Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Gephyristis, n. g. 
Head roughly tufted above, hairs of face appressed in middle, 
shortly rough on sides; ocelli present; tongue obsolete. Antennae 
I ( ?), in male simple, basal joint moderate. Labial palpi moderate, 
straight, porrected, somewhat loosely scaled, second joint with two 
or three apical bristles, terminal joint shorter than second, hardly 
pointed. Maxillary palpi moderately long, filiform, folded. 
Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings wdth 2 
from angle, 3 absent, 4 absent, 5 out of 6 near base, 7 and 8 out 
of 6, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings f, lanceolate, 
cilia 4; 4 absent, 5 and 6 connate, 7 approximated to 6 at base. A 
development of Tinea , with reduced neuration, like Demohrotis. 
Gephyristis anchiala, n. sp. (Plate VIII, fig. 6). 
Male, 13 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, patagia dark 
fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, terminal joint externally dark 
fuscous. Abdomen grey, apex ochreous-w r hitish. Forewings elongate- 
lanceolate, acute ; dark fuscous ; a rather broad whitish-ochreous 
dorsal stripe from base to apex, finely attenuated and irregular-edged 
posteriorly, with an oblique indentation opposite tornus ; cilia whitish- 
ochreous, on costa dark fuscous. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey 
tinged with ochreous at base. 
Pretoria, in December; one specimen. 
Tinea adamasta, n. sp. (Plate VIII, fig. 7). 
Male, 19-24 mm. Head yellow. Palpi dark fuscous, maxillary 
rather short, three-jointed. Antennae whitish-ochreous, tinged with 
grey towards base. Thorax ligdit yellow, anterior margin dark 
fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa 
moderately arched, apex obtuse, terrnen very obliquely rounded ; 
ochreous-yellow ; costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; cilia ochreous- 
yellow. Hindwings and cilia whitish-ochreous yellowish. 
Kranspoort, Pretoria District, in December ; Camperdown and 
Pinetown, Natal, from January to April (Leigh); six specimens. 
Barbaroscardia fasciata Wals. 
Pretoria District, in October. 
"Mela sin a liochra Meyr. 
Female paler throughout than male, forewmgs pale whitish- 
ochreous, with grey diskal dot; hindwings grey with ochreous- whitish 
cilia ; but a male from Pietersburg is almost as pale with diskal dot 
little marked. 
Melasina agria, n. sp. (Plate VIII, fig. 8). 
Male 15 mm. Head light fuscous, faintly ochreous-tinged. 
Palpi moderate, densely scaled, fuscous. Antennal pectinations 2\. 
Thorax rather dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, 
costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, terrnen obliquely rounded; all 
veins separate ; fuscous, sprinkled with darker ; indications of a line 
•iof dark fuscous scales from f of costa to tornus ; cilia fuscous 
