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which is a patch of oblique transverse striation, a short dense dark fuscous 
basal tuft, and costal cilia very long throughout ; cilia grey. 
Comoro Islands, in August (Leigh) ; one specimen submitted by 
Mr. Janse, and I have also two in my collection. 
COSMOPTERYGIDAE. 
Erechthiodes, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. An- 
tennae J, in (J shortly ciliated, basal joint elongate, slender, with slight 
pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint with rough pro- 
jecting hairs above and beneath except towards base, terminal joint as 
long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short ; filiform, 
appressed to tongue v Posterior tibiae clothed with very long hairs above. 
Forewings with lb furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings §, lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 2-5 parallel, 
6 and 7 short-stalked. 
Erechthiodes audax , n. sp. 
$ ?. 14-16 mm. Head white. Palpi white, basal half of second 
joint blackish, terminal joint with more or less marked blackish supramedian 
ring. Thorax ochreous-white, patagia black. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. 
Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; white, suffused with pale ochreous-yellowish 
except between costal markings and on margins of discal streak ; a thick 
slightly irregular-edged black longitudinal streak somewhat below middle 
from base to apex ; three thick very oblique black streaks from costa at 
base, J, and beyond middle, only reaching J across wing ; a black dot on 
middle of termen ; cilia white, with two irregular blackish lines, on tornus 
grey. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia pale greyish, more or less 
whitish-ochreous towards base. 
Pretoria, in December and January (Janse) ; three specimens. 
Mom p ha antibathra, n. sp. 
?. 11-13 mm. Head glossy grey, forehead whitish. Palpi dark 
fuscous sprinkled with whitish. Thorax dark fuscous, sometimes whitish - 
sprinkled. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous, 
bases of scales pale ; a broad pale ochreous fascia near base, becoming 
abruptly very narrow on costa, a narrow irregular and suffused pale ochreous 
fascia at § ; area between these except towards costa indistinctly and 
irregularly marked with small suffused pale ochreous spots, with some 
tufts of dark fuscous scales ; cilia greyish. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Pretoria, in September (Janse) : two specimens. 
Blastobasidae. 
Blastobasis fatigata, n. sp. 
<J. 13 mm. Head and thorax fuscous sprinkled with whitish. Palpi 
pale fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous, terminal joint moderately stout, 
pointed. Antennae without notch. Abdomen pale glossy greyish-ochreous. 
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa anteriorly hardly arched, rather bent at f , 
