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2 and 3 stalked ; light greyish-ochreous, with some scattered blackish 
scales ; base narrowly black ; two small blackish spots on costa before 
and beyond J ; an irregular suffused blackish blotch on costa beyond 
middle, reaching nearly half across wing, terminated beneath by some 
brown-reddish suffusion, in which is a white dot representing second discal 
stigma ; some blackish strigulae tending to form a subterminal series ; 
a row of black dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia pale 
ochreous, with grey basal . shade and postmedian line. Hindwings pale 
grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, with grey subbasal line, and round apex 
with grey postmedian line. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. Allied to trimenella , 
but immediately separated by the black base of forewings. 
Stenomidae. 
Stenoma dicentra , n. sp. 
$. 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale fuscous, palpi moderate, 
terminal joint as long as second. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly 
straight, little oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 4 and 5 approximated, 7 to apex ; 
pale glossy fuscous ; plical and second discal stigmata rather large, blackish : 
cilia fuscous-whitish. Hindwings and cilia fuscous- whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
H YPONOMEUTID AE . 
Epermenia ochrodesma, n. sp. 
10 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white sprinkled with dark 
fuscous specks. Palpi whitish sprinkled with blackish. Abdomen light 
grey, anal tuft ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa 
slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 
ochreous-white ; costa throughout, and apical third of wing suffused with 
pale grey and sprinkled with black ; basal area more ochreous- tihged, 
with a few scattered dark fuscous specks ; discal stigmata black, first 
very small, second larger ; an ochreous-brown median transverse fascia 
between these, furcate on lower half, each branch terminated by a small 
black dorsal scaletooth, second branch extended on dorsum to tornus ; 
a brownish spot in grey apical area beyond second discal stigma, and a 
small brown apical spot : cilia pale grey, with two blackish lines, base 
sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
Epermenia criticodes, n. sp. 
?. 12 mm. Head white, sprinkled with grey. Palpi whitish-grey 
irrorated with blackish. Thorax white irrorated with grey and on margins 
with blackish. Abdomen grey- whitish. Forewings elongate, very narrow, 
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 
rounded ; pale grey sprinkled with darker ; costa strigulated with blackish 
on anterior half ; base, dorsum, posterior half of costa, a broad median 
fascia, and apical area suffused with dark grey and blackish irroration ; 
a white spot on dorsum towards base, edged with blackish irroration extend- 
ng | across wing ; discal stigmata black, at J and f ; fold and posterior 
