout, and porrected, are practically 
similar in all these, the third joint tending to be somewhat deflexed. These 
species differ but slightly from vastella, for example, in which the maxillary 
palpi are nearly equally short and stout, but the second joint is also deflexed. 
Tinea leucomima n.sp. 
S 17-19 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish or whitish-yellowish. Palpi ochreous- 
whitish, second joint short, without bristles, externally dark fuscous, terminal 
, joint longer. Antennae stout, compressed, grey-whitish, basal joint ochreous- 
j tinged, with strong pecten. Thorax white. Abdomen pale ochreous. Fore- 
I wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 
j rounded; white; costal edge dark fuscous near base: cilia ochreous-white. 
, Hindwings pale whitish-ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
I Rhodesia, Emangeni and Shangani, in December and January (Janse); 
I three specimens. 
Tinea audens n.sp. 
^ 30 mm. Head fulvous-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous. Antennae grey, 
basal joint whitish. Thorax ochreous-whitish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 
Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 
I strongly oblique; ochreous-whitish; costal edge dark fuscous towards base: 
I cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings dark violet-grey; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
I Transvaal, Pretoria, in November (Janse); one specimen. 
I Tinea fulvicoma n.sp. 
(J 21-28 mm. Head fulvous. Palpi pale ochreous suffused externally with 
grey. Antennae under i, pale ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous, anterior edge 
narrowly suffused with grey. Abdomen light ochreous, anal tuft large. Fore- 
wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 
rounded; light yellow-ochreous : cilia concolorous. Hindwings pale ochreous 
tinged with grey; cilia pale ochreous. 
Rhodesia, Sawmills, in February (Janse); three specimens. 
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