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Silverton, Donkerhoek, Middelburg (Janse) ; in October, three speci- 
mens. Allied to mesacta. 
Gelechia hletrias, n. sp. 
?. 24 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, patagia tinged 
with brown. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint with a few brownish 
scales. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen slightly rounded, very 
oblique ; whitish-ochreous, with a few pale brownish scales, costa tinged 
with light brownish ; two dark grey dots suffused with brown beneath 
costa towards base ; stigmata dark grey suffused with brownish, plical 
rather obliquely before first discal, two additional similar dots placed 
before second discal so as to coalesce with it into a crescentic mark, its 
extremities pointing downwards ; four dark grey dots suffused with brownish 
on costa posteriorly : cilia ochreous- whitish. Hindwings over 1, apex 
obtuse, termen slightly sinuate ; grey-whitish, towards costa somewhat 
greyer ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Middelburg (Janse) ; in October, one specimen. 
Gelechia cophias, n. sp. 
9- 19 mm. Head and thorax whitish-fuscous sprinkled with fuscous. 
Palpi fuscous- whitish, second joint irregularly mixed with dark fuscous, 
terminal joint longer than second, sprinkled with dark fuscous on basal 
half. Abdomen pale greyish- ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; light fuscous 
sprinkled with darker fuscous and black ; base of dorsum pale, surmounted 
by a cloudy spot of fuscous suffusion ; stigmata blackish, discal approxi- 
mated, plical very obliquely before first discal ; some indistinct fuscous 
suffusion running from above discal stigmata to costa before apex : cilia 
fuscous sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings over 1, apex obtuse, termen 
hardly sinuate ; grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, one specimen. 
Gelechia epiphloea, n. sp. 
9 . 22 mm. Head ochreous-whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous. 
Palpi whitish sprinkled with blackish, second joint with basal § dark 
fuscous, terminal joint longer than second, with dark fuscous submedian 
and apical bands. Thorax ochreous-whitish irrorated with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen whitish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Forewings elongate, 
narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 
fuscous irregularly mixed with dark fuscous and ochreous-whitish ; blackish 
spots on costa at base and before f , space between and round these suffused 
with ochreous-whitish ; a suffused blackish spot in disc at 4, and a short 
blackish streak on fold before this ; stigmata blackish, plical rather before 
first discal, first discal followed by a more or less extended ochreous-whitish 
mark ; a blackish spot on costa at f , indistinctly connected with second 
discal stigma, and followed by a rosy-ochreous-whitish spot, whence an 
angulated series of undefined ochreous-whitish dots runs to tornus : cilia 
grey sprinkled with whitish, towards base faintly rosy-tinged, basal half 
sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings 1, apex obtuse, termen not 
sinuate ; grey, somewhat darker posteriorly ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 
greyer towards base. 
