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Annals or the Transvaal Museum 
Melasina ostracitis, n. sp. 
(J. 16 mm. Head ochreous-brownish, face paler. Palpi moderate, 
brown, infuscated towards base. Antennal pectinations 2. Thorax 
ochr eons- white. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft ochreous- whitish. Fore- 
wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 
ochreous-whitish ; costal edge blackish at base : cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Hind wings light grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Noordkaap (Jeffery) ; in January, one specimen. 
Melasina animosa, n. sp. 
<J. 22 mm. Head yellowish-white. Palpi short, ochreous-whitish. 
Antennal pectinations 7. Thorax whitish, anterior margin suffused with 
grey. Abdomen pale whitish- ochreous. Forewings moderate, rather 
dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 
rather oblique ; 7 and 8 long-stalked ; white, posterior half of costa tinged 
with ochreous-yellowish ; costal edge blackish towards base ; stigmata 
moderately large, black, plical slightly beyond first discal ; a black dot 
in middle of disc between stigmata, and about twenty small irregularly 
scattered black dots towards margins : cilia yellow-whitish. Hindwings 
and cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Pretoria (Swierstra) ; in November, one specimen. According to 
description stupea Wall, should be rather similar to this, but has the head 
ferruginous, dots fuscous, stigmata not mentioned. 
Ptisanora, n. g. 
Head with appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae 
f, in moderately ciliated, basal joint stout, with dense anterior pecten of 
scales. Labial palpi very short, drooping, densely scaled, somewhat 
pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with long 
hairs above. Forewings with 2 from angle, 7 to apex, 11 from middle, 
secondary cell well-defined. Hindwings f , elongate-ovate, cilia 1 ; 2-7 
separate, nearly parallel. 
Allied to Melasina. 
Ptisanora trivialis, n. sp. 
$. 12-13 mm. Head whitish-ochreous or ochreous-whitish. Palpi 
whitish. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax ochreous-whitish, more or less 
sprinkled or tinged with brownish, especially anteriorly. Abdomen pale 
greyish-ochreous. Forewings- elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 
obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with 
brownish, in one specimen much mixed irregularly with fuscous and dark 
fuscous : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, sometimes sprinkled with brownish 
or fuscous towards base, in the dark specimen suffused with greyish towards 
tips. Hindwings grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish or pale whitish-ochreous. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, six specimens. 
Phthoropoea Wals. 
I am not acquainted with the type of Walsingham’s genus, but the 
following species agrees with his generic description ; it appears to be 
allied to Scardia. Antennae almost 1, basal joint with pecten. 
