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a curved white transverse streak very near base ; two curved white trans- 
verse streaks about more or less confluent into a fascia ; second discal 
stigma obscure, dark fuscous, partially edged with whitish ; a cloudy 
white streak running from § of costa to tornus, angulated inwards beneath 
costa and outwards in disc : cilia whitish irr orated with grey. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia light grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, two specimens. 
Elachistidae. 
Myrrhinitis , n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae 
f, basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi moderate, rather 
curved, subascending, second joint somewhat loosely scaled beneath 
towards apex, terminal joint half second, hardly pointed. Maxillary 
palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Forewings 
with 2 from angle, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen, 11 from beyond middle. 
Hindwings |, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 5 ; 4 absent, 6 and 7 approximated 
towards base. 
Myrrhinitis sporeuta , n. sp. 
?. 9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white sprinkled with dark fuscous. 
Abdomen pale grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; white, irrorated 
with grey and dark fuscous points ; stigmata very obscurely indicated 
by confluence of these, plical very obliquely before first discal ; apex of 
wing sometimes suffused with grey : cilia whitish sprinkled with dark 
fuscous points, round apex with a dark fuscous apical line. Hindwings 
pale grey ; cilia ochreous- whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, two specimens. 
Elachista chelonitis Meyr. 
] The second joint of palpi a short rough apical tuft of projecting scales 
beneath, not observed in original specimen, in which it must have been 
rubbed ; in all other respects the species is a true Elachista , and need not 
be generically separated. The stigmata form slightly raised tufts. 
Elachista nimbi f era, n. sp. 
(J §. 9 mm. Head and palpi white. Thorax white sprinkled with 
fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; 4 and 8 
present, 6 separate ; white or ochreous- white, more or less closely sprinkled 
with grey or fuscous ; plical and second discal stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, 
in one specimen forming rather large very cloudy fuscous spots : cilia 
whitish, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings with 4 
present, transverse vein distinct ; grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 
Barberton, Waterval Onder (Janse) ; from November to January, 
seven specimens. Peculiar in having 6 of forewings separate, but not 
otherwise differing from Elachista, of which it must be ^regarded as a 
primitive species. 
Mendesia inscia, n. sp. 
7-9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Antennae grey. 
Abdomen whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; 5 absent, 6 separate ; ochreous- 
white ; costal edge dark fuscous towards base : cilia ochreous- white. 
