Annals or the Transvaal Museum 
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Trichotaphe rubidula, n. sp. 
?. 17 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi with second joint 
dark fuscous, scales triangularly expanded above and somewhat at apex 
beneath, apical edge whitish, terminal joint whitish, anterior edge irrorated 
with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique, 
7 to apex ; fuscous sprinkled with reddish-brown, with a few black scales ; 
costal edge whitish- ochreous from near base to beyond middle ; stigmata 
dark fuscous, plical beneath first discal ; an indistinct pale greyish-ochreous 
nearly straight transverse shade at f , slightly indented above middle : 
cilia fuscous tinged with purple-reddish. Hindwings grey ; cilia light 
grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in January, one specimen. 
Dichomeris antizyga, n. sp. 
cf. 13-14 mm. Head light grey irrorated with whitish, sides of crown 
light yellowish. Palpi with second joint dark grey sprinkled with whitish, 
scales triangularly expanded towards apex above and forming a long 
projecting tuft beneath, terminal joint whitish, anterior edge blackish. 
Thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 
grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, 
termen very obliquely rounded ; yellow-ochreous ; base of costa dark 
fuscous ; a small blackish dot in disc at stigmata moderate, black, 
plical slightly beyond first discal, second discal connected with dorsum 
by some pale greyish suffusion ; a short blackish-grey streak from apex 
along upper part of termen : cilia ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings light 
grey ; cilia whitish- ochreous slightly tinged with grey. 
Barberton, Pretoria (Janse) ; in January and April, two specimens. 
Dichomeris metrodes Meyr. 
Moorddrift (Swierstra) ; in October, one specimen. Occurs also in 
India and Ceylon, but not previously recorded from Africa. 
Dichomeris cotifera, n. sp. 
S. 15 mm. Head grey, sides of crown whitish-ochreous, face white. 
Palpi with second joint dark fuscous, with scales triangularly dilated above 
and forming a moderate projecting tuft beneath, apical edge whitish, 
terminal joint whitish, anterior edge blackish. Thorax pale ochreous, 
with grey dorsal stripe, shoulders dark grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings 
elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen hardly 
rounded, oblique ; light ochreous-yellowish ; costal edge suffused with 
dark grey from base to § ; a dark purplish-grey dorsal band from base to 
termen, streaked with blackish on veins, occupying about half of wing, 
broadest posteriorly and reaching apex, upper portion suffused with dark 
brown towards base and posteriorly, upper edge forming a triangular 
projection before middle of wing, beyond this with an excision containing 
a spot of brown suffusion ; some scattered black scales and brownish 
suffusion on veins on costal half of wing posteriorly ' cilia light ochreous- 
yellowish, on tornus tinged with grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
