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Hindwings with 5 approximated to stalk of 6 and 7 towards base ; grey ; 
cilia grey-whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, four specimens. 
CoLEOPHORIDAE. 
Batrachedra heliota, n. sp. . 
£ $. 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax bronzy-ochreous. 
Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings linear-lanceolate, long-pointed, very 
acute ; bronzy-ochreous or yellow-ochreous ; costa slenderly suffused with 
dark fuscous from base to beyond middle : cilia pale yellow-ochreous. 
Hindwings pale greyish ; cilia whitish- ochreous-grey. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, seven specimens. 
Coleophora aphanombra, n. sp. 
$ $. 12-13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Palpi white, 
with a grey lateral streak. Antennae white ringed with fuscous. Fore- 
wings elongate-lanceolate, acute ; white, with some irregularly scattered 
grey scales, especially towards apex ; very faint pale ochreous median 
streak from base to apex, and subdorsal from base to tornus : cilia ochreous- 
white. Hindwings pale greyish ; cilia ochreous-whitish, slightly greyish- 
tinged towards base. 
Pretoria, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in November and March, two speci- 
mens. 
Coleophora intensa, n. sp. 
$, 12-13 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi 
long, pale ochreous, scales of second joint angularly projecting at apex 
beneath, terminal joint as long as second, erect. Abdomen pale whitish- 
ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex very acute ; glossy dark 
slaty-fuscous ; a slender whitish-ochreous streak along costa throughout, 
becoming fulvous posteriorly ; a whitish-ochreous dorsal band, at first 
occupying half of wing, posteriorly narrowed and suffused with fulvous, 
reaching apex, indistinctly streaked with ground colour towards middle : 
cilia whitish-ochreous, suffused with fulvous towards base, and wholly 
round apex. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, suffused with 
grey towards base. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; in January and March, two speci- 
mens. 
Coleophora diffusa , n. sp. 
<£. 11 mm. Head white, tinged with pale ochreous on crown. Palpi 
and antennae white. Thorax white, with a faint pale ochreous dorsal 
streak. Abdomen grey- whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex pro- 
duced, acute ; pale yellow-ochreous ; a moderately broad white streak 
along costa from base to beyond middle, thence slender and suffused to 
apex ; a thick white streak along fold throughout, and a similar streak 
from above this at i to middle of termen ; suffused white streaks on veins 
posteriorly, not quite reaching median streak or margin ; a suffused white 
streak along dorsum from base to tornus : cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings 
light grey ; cilia pale greyish- ochreous. 
Three Sisters (Janse) ; in March, one specimen. 
