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part of costa and termen : cilia fuscous. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled 
in cell, veins and margins suffused with dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 
Pretoria (Janse) ; in November, two specimens. 
Trichotaphe physeta , n. sp. 
cJ. 14-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-fuscous, 
second joint of palpi above clothed with long dense expansible scales 
sprinkled with whitish points, terminal joint shorter than second. Abdomen 
dark grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in 
middle, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; dark purplish-fuscous ; 
stigmata indistinct, cloudy, blackish, plical hardly before first discal ; 
indistinct blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia 
grey. Hindwings roughly hairy on dorsal § from base to beyond middle ; 
dark fuscous ; cilia grey. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in December and March, two 
specimens. 
Trichotaphe plumbosa, n. sp. 
-cJ $. 17-18 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen rather dark fuscous. 
Palpi with second joint dark fuscous, scales triangularly expanded above 
and slightly at apex beneath, apical edge whitish, terminal joint whitish, 
anterior edge suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, costa gently arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen 
obliquely rounded ; rather dark slaty-fuscous, with a few scattered black 
scales ; a cloudy dark fuscous transverse dot above fold at f ; stigmata 
cloudy, dark fuscous, plical somewhat obliquely before first discal ; a 
whitish dot on costa at f , whence a very faint pale slightly curved shade 
crosses wing ; some black dots round posterior part of costa and termen : 
cilia grey. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey, darker towards base. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in December and March, two 
specimens. 
Trichotaphe oxygrapha, n. sp. 
(J $. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax purplish-grey, face, sides of 
crown, and shoulders ochreous- whitish. Palpi with second joint dark 
fuscous, scales triangularly expanded above towards apex, apical edge 
white, terminal joint whitish, anterior edge suffused with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen in $ pale greyish-ochreous, in $ grey. Forewings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 
oblique ; dark grey, with slight bluish or purplish tinge ; costal edge 
ochreous- white from base to f , marked at base with a black dot ; a large 
cloudy dark fuscous sometimes transverse dot in disc at ^ ; stigmata 
rather large, cloudy, dark fuscous, plical somewhat obliquely before first 
discal, both these sometimes followed by one or two white scales, second 
discal transverse ; an ochrequs- whitish dot on costa at f , whence a fine 
zigzag line of whitish scales runs to tornus, sometimes hardly traceable; 
a series of blackish dots round apical portion of costa and termen : cilia 
grey, base dotted with whitish suffusion. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 
cilia grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, four specimens. 
