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Annals of the Transvaal Mtjsetjm. 
Coleophora illustrata, n. sp. 
$. 13-14 mm. Head white, Jcrowm ochreous-tinged. Palpi white, 
second joint with a brownish streak. Antennae white ringed with fuscous. 
Thorax white, with ochreous dorsal streak. Abdomen whitish. Forewings 
elongate-lanceolate, apex somewhat produced, acute ; pale yellow- ochreous ; 
costa and dorsum from base to beyond middle of wing, and all veins marked 
with shining white streaks : cilia ochreous-grey- whitish, round apex and 
costa suffused with white. Hindwings light grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 
Pretoria (Janse) ; in February, three specimens. 
Coleophora ordinaria, n. sp. 
15 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous, sides of head, and patagia 
except shoulders suffused with white. Palpi fuscous, white above. 
Antennae white, ochreous-tinged towards base. Abdomen grey. Fore- 
wings lanceolate, apex acutely produced ; greyish-ochreous ; a white 
streak along costa from base to beyond middle ; a streak of whitish suffusion 
along dorsum from base to beyond middle ; all veins marked with rather 
suffused white streaks : cilia light ochreous-grey, on costa wholly white 
anteriorly and towards tips posteriorly. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Pretoria (Swierstra) ; in November, one specimen. 
Coleophora oxyphaea, n. sp. 
$. 11 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey. Palpi white. Antennae 
grey ringed with white. Abdomen grey. Forewings very narrow, elongate- 
lanceolate, long-pointed, very acute ; pale ochreous-grey, with some 
scattered blackish-grey scales between veins ; veins very indistinctly 
suffused with whitish ; a small irregular blackish dot in disc at f : cilia 
pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 
greyer towards base. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, three specimens. 
Porotica, n. g. 
Head with appressed hairs, side tufts loose ; ocelli absent ; tongue 
developed. Antennae 1> basal joint elongate, with pecten. Labial palpi 
moderately long, slightly curved, porrected, second joint with rough 
spreading tuft of long scales beneath, terminal joint somewhat shorter than 
second, smooth-scaled, acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae 
clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings with 2-5 approximated at 
base, 2 very short, 6 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 
Hindwings f, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 4 absent, transverse vein absent 
between 3 and 5, 5 and 6 stalked. 
Apparently allied to Iriothyrsa. 
Porotica astragalis, n. sp. 
§. 18 mm. Head yellow- whitish. Palpi light ochreous-yellowish, 
towards base suffused with dark fuscous, terminal joint white. Antennae 
grey. Thorax ochreous- whitish, anteriorly mixed with ochreous-yellowish. 
Abdomen whitish-oehreous, two basal segments grey dorsally. Forewings 
elongate-lanceolate, long-pointed, acute ; whitish-oehreous, suffusedly 
streaked longitudinally with light ochreous-yellowish, with a few minute 
scattered black specks ; a small black scale tuft near base in middle, and 
a black dot above it ; two irregular grey blotches suffusedly irrorated 
