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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
Oecophoridae. 
Promalactis recurva, n. sp. 
(J. 10 mm. Head and thorax fulvous-orange, face white. Palpi 
fulvous-orange, terminal joint white. Antennal ciliations 1J. Abdomen 
ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; fulvous -orange ; 
extreme costal edge dark fuscous from base to costal streak ; markings 
white, irregularly edged with some black scales ; a slender straight streak 
from base to J of dorsum ; a narrow sinuate streak from disc at J to middle 
of dorsum, thence evenly curved to below disc at J-, and again angulated 
to dorsum before tornus ; a transverse thicker streak from costa before f , edged 
with dark fuscous suffusion posteriorly, its apex touching preceding streak 
beyond angle ; cilia orange. Hindwings with 3 and 4 approximated at 
base ; light grey ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 
Pretoria, in January (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Promalactis veridica Meyr. 
Of three examples communicated by Mr. Janse one at least shows 
vein 3 of hindwings present, but very short, approximated to 4. 
Xyloryctidae. 
Oditeti car char opa, n. sp. 
cJ $. 13-17 mm. Head whitish. Palpi white, second joint blackish 
towards base, terminal joint with anterior edge and an oblique subapical 
ring black. Antennal ciliations of 1J. Thorax whitish more or less 
tinged with fuscous, sometimes with distinct fuscous anterior and posterior 
bars on back. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, suboblong, 
costa slightly arched, with slight median prominence somewhat heightened 
by cilia, apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, hardly oblique ; 
7 to apex ; pale greyish- ochreous or whitish-ochreous, becoming white 
towards costa posteriorly ; a blackish dot almost on base of dorsum ; 
a fuscous blotch on dorsum before middle, sometimes reduced to an oblique 
streak representing its anterior edge, its apex representing plical stigma ; 
discal stigmata dark fuscous, sometimes tinged with orange-ochreous ; a 
more or less developed transverse fuscous blotch on dorsum before tornus, 
sometimes suffusedly extended to termen, its anterior angle almost reaching 
second discal stigma ; a short oblique black strigula from costa before 
middle, and another from median prominence, giving rise to a more or less 
developed very oblique orange-ochreous streak ; two or three fine blackish 
lines on costal portions of veins towards apex, and a black mark along 
costa at apex ; several small indistinct dark fuscous dots on termen ; cilia 
white, sometimes with faint fuscous median line. Hindwings pale whitish- 
ochreous ; cilia concolorous, round apex whitish with grey median line. 
Comoro Islands (Leigh) ; one specimen communicated by Mr. Janse, 
and five others in my own collection. 
Odites pedicata, n. sp. 
22 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. (Palpi broken.) 
Antennae with fine short pectinations furnished with fascicles of long cilia. 
