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towards dorsum, anterior edge marked with two pale golden-metallic 
spots, upper followed by a large black dot, lower markedly posterior, 
posteriorly edged by a pale golden-metallic entire streak, beyond 
which a streak at first pale yellow and broad but soon becoming 
narrow and white extends along termen to apex; cilia pale grey 
tinged with ochreous, on costa white. Hindwdngs light grey; cilia 
pale grey tinged with ochreous. 
Kranspoort, Pretoria District, in December; one specimen. 
Stagmatophora narcota, n. sp. (Plate VI, fig. 5). 
Female, 18 mm. Head white, with a light pinkish-fuscous stripe 
on crown. Palpi whitish, second joint pale brownish, terminal joint 
with fuscous line internally. Antennae whitish. Thorax light 
pinkish-fuscous, with a white stripe on each side of back. Abdomen 
ochreoijs-whitish. Forewings very narrow, apex slenderly long- 
pointed, acute, termen sinuate ; pinkish-fuscous, lighter posteriorly 
and towards dorsum ; costal edge whitish towards middle; two whitish 
streaks from base to tornus, first along fold, with a black dot beneath 
it in middle of wing, second almost dorsal ; an undefined line of dark 
grey suffusion from disk at J to apex ; a whitish line along termen 
throughout; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged w T ith brownish. Hindwings 
grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 
Albert Mine, Pretoria District, in January; one specimen. 
Stagmatophora tripola, n. sp. (Plate VI, fig. 6). 
Male, 11-12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown tinged with 
red-brownish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with basal and 
median bands, terminal joint with a median band of faint pale red- 
brownish suffusion and a black sub-apical ring. Antennae ochreous- 
whitish dotted with blackish. Thorax red-brownish, partly edged 
with ochreous-whitish. Abdomen blackish-grey, anal tuft ochreous- 
whitish. Forewings very narrow, widest near base, gradually 
narrowed, acute-pointed ; red-brownish ; a line of blackish and whitish 
irroration along fold from base to first fascia ; a slender ochreous- 
whitish almost straight direct transverse fascia at J, on costa enlarged 
and including a black sub-costal dot, anteriorly edged with black in 
disk, posteriorly edged with dark grey irroration which is also 
produced into a short streak above middle ; a narrow grey streak 
irrorated with blackish proceeding from dorsum in middle of wing 
obliquely outwards to costa, thence along costa to f ; a slender 
ochreous-whitish streak along termen, lower half irrorated with dark 
grey, upper half edged posteriorly with blackish, more or less tending 
to be connected in middle with posterior extremity of preceding ; 
cilia light red-brownish, towards tornus suffused with dark grey, at 
apex with two rather indistinct blackish hooks. Hindwings dark 
grey; cilia grey. 
Pretoria, in January and February; two specimens. Allied to 
spodochtha from Ceylon, but differing in details of marking and 
without the dark bands towards apex of antennae. 
Stagmatophora sclerodes, n. sp. (Plate VI, fig. T). 
Male, 8 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi fuscous, anterior edge 
blackish, apex of second joint whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, apical 
fourth white. Thorax blackish-fuscous, posterior extremity ochreous- 
whitish. Abdomen fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings 
