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apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; silvery-white, dorsal half 
tinged and sprinkled with pale fuscous ; a moderately broad dark fuscous 
median longitudinal streak from base to apex, lower edge somewhat 
suffused : cilia silvery- whitish. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia grey- 
whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
Dichomeris oleata, n. sp. 
$ $. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with grey. 
Palpi with scales of second joint expanded above towards apex and with 
long triangular tuft beneath, dark grey sprinkled with whitish, terminal 
joint whitish, anterior edge dark fuscous. Abdomen pale grey, sides and 
apex whitish- ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 
arched, faintly sinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 
oblique ; brownish- ochreous, more or less irrorated with fuscous ; costal 
edge dark fuscous at base and more or less suffused with dark fuscous 
towards median third ; sometimes a dark fuscous dot above fold at \ ; 
stigmata dark fuscous, plical slightly before first discal, an additional 
dot close before and above first discal, second discal transverse, sometimes 
connected with dorsum by a transverse patch of fuscous suffusion ; a narrow 
streak of dark fuscous suffusion along termen : cilia ochreous, base indis- 
tinctly dotted with dark fuscous. Hindwings with pecten of hairs on 
lower margin of cell towards base; pale grey; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in December and March, two 
specimens. 
Dichomeris impigra , n. sp. 
$ ?. 15-17 mm. Head grey, sides of crown sometimes pale ochreous. 
Palpi with scales of second joint expanded above and forming a long 
triangular tuft beneath, blackish, irrorated with whitish along apical edge, 
terminal joint white, anterior edge blackish. Thorax pale ochreous, 
sometimes with greyish dorsal suffusion. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly 
straight, oblique ; ochreous, more or less sprinkled with fuscous except 
towards costa anteriorly ; costal edge black towards base ; stigmata 
black, plical rather obliquely before first discal ; a moderate dark grey 
terminal fascia, sprinkled with black, anterior edge slightly convex, suffused 
with black and preceded by a clear ochreous shade : cilia ochreous, on 
termen suffused with grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Barberton (Janse), Haenertsburg (Swierstra) ; in December and 
January, four specimens. I have previously regarded this as a form of 
tephrodes, but now think it distinct. 
Dichomeris xanthodeta, n. sp. 
16-17 mm. Head and thorax lilac-fuscous, face and upper part 
of orbits whitish, sides brownish-orange. Palpi brownish-orange, second 
joint triangularly rough-scaled above and with rather short apical tuft 
beneath, apical edge white sprinkled with fuscous, terminal joint white, 
anterior edge blackish. Abdomen fuscous, sides and apex ochreous- 
yellowish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique, 7 to apex 
