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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
Sckematistis analoxa, n. sp. 
cJ. 14 mm. Head and thorax fuscous sprinkled with white. Palpi 
dark fuscous irrorated with whitish, terminal joint whitish. Abdomen 
grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, faintly 
sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; ashy- 
grey, sprinkled with whitish ; costal edge suffused with dark fuscous from 
base to beyond middle ; three undefined fasciae of dark fuscous suffusion, 
first broad, from middle of costa to dorsum before middle, obliquely inter- 
rupted above middle, second narrow, from f of costa to § of dorsum, 
third moderate, terminal, confluent with second above middle ; second 
discal stigma dark fuscous : cilia greyish, with several series of dark fuscous 
scales tipped with whitish points, base whitish. Hindwings grey ; cilia 
pale grey, base whitish. 
Woodbush Village (Swierstra) ; in December, one specimen. Type 
in Transvaal Museum. 
Brachmia verberata, n. sp. 
(J$. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with 
fuscous or dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint irrorated 
with dark fuscous, terminal joint with blackish median band. Abdomen 
grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 
slightly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex round-pointed, termen 
somewhat sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 to apex, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 
whitish-ochreous suffused with brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous, 
sometimes with a few whitish scales ; an undefined basal patch of dark 
fuscous suffusion, outer edge running from ■§■ of costa to ^ of dorsum ; 
three undefined fasciae of dark fuscous suffusion, first from beyond middle 
of costa to before middle of dorsum, second at parallel to termen, third 
terminal ; stigmata small, blackish, plical slightly before first discal ; 
cilia whitish-ochreous with a dark fuscous ante-median line, basal portion 
somewhat mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia ochreous- 
whitish, with pale grey ante-median shade. 
Haenertsburg and Woodbush Village (Swierstra) ; in December, two 
specimens. Type in Coll. Meyrick, co type in Transvaal Museum. 
Trichotaphc pyrrhitis , n. sp. 
<J. 15-16 mm. Head and thorax ferruginous-brownish-ochreous, face 
and sides of crown paler. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint brown 
suffused with dark fuscous except at apex, smooth beneath, terminal joint 
longer than second. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Fore- 
wings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 
rounded, oblique ; ferruginous-brownish, irregularly mixed with rather 
dark grey ; costal edge ochreous ; stigmata deep ferruginous-brown, plical 
beneath first discal, a similar less marked dot midway between first discal 
and base ; a more or less developed small pale ochreous spot on costa at 
§ ; cilia ferruginous-ochreous, on tornus suffused with pale grey. Hind- 
wings dark grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Woodbush Village, in December (Swierstra) ; Petersburg, in February 
(Janse) ; two specimens. Type in Transvaal Mussum. 
