ANNALS 
OF 
J’he J'ransvaal Museum. 
9 
Yol. II. NOVEMBER, 1909. No. 1. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF TRANSVAAL MICRO=lEPIDOPTERA. 
By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S. 
The specimens here described are mainly from Pretoria and the 
surrounding district, and were collected by Mr. A. J. T. Janse, 
except where otherwise indicated. I am greatly indebted to 
Mr. Janse for the opportunity of studying this interesting material. 
The types are all in Mr. Janse’s collection. 
PTEROPHORIDAE. 
Trichoptiltjs congrljalis Walk. 
Pretoria, in February. 
Trichoptiltjs vivax, n. sp. (Plate I, fig. 1). 
Male, 15 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-brown. Palpi yellow- 
brownish, towards base suffused with white, second joint suffused 
with dark fuscous beneath a white apical ring, terminal joint dark 
fuscous with tip white. Antennae white, lined with black. (Abdomen 
broken.) Forewings cleft from somewhat before middle, segments 
linear ; ochreous-brownish, costal third and both segments suffused 
with blackish irroration ; a black dot in disk at J, followed by a 
small spot of white suffusion ; strong white bars on first segment at 
i and § of its length, and some white suffusion on second segment 
indicating continuation of these; some wthite scales towards apex 
of both segments; cilia ochreous-brown becoming dark fuscous 
towards tips, white towards base of cleft, on lower margin of first 
segment with two white bars posteriorly, second preceded by a 
slender black scale-projcetion, on upper margin of second segment 
somewhat mixed with white and black posteriorly, on dorsum with 
five small black scale-projections, and patches of white suffusion 
beyond each of these except third. Hindwings cleft firstly from J, 
secondly almost from base; dark fuscous; cilia grey, on dorsum with 
a small well-marked black scale-projection slightly beyond middle 
f of third segment. 
Pretoria, in March; one specimen. 
