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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
yellow ; a small dark fuscous mark on costa near base ; a broad lilac- 
brown direct transverse median fascia, connected on dorsum with a lilac- 
brown apical patch occupying J of wing ; cilia yellowish-brown. Hind- 
wings grey, paler towards base, dark grey towards apex ; cilia pale greyish. 
Comoro Islands (Leigh) ; two specimens. 
Eretmocera illucens, n. sp. 
$. 11 mm. Head and thorax dark bluish-fuscous. Abdomen reddish- 
yellow, apical third black. Forewings narrow, costa somewhat sinuate in 
middle, posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; deep yellow, suffused with bronzy-fuscous towards 
middle, and becoming dark bluish-fuscous on apical third ; extreme base 
dark bluish-fuscous ; cilia dark bluish-fuscous. Hindwings orange-yellow, 
paler towards costa anteriorly ; apical third dark fuscous ; cilia orange- 
yellow, round apical portion dark grey. 
Three Sisters, in December (Snooke) ; one specimen. 
Hyponomeutidae. 
Amalthina, n. g. 
Head loosely scaled, face smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 
Antennae f, in $ moderately fasciculate-ciliated, basal joint stout, without 
pecten. Labial palpi rather short, curved, ascending, second joint with 
appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, pointed. 
Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairs. Fore- 
wings with 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 9 and 
10 stalked, 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, ovate, cilia -J- ; 3 and 4 
connate, 5-7 nearly parallel, transverse vein very oblique inwards from 
4 to 7. 
Allied to Ethmia. 
Amalthina lacteata, n. sp. 
21 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Palpi white, ter- 
minal joint with a black lateral line. Forewings elongate, moderate, 
posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded- obtuse, termen 
rounded, little oblique ; rather light fuscous, with a few darker and whitish 
scales ; basal fourth irregularly suffused with white ; several black scales 
scattered across disc at first discal stigma black edged with white, 
second fuscous preceded by white ; cilia whitish, with fuscous subbasal 
line. Hindwings white, apical half rather dark fuscous, division suffused ; 
cilia white, round apical portion infuscated, with darker fuscous subbasal 
shade. 
Sarnia, Natal, in January (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Abacistis teligera, n. sp. 
cJ. 22 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with a black 
streak (injured). Antennae strongly dentate, moderately ciliated. Thorax 
white, with three black anterior dots and a transverse mark on back. 
Abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 
