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Aral's of the Transvaal Museum. 
whitish streak beneath middle from base to near termen, posteriorly 
tending to be trifurcate on veins ; a suffused whitish line along vein 
lb throughout, another along dorsum to tornus ; cilia grey, with 
slight bronzy gloss. Hindwings with 4 and 5 stalked; dark grey; 
cilia dark grey. 
Pretoria, in April; one specimen “ on Compositae 
ScYTHRIS OCHRANTHA, 11 . sp. (Plate VII, fig. 4). 
Female, 22 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi pale ochreous- 
yellowish, anterior edge of terminal joint fuscous. Antennae blackish. 
Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish. Forewings 
lanceolate, acute ; 6 to close below apex ; pale ochreous, costa more 
yellowish ; cilia light ochreous-yellow. Hindwings f , all veins 
separate; dark grey; cilia light ochreous-yellow. 
Colenso, Natal, in March; one specimen. 
Scythris pelochyta, n. sp. (Plate VII, fig. 5). 
Male, female, 10-12 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 
ochreous. Thorax pale bronzy ochreous. Abdomen light grey. 
Forewings lanceolate, acute; pale bronzy-ochreous, in one specimen 
tinged with grey; cilia concolorous. Hindwings 5 , all veins 
separate; grey; cilia light grey tinged with ochreous. 
Pretoria, in August and November; three specimens. 
OECOPHORIDAE. 
Hypercallia sincera, n. sp. (Plate VII, fig. 6). 
Male, 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax ochreous- 
white; antennal ciliations 4. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Fore- 
wiqgs elongate, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen slightly 
sinuate, rather strongly oblique; ochreous-white; cilia white. Hind- 
wings and cilia ochreous-white. 
Bronkhorst Spruit, Pretoria District, in December; one specimen. 
Depress aria trimenella Wals. 
Pretoria District, in February; one specimen. Forewings with 
2 and 3 stalked. 
Diocosma tricycla, n. sp. (Plate VII, fig. 7). 
Male 21 mm. Head yellowish- white. Palpi whitish, slightly 
crimson-tinged externally, second joint suffused with crimson towards 
apex. Antennae whitish-ochreous, basal joint crimson above with 
apex white. Thorax whitish-yellow, patagia with a crimson stripe 
becoming purplish at apex. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, 
termen very obliquely rounded ; light yellow ; a purplish-grey streak 
along dorsum and termen throughout, continued round apical third 
of costa where its anterior extremity is expanded, towards base of 
dorsum suffused with crimson ; two purple-grey blotches edged with 
deep crimson-ferruginous resting on this streak and reaching § across 
wing, first before middle, somewhat reniform, second beyond middle, 
circular, connected with first in disk ; some grey suffusion towards 
apex ; cilia light grey, on costa and round apex suffused with light 
crimson. Hindwings ochreous-whitish; cilia pale whitish-ochreous; 
