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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
rather short, curved, ascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint 
shorter than second, cylindrical, obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Thorax 
with erect posterior crest. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs. Fore- 
wings with 2 from angle, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from 
middle. Hindwings under 1, lanceolate, cilia 1\ ; 3 from angle, 4 and 5 
short-stalked from angulation of transverse vein, 6 and 7 parallel. 
Paralogistis ochrura, n. sp. 
?. 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey- whitish irrorated with 
blackish. Abdomen pale yellow- ochreous, last two segments deeper 
yellow- ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; grey- whitish finely 
irrorated with blackish ; markings formed of coarser black irroration, 
viz., some undefined suffusion towards base of costa, a dot beneath fold 
at an irregular raised transverse mark from dorsum before middle of 
wing reaching somewhat beyond fold, and a round submedian dot above 
tornus : cilia pale greyish- ochreous, towards base mixed with white and 
sprinkled with blackish specks. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish - 
ochreous. 
Donkerhoek (Janse) ; in October, one specimen. 
Scythris psamathota, n. sp. 
c£. 12 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with white. 
Palpi ochreous-whitish. Abdomen grey-whitish, anal tuft whitish- ochreous. 
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, termer) 
somewhat sinuate, extremely oblique ; whitish-ochreous : cilia concolorous. 
Hindwings with 5 absent ; grey ; cilia light grey. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, one specimen. 
Scythris far rata, n. sp. 
cJ. 12-13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 
second joint fuscous except apex. Thorax whitish-ochreous, more or less 
suffused anteriorly with fuscous or dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous. Forewings lanceolate ; whitish-ochreous or greyish-ochreous, 
more or less coarsely sprinkled with dark fuscous, anterior half of costa 
sometimes suffused with dark fuscous ; plical and second discal stigmata 
rather large, dark fuscous, plical connected with dorsum by a slightly 
oblique bar of dark fuscous suffusion : cilia whitish-ochreous, sprinkled 
with dark fuscous towards base. Hindwings with 5 absent ; grey ; cilia 
pale greyish-ochreous. 
Three Sisters (Janse) ; in February and March, four specimens. 
Scythris canispersa, n. sp. 
16 mm. Head and thorax light bronzy-fuscous, somewhat mixed 
with whitish. Palpi white, mixed with dark fuscous externally. Abdomen 
grey, ventral surface suffused with ochreous-whitish except towards base, 
anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, acute ; rather 
light bronzy-fuscous ; some irregular indistinct whitish suffusion towards 
base of dorsum, along fold, and on apical third ; stigmata darker fuscous, 
indistinct, first discal beyond middle, approximated to second, plical very 
obliquely before first discal : cilia ochreous-grey, mixed with white towards 
base. Hndwings with 4 and 5 stalked ; rather dark grey ; cilia ochreous- 
grey. 
Pretoria (Janse) ; in April, one specimen. 
