Annals of tiie Transvaal Museum. 
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Barberton, Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November and January, two 
specimens. 
Brachmia ochrostoma, n. sp. 
$. 13 mm. Head whitish- ochreous, crown tinged with grey pos- 
teriorly. Palpi whitish-ochreous, base dark fuscous, terminal joint and 
apex of second suffused with light grey. Thorax dark ashy-grey. Abdomen 
grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 
termen very obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked ; dark 
ashy-grey, veins and fold suffusedly streaked with black ; plical and first 
discal stigmata indicated by small groups of whitish scales, plical obliquely 
before first discal ; a larger whitish dot on fold near extremity ; a few 
scattered whitish scales on apical part of costa and termen : cilia dark 
ashy-grey. Hindwings and cilia pale grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in January, one specimen. 
Brachmia panther opa, n. sp. 
A $• 12-13 mm. Head ochreous-yellow tinged with fuscous on crown. 
Palpi ochreous-yellow sprinkled with fuscous, terminal joint shorter than 
second. Antennal ciliations in A 1- Thorax dark leaden-grey, somewhat 
sprinkled with light yellowish. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft in A pale 
yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated pos- 
teriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, rather oblique ; 
2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 long-stalked, 7 to apex ; dark ashy-fuscous, slightly 
whitish-sprinkled ; a slight pale ochreous dash beneath costa near base ; 
a pale yellow-ochreous transverse blotch representing plical and first 
discal stigmata, reaching dorsum, more or less brownish-suffused except 
on margins ; a blackish or dark brown spot representing second discal, 
sometimes edged with pale yellow-ochreous ; a triangular suffused pale 
yellow-ochreous spot on costa at f, whence a very fine indistinct angulated 
line of pale ochreous scales runs to tornus : cilia dark fuscous sprinkled 
with whitish, base spotted with pale ochreous. Hindwings rather dark 
grey ; cilia grey, base ochreous-whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, two specimens. Also one in my 
own collection from Pinetown, Natal, in January (Leigh). 
Panicotricha, n. g. 
Head above with long rough spreading hairs, face with appressed 
scales ; ocelli absent, tongue short. Antennae i, basal joint moderate, 
without pecten. Labial palpi very long, slender, curved, ascending, 
second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint almost as long as second, 
acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior 
tibiae clothed with rough hairs above. Forewings with 2 from near angle, 
curved, 2-5 approximated at base, 6 and 8 approximated, 7 absent, 11 
from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen slightly 
sinuate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, transverse vein very 
oblique, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Allied to Autosticha ; the rough scaling of head is quite peculiar. 
Panicotricha prographa, n. sp. 
$. 15 mm. Head whitish. Palpi white, second joint pale brownish- 
ochreous except apex. Thorax ochreous-whitish. Abdomen pale ochreous- 
yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderate arched, 
