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spot at J, and marked with an elongate fuscous spot near beyond this ; 
cilia j>ale reddish-ochreous, towards tornus grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Pretoria, in April (Janse) ; one specimen. 
COLEOPHORIDAE. 
Batrachedra isochtha, n. sp. 
<£. 11-12 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish. Palpi rather 
stout, ochreous-whitish, second joint grey externally except apex, terminal 
joint with some grey scales near base. Abdomen ochreous-whitish tinged 
with grey. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; light lilac- 
brownish irrorated with dark fuscous ; a moderately broad whitish-ochreous 
median longitudinal streak from base to apex ; plical and second discal 
stigmata minute, black ; a minute dark fuscous apical dot : cilia whitish- 
grey, round apex whitish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 
Sarnia, Natal, in January (Janse) ; two specimens. 
Batrachedra microbias n. sp. 
c?. 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 
ochreous-whitish, praeanal and two basal segments yellow-ochreous. Fore- 
wings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; whitish-ochreous, irregularly clouded 
with pale yellow-ochreous, with some very minute scattered grey specks ; 
second discal stigma small, grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey- 
whitish ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous. 
Three Sisters, in February (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Nepticulidae. 
Nepticula vannifera, n. sp. 
<$ $. 4-5 mm. Head white mixed with blackish, collar and eyecaps 
white. Thorax ochreous-white sprinkled with black. Abdomen grey- 
whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; ochreous-white with scattered blackish 
specks ; markings formed by close black irr oration ; a streak along basal 
portion of costa ; a spot on base of dorsum ; an elongate submedian patch 
from near base to near middle ; an elongate patch or broad streak extending 
in disc from middle to apex, its anterior extremity connected with costa 
by a somewhat oblique bar, its posterior portion sometimes extending 
suffusedly to costa ; cilia white, with some black specks on basal half. 
Hindwings grey, in with a slender median streak of black scales from 
base to f- ; cilia grey-whitish. Forewings on undersurface with a light 
yellowish subdorsal hairpencil from base surrounded with deep black scales. 
Pretoria, in September and October (Janse) ; three specimens. 
Lyonetiadae. 
Opostega symbolica, n. sp. 
$. 8 mm. Head and thorax white. Antennae ochreous-whitish, eye- 
caps white. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings lanceolate, apex 
somewhat produced, acute ; shining white ; an indistinct greyish dot on 
