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ocellus margined by leaden-metallic streaks, posterior preceded by three 
round black dots ; cilia grey mixed with dark fuscous and sprinkled with 
whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate ; rather dark grey ; cilia grey* 
with darker subbasal shade. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, three specimens. 
Eucosma accipitrina, n. sp. 
cJ. 15 mm. Head pale brownish, face whitish. Palpi brown- 
whitish, sprinkled with grey. Thorax whitish, shoulders and anterior 
margin brown. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, 
costa moderately arched, without fold, apex obtuse-pointed, termen rather 
strongly sinuate beneath apex, little oblique ; light olive-brownish, sprinkled 
with blackish ; basal patch strigulated with blackish and towards dorsum 
with whitish, outer edge nearly straight, oblique, separated from central 
fascia by a band of four white striae ; upper half of central fascia suffused 
with blackish, posterior edge strongly angulated beneath costa, edged 
with a leaden-metallic stria, lower half hardly defined ; costa posteriorly 
blackish with pairs of oblique whitish strigulae, terminated by short 
leaden-metallic marks ; ocellus edged laterally with leaden-metallic, 
crossed by a strong black mark above its middle and two slighter and less* 
defined beneath, and closed above by an elongate blackish spot, convex 
above : cilia pale brownish with leaden-metallic reflections, round apex 
mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; rather dark 
fuscous ; cilia greyish, with darker subbasal shade. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in January, one specimen. 
Eucosma actuosa, n. sp. 
S % 13-14 mm. Head white, in $ mixed with fuscous and dark 
fuscous. Palpi white mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax white with a 
transverse posterior bar of dark fuscous irroration, and sprinkled in $ 
slightly, in $ more strongly with fuscous and dark fuscous. Abdomen 
grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, in $ without 
fold, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, rather oblique ; fuscous mixed 
with blackish-grey ; costa strigulated with black and white ; basal patch 
strigulated with blackish-grey and whitish except towards outer edge, 
which is obtusely angulated in middle ; space between this and central 
fascia, except towards costa, suffused with whitish and strigulated with 
blackish-grey ; central fascia narrow, irregular, oblique, posterior edge 
well marked, with projection in middle, crossed by an irregular streak 
of blackish-grey suffusion extended posteriorly towards apex, above which 
is some whitish suffusion beneath costa ; ocellus white, edged with silvery- 
metallic, and crossed by three black dashes : cilia white, indistinctly barred 
with blackish-grey irroration. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; rather 
dark grey ; cilia white mixed with grey, with grey subbasal line. 
Barberton (Miss Williams, Janse) ; in January, five specimens. 
Eucosma clarifica, n. sp. 
$ ?. 11-13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint light 
fuscous except apex and projecting hairs. Antennae in simple. Thorax 
white, with two faint pale fuscous transverse bars, shoulders fuscous. 
Abdomen whitish-grey, anal tuft white. Forewings elongate, costa slightly 
