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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
grey. Forewings sub-oblong, rather narrow, costa gently arched,, 
apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded ; dark purplish-fuscous ; 
stigmata cloudy, blackish, plical beneath first diskal, a similar less 
distinct spot midway between first diskal and base ; a cloudy pale 
ochreous dot on costa at § ; some blackish lunate marks on termen ; 
cilia fuscous, wfith basal spots of pale ochreous suffusion on these 
marks. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia whitish-grey, with grey 
sub-basal shade. 
Warmberg, Zoutpansberg District, in December : one specimen.. 
Ypsolophus tephrodes, n. sp. (Plate VI, fig. 2). 
Female, 17 mm. Head dark grey sprinkled with whitish. Palpi 
dark fuscous, scale of second joint expanded above and in a triangular 
apical tuft beneath, irrorated with white along apex, terminal joint 
white posteriorly. Thorax ochreous-brownish, centrally suffused with 
grey. Abdomen rather dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather 
narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 
ochreous-brownish, more ochreous towards costa anteriorly; costal 
edge blackish towards base ; stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, diskal 
approximated, plical obliquely before first diskal ; posterior portion 
of wing slightly infuscated, with an indistinct curved transverse 
shade of ground colour about J ; cilia ochreous-brownish. Hind- 
wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Warmberg, Zoutpansberg District, in March; one specimen. 
COSMOPTERYGIDAE. 
Cosmopteryx oxyglossa, ii. sp. (Plate YI, fig. 3). 
Male, 10 mm. Head blackish, crown with white central and 
lateral lines. Palpi white, lined with black. Antennae dark grey 
ringed with whitish (imperfect). Thorax black with three white lines. 
Abdomen light bronzy-ochreous. Forewings narrowly lanceolate,, 
apex very slenderly long-produced, caudate ; blackish ; a white sub- 
costal streak from base to near J ; a short white median line beneath 
extremity of this ; a white sub-dorsal line starting at \ and running 
into an acute orange median projection of band ; a broad orange band 
hardly beyond middle, anterior edge marked with two golden-metallic 
spots, upper followed by two or three black scales, low T er somewhat 
posterior, posterior edge also marked with two golden-metallic opposite 
spots preceded by a few black scales, between which is a short orange 
projection, whence a sinuate white line proceeds along termen to 
apex; cilia dark grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 
Pretoria, in December; one specimen. 
Cosmopteryx scaligera, n. sp. (Plate YI, fig. 4). 
Male, 14 mm. Head dark fuscous, crown with white central and 
lateral lines, face whitish-bronzy. Palpi white, lined with black. 
Antennae with basal half white lined with black, apical three joints 
whitish, then four dark fuscous, one white, one dark fuscous, rest 
white with dark fuscous apical rings. Thorax dark fuscous with 
three white! lines. (Abdomen broken.) Forewings narrowly 
lanceolate, apex very slenderly long-produced, caudate ; dark fuscous ; 
costal edge white from l to band ; fine white sub-costal, median, 
and sub-dorsal lines all reaching from base to band; tips pale 
yellowish; a moderate pale ochreous-yellow median band,, narroweff 
