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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
Bucculatrix lenis, n. sp. 
<J $. 6-7 mm. Head and thorax whitish, crown sometimes centrally 
suffused with brown. Antennae and abdomen light grey. Forewings 
elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous- white ; a raised black dot on fold before 
middle of wing ; a triangular spot of grey suffusion with a few black scales 
on costa beyond middle, more or less extended as a slender streak along 
costa towards base, sometimes reaching it ; an indistinct spot of grey 
suffusion with a few black scales on termen above tornus, sometimes nearly 
obsolete : cilia ochreous- whitish, on termen irrorated with black towards 
base. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Barberton, Three Sisters, Waterval Onder (Janse) ; from November 
to March, seven specimens. 
Bucculatrix dulcis, n. sp. 
cJ $. 6-7 mm. Head whitish variably tinged with ochreous and 
sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous- whitish 
ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax whitish mixed with yellow- ochreous 
and sprinkled with dark fuscous specks. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings 
elongate-lanceolate ; whitish, sprinkled throughout with fine dark fuscous 
specks; four oblique ochreous patches from costa, third irrorated with 
black towards costa and extended as an oblique ochreous fascia to tornus ; 
some undefined ochreous suffusion along fold and dorsum ; a raised black 
dot on fold before middle of wing, followed by an ochreous spot ; an 
undefined black dot or group of scales above tornus : cilia ochreous-whitish, 
on basal half more ochreous-tinged and sprinkled with black specks, round 
apex with a fine black median line. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Barberton, Three Sisters (Janse) ; from December to March, eleven 
specimens. 
Opogona trophis , n. sp. 
$ $. 14-18 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish-ochreous, 
palpi partially suffused with dark fuscous above, shoulders narrowly dark 
purple-fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceo- 
late, apex somewhat produced, very acute ; whitish-ochreous ; an ill- 
defined dark purple-fuscous patch extending along costa from base to f, 
reaching about half across wing, narrowed towards base ; sometimes a 
suffused dark fuscous mark along dorsum towards base ; an irregular ill- 
defined dark purplish-fuscous streak from before tornus along termen 
more or less nearly to apex : cilia whitish-ochreous, more or less sprinkled 
with grey towards base, at apex with a greyish bar. Hindwings pale grey ; 
cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, four specimens. 
Hieroxestis pileigera, n. sp. 
$. 12-13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown dark fuscous. Palpi 
rather dark fuscous. Antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax pale greyish- 
ochreous, becoming fuscous anteriorly. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Fore- 
wings lanceolate ; pale ochreous, with prismatic reflections, slightly sprinkled 
with fuscous, especially towards apex : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 
brassy-grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in January, two specimens. 
