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tuft, externally fuscous except along apex, terminal joint with 
anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen grey- 
whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 
round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; light fuscous, 
suffusedly mixed throughout with whitish ; veins in disk and two or 
three towards costa posteriorly partially indicated by series of 
scattered blackish scales ; similar series along termen and posterior 
part of costa; cilia ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with fuscous towards 
base. Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish tinged with grey 
towards base. 
Rietfontein No. 57, Pretoria District, in September; one 
specimen. 
Notheis (P) pycnodes, n. sp. (Plate Y, fig. 9). 
Male, 21-22 mm. Head and thorax wdiitish-ochreous tinged with 
brownish, beneath wings with patches of flat expansible scales. 
Palpi whitish-ochreous irregularly mixed and suffused with fuscous, 
second joint with moderate rough rounded tuft beneath, terminal 
joint thickened with scales except on apex. Abdomen whitish- 
ochreous suffused with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 
fuscous ; an indistinct blackish dot beneath costa near base, stigmata 
blackish, partially edged with light greyish-ochreous, plical larger, 
obliquely before first diskal ; costa somewhat suffused with pale 
greyish-ochreous towards middle ; a suffused pale greyish-ochreous 
spot on costa about f, with faint traces of a curved transverse line 
rising from it; cilia light greyish-ochreous suffused with fuscous. 
Hindwings grey, becoming paler and tinged with whitish-ochreous 
towards base ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, with light fuscous sub- 
basal shade. 
Pretoria District, in January; two specimens. The thickening 
of terminal joint of palpi is an unusual character in the genus. 
Teichotaphe claviculata, n. sp. (Plate Y, fig. 10). 
Female, 16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous-grey, face whitish- 
fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, second joint with dense expanded scales 
towards apex above and beneath, extreme apex whitish, terminal 
joint longer than second, whitish except anterior edge. Abdomen 
light fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 
arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique; glossy 
fuscous-grey, sprinkled with black, especially towards margins ; costal 
edge whitish-ochreous on anterior half, with a black basal dot ; a 
slightly curved slender black bar in disk at \ representing plical 
and first diskal stigmata ; a very small whitish-ochreous spot on costa 
at | ; cilia light grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Pretoria; one specimen bred in July. [Only one caterpillar of 
1 in. long, very thin, and of a green colour, was found feeding on 
the leaves of Combretum (A. J. T. J.)] 
Teichotaphe ieonica, n. sp. (Plate YI, fig. 1). 
Male, 15 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous, sides of 
crown whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark, fuscous, second joint much 
thickened with appressed scales, above with expansible scales towards 
apex, apex _ ochreous-whitish, terminal joint longer than second, 
ochreous-whitish towards base. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen 
