Annals or the Transvaal Museum. 
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Parathystas, n. g. 
Head smooth ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. Antennae in $ 
simple, basal joint very long, slender, without pecten. Labial palpi very 
long, slender, smooth, recurved, terminal joint as long as second, acute. 
Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae smooth, at apex with a few 
long projecting scales. Forewings with 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings 1 g , narrow-lanceo- 
late, cilia 3 ; 2-5 parallel, 6 and 7 approximated at base. 
Parathystas porphyrantha , n. sp. 
12 mm. Head and thorax dark purplish-bronze (face denuded). 
Palpi whitish-yellowish. Antennae dark grey, apical fourth white. 
Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, acute ; dark bronzy- 
fuscous ; basal and apical patches, and a median fascia of bright coppery- 
purple suffusion ; three small white spots, viz., one almost basal in middle, 
one on fold before and one on costa in middle, and two or three white 
scales above tornus : cilia dark bronzy-fuscous. Hind wings and cilia 
dark fuscous. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. Not in good con- 
dition, but distinct. 
Momphidae. 
Pauroptila, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. 
Antennae basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, 
recurved, second joint thickened with scales, somewhat projecting at apex 
beneath, terminal joint thickened with scales, somewhat shorter than second., 
pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with 
long hairs above. Forewings with tufts of scales ; 2 from angle, 4 absent, 
7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings linear-lanceolate, 
cilia 5 ; 2-5 parallel, 6 and 7 approximated at base. 
Allied to Microcolona. 
Pauroptila g olenitis, n. sp. 
$. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax pale yellowish, shoulders and sides 
of crown brownish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint irrorated with 
dark grey except towards apex, terminal joint with two rings of dark grey 
irroration. Abdomen whitish- ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 
pale yellowish, with some scattered silvery scales, and some veins irregularly 
sprinkled or suffused with light brownish, especially along costa ; small 
undefined spots of blackish irroration on dorsum near base and before 
tornus, and on costa at §, praetornal followed by a small silvery spot ; 
stigmata sometimes indicated by blackish irroration, plical obliquely 
before first discal ; some indistinct dots of blackish irroration on margins 
towards apex : cilia pale greyish-fulvous, on costa pale yellowish. Hind- 
wings and cilia grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, two specimens. 
Microcolona omphalias, n. sp. 
£ $. 10-11 mm. Head amp, thorax ochreous-whitish, spotted with 
brownish- ochreous suffusion. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with 
