Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
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I Melasina spilophanes n.sp. 
' 17-18 mm. Head grey more or less suffused with white. Palpi nearly 3, 
1' rough-scaled, whitish mixed with dark fuscous. Antennal pectinations 2|. 
^ Thorax fuscous irregularly suffused with white. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
I elongate, costa slightly arched, ^,pex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique; 
fuscous, somewhat strigulated obscurely with dark fuscous irroration; from 
ten to fifteen variable irregular shining white spots and blotches edged with 
dark fuscous, viz. one or two spots on costa near base, one near base in middle, 
'I two sometimes confluent on costa at a submedian blotch beneath these, 
i a spot in disc beyond middle, sometimes one on costa above this, a subdorsal 
I blotch beneath it, a round spot towards costa at f , sometimes a small spot on 
costa beyond this, a more or less interrupted streak before upper part of termen, 
and three or four small marks along dorsum : cilia white, within a dark fuscous 
' subbasal line whitish-ochreous, outer half spotted with dark grey. Hindwings 
dark fuscous; cilia light grey, with dark fuscous subbasal shade. 
Rhodesia, Umtali, in January (Janse); two specimens. A very distinct 
insect, allied to isopetra. 
Thromhogenes n.g. 
Head densely rough-haired; ocelli posterior; tongue short. Antennae 
I in c? minutely ciliated, basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi 
I' moderately long, subascending, second joint clothed with dense rough scales 
beneath becoming longer towards apex, terminal joint short, loosely scaled, 
pointed. Maxillary palpi several-jointed, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae 
rough-scaled above. Forewings with 2 from f , 7 to just below apex, ii from 
towards base. Hindwings i, elongate-ovate, cilia f ; 2 remote, 3-7 tolerably 
! parallel. 
Thromhogenes selmatarcha n.sp. 
(^17 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, second joint dark 
fuscous except towards apex. Thorax dark fuscous, posterior margin ochreous- 
; whitish. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings moderate, 
i costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique; pale 
ochreous, indistinctly strigulated with ochreous-grey irroration ; some scattered 
dark fuscous strigulae on costa; a quadrate dark brown spot on costa at 
whence a rather narrow irregular fascia of ochreous-fuscous suffusion runs to 
a small dark brown spot on dorsum at f ; a small dark fuscous spot on costa 
at f; second discal stigma rather large, dark fuscous: cilia ochreous-whitish, 
more ochreous towards base. Hindwings purplish-grey; cilia grey- whitish, 
with grey subbasal shade. 
Cape Colony, Port St John, in October (Swinny); one specimen. Type in 
Transvaal Museum, 
ADELIDAE 
Adela droseropa n.sp. 
cJ 12 mm. Head dark fuscous (partly rubbed), with whitish hairs on face 
and behind eyes, eyes very large, moderately approximated anteriorly. Palpi 
clothed with long whitish hairs. Antennae 2|, dark fuscous, dotted with white 
towards base, basal joint long, sw^ollen, tufted anteriorly with long whitish 
and blackish hairs. (Thorax rubbed.) Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; 
deep purple, suffusedly irrorated with bronzy-yellowish-grey, with a few 
scattered black scales anteriorly, on terminal half more strongly black-sprinkled 
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