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with an external line of dark fuscous scales. Antennae dark fuscous. 
Thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey, segments with bronzv- 
ochreous basal bands. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 2 and 3 
stalked, 8 absent, 9 out of 7 ; dark purplish-fuscous ; cilia concolorous. 
Hindwings and cilia whitish-grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, two specimens. 
Lecithocera myopa , n. sp. 
11-12 mm. Head dark fuscous, sides of crown broadly ochreous- 
yellowish. Palpi yellow- whitish, second joint with a lateral streak of 
dark fuscous suffusion. Antennae whitish-yellowish, bases of joints some- 
times fuscous. Thorax dark purplish-grey, shoulders broadly whitish- 
ochreous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish- ochreous. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 
2 and 3 short-stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; purplish-grey, irrorated 
with dark fuscous and blackish ; a small whitish- ochreous spot at base 
in middle ; discal stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous : cilia grey, with darker 
median shade. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked or coincident ; rather 
dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, three specimens. 
Lecithocera lucernata, n. sp. 
cJ. 18 mm. Head dark purplish-fuscous, side tufts and sides of face 
orange-yellow. Palpi ochreous-yellow, second joint suffused with rather 
dark fuscous except apex. Antennae ochreous-yellow. Thorax dark 
purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, posteriorly 
rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 
2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked ; bronzy-fuscous irrorated with dark 
purplish-fuscous ; a white discal dot before § : cilia greyish, with darker 
subbasal shade. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey ; cilia greyish. 
Pretoria (Swierstra) ; in November, one specimen. 
Lecithocera pier odor a, n. sp. 
§. 11 mm. Head and antennae whitish-yellowish. Palpi whitish- 
yellowish, second joint tinged with grey on basal f, apex of terminal joint 
dark fuscous anteriorly. Thorax purplish-fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
round-pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; 2 and 3 short-stalked, 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to termen, 9 and 10 connate ; dark purplish-fuscous ; costal 
edge whitish- ochreous from before middle almost to apex ; a transverse 
whitish- ochreous bar in disc at H 1 cilia fuscous, on termen with outer 
half whitish preceded by a blackish-fuscous shade. Hindwings palewhitish- 
ochreous, towards termen and dorsum tinged with grey ; cilia ochreous- 
whitish, with faint grey subbasal line round apex. 
Three Sisters, Barberton (Janse) ; in January and March, two speci- 
mens. 
Lecithocera furnaria , n. sp. 
<$ $. 12-13 mm. Head bronzy-fuscous, sides of crown ochreous- 
whitish. Palpi ochreous- whitish, second joint suffused with dark fuscous 
except apex, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae 
