Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
307 
Waterval Onder, Pretoria (Janse) ; in November and March, two 
specimens. In this species the caudate apex of forewings reaches the 
extreme of development. 
Cosmopteryx callinympha, n. sp. 
5 . 12 mm. Head ochreous-bronzy, crown with white central and 
lateral lines, face whitish. Palpi white lined with dark fuscous. Antennae 
fuscous towards base (broken). Thorax ochreous-bronze with three white 
lines. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Forewings narrowly lanceolate, apex 
slenderly long-produced, caudate ; bronzy- ochreous ; costal and dorsal 
edges white from base to band ; a white subcostal line almost from base 
to band, touching costa anteriorly ; a white median line from base to 
band ; a white subdorsal line from \ to band ; a broad irregular- edged 
orange band extending from before middle to f, containing four golden- 
metallic spots, viz., two dorsal, one subcostal beyond first dorsal, edged 
posteriorly with a black speck, and one costal above second dorsal ; a 
white streak from band along termen to apex : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 
on costa white except towards apex. Hindwings whitish ; cilia pale 
whitish- ochreous . 
Pretoria (Janse) ; in February, one specimen. 
Cosmopteryx ancistraea, n. sp. 
<$. 10 mm. Head bronzy-blackish, crown with white central and 
lateral lines, face white. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antennae 
towards base white lined with black (broken). Thorax bronzy-blackish 
with three fine white lines. Abdomen whitish- ochreous. Forewings 
very narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apex long-produced, caudate ; bronzy- 
blackish ; a silvery-white subcostal line from base, not nearly reaching 
band, inclined downwards posteriorly ; a silvery- white median line from 
base almost to a projection of band ; a white subdorsal line from \ to 
projection of band ; dorsal edge white from base to J of wing ; costal 
edge shortly white before band ; a rather broad light ochreous-yellowish 
median band, somewhat narrowed dorsally, anterior edge marked with 
two golden-metallic spots, upper wholly anterior to lower, followed by a 
black dot, edge forming a projection between these, posterior edge marked 
with two opposite golden-metallic spots, lower preceded by a black speck, 
between these suffusedly projecting and giving rise to a white streak which 
soon becomes terminal and runs to apex : cilia grey-whitish, greyer towards 
apex. Hindwings light grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
Stagmatophora pilana, n. sp. 
cJ. 13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint thickened with 
rather projecting scales beneath towards apex, dark fuscous except towards 
apex, terminal joint with apical blackish. Thorax blackish, with broad 
white dorsal stripe. Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Forewings extremely 
narrowly elongate, long-pointed, acute ; dark purplish-fuscous ; a slender 
irregular white streak along dorsum from base to beyond tornus, posteriorly 
partially suffused with brownish-ochreous, edged above by two raised 
black dots at and middle of wing, second edged anteriorly with white ; 
a short black apical dash, partially edged above with white : cilia pale 
