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half of disc obscurely streaked with fuscous ; black dorsal scaleteeth at J, 
middle, and f of wing, dorsum between and beyond these irregularly mixed 
with white : cilia grey, round apex suffused with white and irrorated with 
black. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, one specimen. 
Epermenia proserga , n. sp. 
cJ. 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark fuscous irrorated with 
whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous 
finely irrorated with white and sprinkled with black ; disc irregularly 
marked with undefined spots of ochreous-brown suffusion ; three black 
dots placed in a straight line in disc from J to § ; two small blackish dorsal 
scaleteeth before and beyond middle of wing : cilia grey, round apex 
irrorated with blackish and whitish. Hindwings dark grey, lighter in 
disc and towards base ; cilia grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in January, one specimen. 
Argyresthia pentanoma , n. sp. 
$. 9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white, shoulders narrowly 
fuscous. Antennae ochreous- whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings lanceo- 
late, 7 and 8 separate ; rather dark bronzy-fuscous, marbled with white 
between veins, dorsal half suffused with shining white from base to tornus ; 
five small irregular blackish spots, viz., one beneath fold before J, one in 
disc beyond this, one in disc beyond middle, one on dorsum before this, 
and one above tornus : cilia ochreous- whitish, round apex fuscous with a 
blackish basal line, on costa fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish- 
ochreous. 
Three Sisters (Janse) ; in February, one specimen. 
Argyresthia stilpnota, n. sp. 
cj $. 9-11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white, patagia dark bronzy- 
fuscous. Antennae white ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish- 
fuscous. Forewings lanceolate, 7 and 8 separate ; rather dark bronzy- 
fuscous, sometimes mixed or marbled with white, especially in ; an 
irregular- edged moderately broad shining white dorsal streak from base 
to tornus, attentuated and sometimes sprinkled with- fuscous posteriorly, 
upper edge indented by a dark fuscous spot at J of wing ; a dark fuscous 
oblique transverse bar beyond middle, indenting white dorsal streak but 
not reaching costa or dorsum ; a dark fuscous oblique mark above tornus : 
cilia ochreous- whitish, round apex fuscous-tinged, with blackish-fuscous 
basal line and outer half rather dark fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia 
ochreous-whitish tinged with grey. 
Barberton, Waterval Onder (Janse) ; from November to January, 
four specimens. 
Abacistis, n. g. 
Head loosely rough-scaled, face smooth centrally ; ocelli present ; 
tongue very short. Antennae f, in $ moderately ciliated, basal joint 
rather short, stout, with dense projecting flap of scales. Labial palpi 
rather short, slightly curved, porrected, thickened with loose scales, ter- 
minal joint nearly as long as second, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi 
