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Phthoropoea vibrata, n. sp. 
cJ. 13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint infnscated 
towards base. Thorax white, patagia sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen 
whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably 
pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish, strigulated with 
fuscous, strigulae on costa and dorsum more distinct and mixed with dark 
fuscous : stigmata small, dark fuscous, plical very obliquely before first 
discal : cilia whitish, with traces of a median line of fuscous points. Hind- 
wings pale grey ; cilia whitish. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, one specimen. 
Chliarostoma n. g. 
Head rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae f , in 
A very shortly ciliated, basal joint short, without pecten. Labial palpi 
moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint with tuft of rough pro- 
jecting scales towards apex beneath, without bristles, terminal joint shorter 
than second, loosely scaled, pointed. Maxillary palpi moderately long, 
several- jointed, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs 
above. Forewings with 2 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from 
before middle. Hindwings nearly 1, elongate-ovate, cilia £ ; 2-7 separate, 
tolerably parallel. 
Allied to Scardia. 
Chliarostoma r electa, n. sp. 
cJ. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax pale yellow- ochr eons. Palpi 
whitish-ochreous, second joint irrorated with dark fuscous except towards 
apex. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen rounded, rather strongly 
oblique ; light ochreous ; costal edge suffusedly dark fuscous from base to 
near middle ; cilia light ochreous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Barberton (Janse) ; in December, two specimens. 
Amydria caligata, n. sp. 
cJ. 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark fuscous, 
second joint of palpi with several lateral bristles. Abdomen rather dark 
fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex 
obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; second discal 
stigma forming a very obscure darker spot : cilia fuscous mixed with dark 
fuscous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 
Waterval Onder (Janse) ; in November, two specimens. 
Dasyses rugosella Staint. 
Having identified hirsutella Wals., originally described as a Psoricoptera 
and subsequently referred to Scalidomia , I find it to be specifically identical 
with this common Indian species, of which the larva feeds in decayed 
wood. I note that the antennae of A are longer than in $, nearly as long 
as forewings. 
Scardia genitalis , n. sp. 
A- 10-12 mm. Head and palpi pale fulvous-ochreous, tuft of palpi 
long, terminal joint short, whitish, Antennae f, ochreous-whitish, simple. 
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