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a band of blackish irroration, terminal joint with two undefined rings of 
blackish irroration. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceo- 
late, apex somewhat produced, very acute, 7 and 8 separate ; yellow- 
ochreons tinged with fulvous, sometimes irrorated with fuscous ; a round 
tuft beneath costa before middle (first discal stigma), obscurely edged 
with ochreous- whitish ; a blackish tuft on fold preceding this (plical stigma), 
followed by more or less blackish irroration towards dorsum ; a large 
raised tuft beyond § (second discal stigma), partially mixed with blackish 
and ochreous-whitish ; some blackish irroration towards apex : cilia 
whitish-ochreous, round costa yellow- ochreous. Hindwings and cilia 
light grey or whitish-grey. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in December and February, two 
specimens. 
Tr achy dor a rliachitis, n. sp. 
. (J. 13-16 mm. Head yellow- whitish. Palpi white, second joint 
suffusedly irrorated with blackish except towards apex, with rough 
spreading apical tuft, terminal joint somewhat sprinkled with grey, with 
two slight projections of loose scales posteriorly. Thorax yellow- whitish, 
patagia dark brown. Abdomen light grey, two basal segments with a 
pale yellowish dorsal patch surrounded by some dark fuscous scales. 
Forewings elongate-lanceolate, acute ; very dark brown, with scattered 
transverse tufts of blackish grey scales tipped with whitish ; a rather 
broad ochreous-whitish stripe, partially tinged with ochreous-yellowish, 
running along dorsum and tornus from base to near apex ; a streak of 
leaden-grey suffusion from of costa to near apex, and sometimes a streak 
in disc anteriorly : cilia ochreous-whitish, towards tornus greyish-tinged, 
on costa dark grey irrorated with whitish. Hindwings grey ; cilia light 
grey ; anterior half of costa with a fringe of very long expansible hairs 
lying beneath forewings. 
Three Sisters (Janse) ; in February and March, two specimens. 
STATHMOPODID AE . 
Pachyrhabda triplecta, n. sp. 
8b 10 mm. Head and thorax whitish-yellowish. Palpi whitish, 
second joint dark fuscous posteriorly except towards apex. Antennae 
whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Posterior legs ochreous-whitish, 
base of tarsal joints dark grey. Forewings very narrowly elongate, long- 
pointed, acute ; . whitish-yellowish, whiter towards costa posteriorly ; 
costal edge blackish on basal third ; a suffused light yellow-brownish 
streak along fold from near base to § of wing, an elongate spot rather 
towards costa in middle of wing, and another in disc about f : cilia whitish- 
yellowish. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in January, one specimen. 
Stathmopoda pomifera , n. sp. 
$. 10—11 mm. Head and thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Palpi 
whitish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Abdomen dark 
grey, beneath white, anal tuft of $ grey mixed with white. Posterior legs 
with whorls of long bristles at origin of spurs and apex of first joint of tarsus. 
