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yellowish-white. Abdomen whitish-yellowish, towards base white. Fore 
wings cleft from near ipiddle, segments rather narrow, acute ; whitish- 
ochreous-yellow, tinged with greyish-ochreous in disk from base to cleft ; 
a cloudy grey mark on base of cleft ; cilia pale ochreous-grey, on costa 
yellow-whitish. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale ochreous-grey. 
Pretoria, in March (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Pterophorus lienigianus, Z. 
Pretoria, in December and March (Janse) ; two fine specimens. This 
species is widely distributed in Europe, India, and Ceylon ; the larva feeds 
on Artemisia vulgaris in Europe, but it may have other food plants. 
Stenoptilia longalis , Walk. 
Woodbush Village, in December (Swierstra). 
Orneqdxdae. 
Orneodes libraria , n. sp. 
Female, 16 mm. Head and thorax white, mixed with grey. Palpi very 
long, porrected, white suffusedly irrorated with fuscous except on upper 
margin and apex of joints, second joint with dense rough projecting scales 
above and at apex beneath, terminal joint short, obliquely ascending. 
Abdomen white, mixed with fuscous. Fore wings whitish, sprinkled with 
grey, basal area and first segment suffusedly irrorated with grey ; a narrow 
fascia at one-fifth indicated by dark fuscous margins, on first segment 
forming a small dark fuscous spot ; a quadrate dark fuscous spot on first 
segment at one-third ; a moderate median fascia of fuscous irroration, 
edged with dark fuscous and then with white, widest on fifth segment, 
divided on first segment into two spots ; a quadrate similar spot on first 
segment at three-quarters ; a narrow similar subterminal fascia, forming 
a single spot on first segment, on third and fourth segments abruptly much 
broader, projecting inwards and suffused with dark fuscous ; a black dot 
at tip of each segment ; cilia grey, with oblique whitish bars on margins 
of markings. Hind wings whitish, sprinkled with fuscous, with dots of 
blackish irroration indicating margins of fasciae ; apical dots and cilia as 
in fore wings. 
Pretoria, in October (Janse) ; one specimen. The dark fuscous 
expansion of subterminal fascia on third and fourth segments is a 
characteristic feature. 
Orneodes spicifera, n. sp. 
Male, 12 mm. Head and thorax white, forehead and patagia sprinkled 
with fuscous. Palpi very long, porrected, white suffusedly irrorated with 
dark fuscous, second joint above with dense rough projecting scales 
diminishing to apex, terminal joint very short, almost concealed in scales 
of second joint. Abdomen white, irregularly mixed with brownish and 
black, segmental margins clear white. Fore wings ochreous-whitish, 
irrorated with grey ; markings irrorated with dark fuscous and edged 
with white ; two small spots on costa near base ; an ill-defined fascia before 
one-third, forming a small distinct spot on costa, towards dorsum dilated 
and strongly white-edged anteriorly; a moderately broad median fascia, 
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