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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
Aristotelia prominula , n. sp. 
A $. 8-9 mm. Head pale ochreous, face sliming grey- whitish. Palpi 
whitish, second joint irrorated with blackish except apex, terminal joint 
with black basal and supramedian bands. Thorax pale ochreous, shoulders 
irrorated with dark grey. Abdomen grey, anal tuft of £ whitish- ochreous. 
Forewings narrow-lanceolate, acute ; light ochreous-brown, with a few 
scattered black scales ; a streak of blackish suffusion along costa through- 
out, becoming very slender towards base, in middle forming a triangular 
prominence ; plical and second discal stigmata small, black ; some black 
dots along posterior part of costa and termen : cilia grey, round apex 
ochreous-brownish. Hindwings and cilia rather dark grey. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; from December to February, five 
specimens. Probably allied to the Indian A. galeotis. 
Aristotelia trematias, n. sp. 
A 9 mm., $ 12 mm. Head pale greyish- ochreous irrorated with 
fuscous. Palpi ochreous- white with a few scattered black scales, second 
joint suffusedly irrorated with blackish except towards apex. Thorax 
fuscous. Abdomen whitish- ochreous irrorated with fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; 6 separate ; light fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous ; 
stigmata rather large, blackish, plical obliquely before first discal, these 
two elongate : cilia light fuscous, towards base sprinkeld with black. 
Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in December and February, two 
specimens. 
Aristotelia comis, n. sp. 
$. 11 mm. Head whitish, crown irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi 
whitish, second and terminal joints each with two broad bands of blackish 
irroration. Thorax whitish irrorated with blackish. Abdomen blackish- 
grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 separate ; grey irrorated with 
whitish and blackish ; a small ochreous-brown spot in disc near base ; 
an irregular blackish interrupted line crossing wing near beyond this ; 
two moderate ochreous-brown fasciae about J and f, edged with whitish, 
and irrorated with blackish towards costa, first oblique, its posterior edge 
with a strong prominence below middle, surmounted by a black dot, second 
direct, dilated towards costa ; a black longitudinal mark in disc beyond 
this ; an ochreous-brown apical spot, its angles produced along costa 
and termen ; cilia whitish, with a black subbasal line cut by a series of 
white marks, and two grey lines, on tornus pale greyish. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia light grey. 
Three Sisters (Janse) ; in February, one specimen. 
Polyhymno chionarcha, n. sp. 
<£. 9-11 mm. Head and thorax shining white, shoulders narrowly 
blackish. Palpi white, second joint externally dark fuscous except apex. 
Antennal ciliations of A 1- Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- ochreous. 
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa hardly arched, faintly sinuate in middle, 
apex pointed, subfalcate, termen concave beneath apex, then very obliquely 
