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posteriorly suffused with whitish. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; light glossy brownish, with a violet tinge, irrorated 
with dark fuscous except towards dorsum anteriorly, dorsal area beneath 
fold whitish-tinged ; a black apical dot : cilia whitish-ochreous, towards 
base sprinkled with dark fuscous, with two dark fuscous posterior shades. 
Hindwings light grev ; cilia ochreous- whitish tinged with grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
Tineola oratrix, n. sp. 
$. 18 mm. Head ochreous- orange. Palpi, antennae, and thorax 
ochreous-white. Abdomen pale yellow- ochreous. Forewings elongate, 
costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; 
ochreous- whitish : cilia concolorous. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia 
ochreous- whitish . 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, one specimen. 
Tinea hyalodes, n. sp. 
cJ. 13-15 mm. Head bright clear yellow. Palpi dark fuscous. 
Antennae ochreous- whitish. Thorax dark purple-fuscous. Abdomen light 
greyish- ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 
apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; light ochreous, 
with strong purple reflections, towards costa and on posterior half of wing 
more or less irrorated with dark purplish-fuscous, especially on margins, 
base narrowly suffused with dark purplish-fuscous ; a more or less developed 
transverse cloudy dark purplish-fuscous spot on end of cell ; cilia purple- 
greyish- ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark purple-fuscous points 
arranged in rows. Hindwings bronzy-grey ; cilia light grey, towards 
base brassy-tinged. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in January, three specimens. 
Tinea megaspila, n. sp. 
cJ $. 9-10 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, apex 
whitish. Antennae grey. Thorax pale greyish- ochreous, patagia suffused 
with blackish. Abdomen grey- whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 
rounded ; pale glossy yellow- ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous ; costa 
towards base rather broadly suffused with blackish ; a blackish spot above 
dorsum near base ; stigmata represented by rather large blackish spots, 
plical obliquely before first discal ; an undefined blackish spot on dorsum 
before plical stigma, and a line of blackish scales thence along dorsum and 
termen to apex ; some small suffused dark fuscous spots on costa towards 
apex : cilia whitish-ochreous, with a grey antemedian shade. Hindwings 
with 5 and 6 stalked ; light grey ; cilia grey- whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December and January, two specimens. 
Picrospora purgata, n. sp. 
12-13 mm. Head whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint 
and apex of second white. Thorax pale whitish-ochreous. Abdomen 
light grey, anal tuft ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; whitish-ochreous ; 
