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Abdomen whitish- ochreous, slightly tinged with grey. Forewings lanceolate, 
acute ; pale whitish- ochreous, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous ; a 
patch of dark fuscous suffusion on basal portion of costa ; stigmata suf- 
fused, dark fuscous, plical obliquely before first discal : cilia pale whitish- 
ochreous, towards base spotted with dark fuscous irroration. Hindwings 
and cilia pale whitish- ochreous. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, six specimens. Near 
carinata, but larger, and distinguished by pale whitish-ochreous hindwings 
and cilia. 
Telphusa calathaea, n. sp. 
$. 15 mm. Head and thorax white-brownish. Palpi whitish, 
sprinkled with grey, second joint with basal half dark grey with two black 
bands and a blackish-grey subapical spot, terminal joint with two blackish 
bands. Abdomen grey, segmental margins ochreous- whitish. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; pale brownish, finely whitish-sprinkled, with a few 
scattered blackish scales ; two small confluent black spots on base of 
costa, costal edge blackish thence to antemedian patch ; irregular sub- 
triangular blackish patches on costa before and beyond middle, first 
reaching to beyond fold, second not reaching half across wing ; a raised 
transverse mark of a few blackish scales representing second discal stigma ; 
apical area suffused with grey, mixed with blackish scales, intersected 
by an obscure pale curved shade from j of costa to tornus : cilia grey 
sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings grey, paler and thinly scaled towards 
base ; cilia pale greyish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
Telphusa amphichroma, n. sp. 
$. 13 mm. Head whitish irrorated with grey. Palpi white, second 
joint with basal, median, and apical grey bands irrorated with blackish, 
terminal joint with two rings of blackish irroration. Thorax pale ochreous- 
brownish. Abdomen grey- whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 
slightly arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; grey 
irrorated with whitish ; an ochreous-brownish streak along costa from 
base, on median third becoming an irregular patch reaching half across 
wing, apical third represented by some indefinite brownish suffusion ; a 
blackish-grey patch occupying basal ^ of dorsum and reaching half across 
wing, whence a dark grey streak extends along dorsum to tornus, its 
posterior portion enlarged as an irregular patch to meet costal ochreous- 
brown patch, and terminated by some raised blackish scales ; plical and 
first discal stigmata cloudy, blackish, plical slightly anterior, resting on 
edge of dorsal streak, first discal on edge of costal patch : cilia grey sprinkled 
with whitish, at base with a few bkck scales. Hindwings grey, paler 
and thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia pale grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
Telphusa sematica, n. sp. 
c£. 12 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous irrorated with dark 
fuscous, patagia dark fuscous. Palpi fuscous irregularly irrorated with 
blackish. Abdomen grey, two basal segments ochreous-yellowish. Fore- 
wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 
