Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
fold, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique; grey or dark grey, 
suffusedly mixed with leaden-metallic and blackish ; costa blackish, 
marked with pairs of obscure pale strigulae ; an obscure rounded-quadrate 
patch of whitish suffusion on middle of dorsum, transversely strigulated 
with ground colour ; ocellus margined laterally with leaden-metallic 
-streaks ; terminal edge whitish in sinuation : cilia dark grey sprinkled 
with whitish, with blackish grey subbasal line. Hindwings with 3 and 4 
connate ; grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia light grey, with darker subbasal 
line. 
Barberton, Middelburg (Janse) ; in October, December, and January, 
three specimens. 
Eucosma rufescens, n. sp. 
S' $. 14-16 mm. Head pale brown-reddish, face whitish. Palpi 
ascending, shortly rough-scaled, white. Antennae in simple. Thorax 
red-brownish, shoulders suffused with whitish. Abdomen light greyish. 
Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, 
without fold, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique ; 
light brown-reddish sprinkled with fuscous ; anterior half of costa rather 
broadly suffused with ochreous- whitish, posterior half obliquely strigulated 
with whitish : cilia whitish-brown-reddish, with darker basal line. Hind- 
wings with 3 and 4 stalked ; whitish-ochreous tinged or in $ sometimes 
-suffused with grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 
Three Sisters, Barberton (Janse) ; from January to March, three 
■specimens. 
Eucosma passiva, n. sp. 
<$. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white, shoulders tinged 
with brownish. Palpi whitish, second joint externally irrorated with 
light fuscous, with two faint darker bars. Antennae simple. Abdomen 
light grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, 
without fold, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; whitish- 
ochreous suffusedly mixed with white ; costa marked with white strigulae 
separated by blackish irroration ; a rather broad median streak of greyish- 
ochreous or grey suffusion from base to §, strigulated with blackish, repre- 
senting basal patch ; discal area between this and termen suffused with 
light greyish ; a dot or some scattered blackish scales on end of cell ; ocellus 
edged with silvery-metallic, with two longitudinal black marks ; some 
black scales on termen ; cilia white, on termen mixed with grey. Hindwings 
with 3 and 4 stalked ; pale grey, somewhat darker towards apex ; cilia 
whitish-grey. 
Pretoria (Burger, Janse) ; in February and March, two specimens. 
Eucosma amara, n. sp. 
$. 14-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-grey, palpi 
densely tufted. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse, termen s’nuate, rather oblique ; rather dark leaden-grey 
sprinkled with blackish scales tending to form strigulae, and beyond cell 
orming indistinct lines on veins ; costa strigulated with blackish, on 
posterior half with pairs of obscure whitish strigulae whence rise very 
oblique blue-leaden strigae, second running to termen above middle 
