Annals of the Transvaal Mijsetjm. 
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straight, oblique ; light reddish- ochreous-br own, brown, brown-reddish, or 
dark fuscous, variably irrorated with whitish, costal edge more or less 
whitish ; two bright deep yellow dorsal patches, first elongate, reaching 
from base to or near middle, confluent on dorsum with second or in darker 
specimens separated from it by a patch of crimson-purple suffusion, its 
dorsal edge usually brown-reddish or purple towards base, second smaller, 
rounded, sometimes followed by crimson-purple suffusion, in lighter 
specimens the second blotch is surrounded by dark fuscous suffusion ; 
terminal area sometimes suffused with purple : cilia brownish or violet- 
grey, irrorated with dark fuscous. Hindwings in $ without hair pencil, 
grey or rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Pretoria, Barberton, Waterval Onder (Miss S. Viljoen, Janse) ; Pine- 
town, Natal (Leigh) ; from November to February, five specimens. 
Epiphractis crocoplecta, n. sp. 
(£. 15 mm. Head pale yellowish suffused with brown-reddish on 
sides, scales forming a raised tuft between antennae. Palpi pale yellowish 
closely irrorated with dull crimson, second joint towards apex above with 
rough projecting scales, terminal joint g of second, loosely scaled posteriorly. 
Thorax rosy-ochreous, patagia purplish-brown. Abdomen grey, anal 
tuft grey- whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 
pointed, termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; dull crimson-purplish, costal 
edge grey ; a patch of ochreous suffusion along basal J- of dorsum ; an 
inwardly oblique yellow streak from dorsum beyond middle, reaching 
more than half across wing, edged anteriorly with deep ferruginous ; a 
short inwardly oblique slender yellow streak from tornus ; a ferruginous- 
brown transverse dot above apex of this, representing second discal stigma : 
cilia pale ochreous irrorated with crimson-purplish. Hindwings grey, 
paler towards base ; cilia ochreous-grey- whitish. 
Three Sisters (Janse) ; in February, one specimen. 
Trochastica, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue short, slight. 
Antennae f, basal joint moderate, with dense pecten of scales. Labial 
palpi rather short, curved, ascending, second joint loosely rough-scaled 
beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, acute. Maxillary palpi rudi- 
mentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with very long rough hairs. Forewings 
with 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hind- 
wings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia f ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat diverging 
from 4 towards base, 6 absent, transverse vein oblique. 
The affinity of this genus is dubious, depending primarily on the 
identity of the absent vein in hindwings ; if this were 5 (as is possible), the 
genus could be attributed to the Oecophoridae, and the long hairs of posterior 
tibiae favour this ; for the present I prefer to place it here. 
Trochastica albifrenis, n. sp. 
?. 15-17 mm. Head whitish more or less sprinkled with fuscous. 
Palpi fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous, base and apex of terminal joint 
obscurely whitish. Thorax whitish suffusedly irrorated with dark grey. 
Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 
obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; grey irrorated with dark fuscous ; 
