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lateral edge dark fuscous. Palpi ochreous- whitish, second joint rather 
short, base dark fuscous, terminal joint longer than second, with dark 
fuscous sub-apical band. Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, seg- 
mental margins whitish- ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark 
fuscous, faintly purplish- tinged ; a moderately broad ochreous-white trans- 
verse fascia before T V, partially edged with black and then with brown 
suffusion, posterior edge angulated below middle, black marginal dots 
above and below this indicating stigmata ; a triangular ochreous-white 
spot on costa at §-, and an ochreous-white dot on tornus, connected by a 
narrow brown fascia in which is a small black spot representing second 
discal stigma ; an ochreous-white apical dot ; cilia fuscous mixed with 
dark fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia fuscous. 
Waterberg (Jutrzencka) ; one specimen. Type in Transvaal Museum. 
I have little doubt that Walsingham’s Laverna gambiella , which I have not 
seen, is an allied species of this genus. 
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Cnemidoloplius Wals. 
The generic reference of the following species is not fully established ; 
its structural characters are as follows : 
Head with loosely appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 
Antennae -J-, basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi very long, 
recurved, second joint smooth-scaled, terminal joint as long as second, 
slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 
Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings with 2 from towards 
angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 
ovate, termen slightly sinuate beneath apex, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 
5-7 tolerably parallel. 
Cnemidolophus cyananthes , n. sp. 
$. 18 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi ferruginous-yellow, second joint 
with dark fuscous sub- apical ring, terminal joint with dark fuscous sub-basal 
and supra-median rings, and whitish sub-apical ring. Thorax dark fuscous 
mixed with fulvous-brown, with a shining indigo-blue transverse band. 
Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins whitish, apex yellowish. 
Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen somewhat 
sinuate, very oblique ; fulvous-brown ; four very irregular shining indigo- 
blue partly black-margined transverse fascia, first from costa near base to 
\ of dorsum, an additional spot on costa beyond this, second and third 
direct, before and beyond middle, fourth from beneath costa at § to tornus ; 
irregular transverse black spots in disc in middle, and between third and 
fourth fasciae, first connected with costa by an ochreous-white spot, and 
margined posteriorly with ochreous-white on its upper half ; an irregular 
triangular ochreous-white spot on costa beyond £ ; a spot of black suffusion 
at apex ; cilia fuscous mixed with black (imperfect). Hindwings dark 
fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 
Moorddrift (Swierstra) ; in October, one specimen. Type in Trans- 
vaal Museum. 
Depressana trimenella Wals. 
Ngqeleni, West Pondoland, in August (Swinny). 
