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blackish sub- basal and supra-median rings. Thorax whitish irrorated with 
dark fusous. Abdomen pale grey, two basal segments whitish-ochreous. 
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen 
extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish, densely irrorated with dark fuscous ; 
stigmata black, first discal rather elongate, well-marked, plical rather 
before first discal, forming extremity of a blackish streak along fold from 
base, second discal represented by two or three scales ; some undefined 
blackish dots on posterior part of costa and termen ; cilia pale greyish. 
Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Moorddrift (Swierstra) ; in October, one specimen. Type in Transvaal 
Museum. 
Telphusa acrophylla, n. sp. 
(J. 11 mm. Head whitish-fuscous, face whitish. Palpi white, 
terminal joint finely lined with black. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen whitish. 
Forewings lanceolate, acute; 6 and 7 out of 8, 9 out of 8 near base ; dark 
fuscous, towards apex with scales elongated and greyish towards base ; 
a pale whitish-ochreous spot on costa at f , reaching half across wing, and 
tornal dot opposite ; cilia fuscous, round apex with two black lines preceded 
by some slight whitish suffusion, beneath this with some scattered blackish 
points. Hindwings grey ; cilia fuscous. 
Moorddrift (Swierstra) ; in October, one specimen. Typ 3 in Transvaal 
Museum. 
Slegasta vanana Meyr. 
Plat Diver, Waterberg District (Swierstra). 
Gelechia cycota, n. sp. 
cJ. 10 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish sprinkled with whitish 
points, terminal joint of palpi whitish with blackish sub-median ring and 
sub-apical band. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 
gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; dark 
fuscous somewhat mixed with blackish, irregularly sprinkled with whitish 
points, without defined markings ; cilia grey, towards base sprinkled with 
dark fuscous. Hindwings 1, apex moderately produced ; grey, paler 
towards base ; cilia light grey. 
Moorddrift (Swierstra) ; in October, one specimen. Type in Transvaal 
Museum. 
Gelechia opaula, n. sp. 
$. 15 mm Head and thorax whitish-ochreous faintly tinged with 
pinkish. Palpi whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous points. 
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; yellow- 
ochreous, veins marked with streaks of fiesh- colour irrorated with fuscous ; 
slight dots of two or three blackish scales beneath costa near base, and on 
fold before plical stigma ; stigmata minute, blackish, plical before first 
discal, second discal below middle ; a few blackish scales indicating obscure 
dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia grey with rows of 
pale points, towards base tinged with pinkish. Hindwings 1, apex rather 
long-produced, acute, 6 and 7 stalked ; grey ; cilia pale grey. 
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