Annals of the Transvaal ••'Museum. 
28 ( .) 
Gelechia fornacaria, n. sp. 
$. 12-14 mm. Head grey irrorated with black, face whitish. 
Palpi whitish densely and suffusedly irrorated with black, second joint 
more or less suffused with white towards middle, with strong rough scales 
beneath. Thorax brown, more or less generally suffused with blackish. 
Abdomen pale greyish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, 
apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; brown ; markings 
dark grey or fuscous irrorated with black; basal third * irregularly and 
suffusedly spotted, and on dorsum wholly suffused with blackish ; middle 
third of dorsum suffused with dark grey; stigmata moderately large, 
black, plical beneath first discal, second discal resting on an irregular dark 
tornal blotch, a triangular costal blotch above this ; some suffused spots 
round posterior part of costa and termen, sometimes suffused into an 
apical patch : cilia grey, round apex irrorated with black and whitish. 
Hindwings 1, apex considerably produced, acute- triangular ; grey, paler 
anteriorly ; cilia light grey, 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, three specimens. 
Gelechia ferax, n. sp. 
c? §. 15-17 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 
whitish, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous, terminal joint somewhat 
shorter than second. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; yellow- ochreous, sometimes suffused with ferruginous 
towards costa and dorsum ; veins streaked with purplish-fuscous suffusion 
sometimes tinged with crimson ; a streak of purplish-fuscous suffusion 
along costa from more or less near base to apex ; a patch of purplish-fuscous 
suffusion along dorsum from about J to tornus, thence continued as a 
slender streak along termen; stigmata minute, black, first discal placed 
higher than second, sometimes obsolete, plical larger, before first discal, 
sometimes additional minute black dots on fold before and beyond plical : 
cilia purplish-grey, on basal half tinged with crimson and sprinkled with 
dark fuscous. Hindwings 1, apex produced, acute ; grey ; cilia light 
ochreous-grey. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Miss Williams, Janse) ; from December to 
March, six specimens. Certainly near opaula, with which it may prove 
identical, but none of the specimens agree with the original type of that 
species, differing from it by the dark costal and dorsal suffusion and 
absence of black dot beneath costa near base, 
Gelechia phoenaula , n. sp. 
c£. 13-14 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint with irregular 
blackish subapical band, terminal joint shorter than second, with blackish 
median band. Thorax pale ochreous, anteriorly suffused with whitish. 
Abdomen grey, becoming whitish-ochreous on basal third. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen faintly 
sinuate, extremely oblique ; deep yellow- ochreous ; a slender white streak 
along costa from near base to f , edged beneath by a few black scales ; 
margins of cell, veins lb and 7-11 marked with thick crimson-grey streaks, 
on lower angle of cell projecting suffusedly to tornus, veins 4-6 marked 
with fine lines ; a black dot beneath fold at £ ; stigmata small, black, 
