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Abdomen whitish-grey. Fore wings sub-oblong, costa moderately arched, 
without fold, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, oblique ; whitish- 
ochreous or pale ochreous, with a few scattered blackish specks ; costal 
edge dark fuscous towards base ; a blackish dot in disk at two- thirds, 
and one on dorsum slightly anterior ; cilia whitish- ochreous. Hind wings 
pale whitish-grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 
Haenertsburg, in December (Swierstra) ; three specimens. 
Epichorista ionephela, Meyr. 
Haenertsburg, in December (Swierstra). 
Argyrotoxa hectaea, n. sp. 
Female, 15-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax yellow-ochreous tinged 
with ferruginous. Abdomen grey. Fore wings elongate, slightly dilated, costa 
moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; ochreous- 
yellow ; a transverse ferruginous blotch on costa at one-quarter, reaching 
half across wing ; a transverse series of three or four undefined dots of 
dark fuscous or blackish raised scales crossing wing at two-fifths, but 
these are little marked and sometimes more or less obsolete ; a moderate 
or rather narrow straight ferruginous fascia from middle of costa to dorsum 
before tornus, and a similar fascia from costa near apex running into it 
below middle, sometimes marked with a few dark fuscous scales ; some- 
times one or two slight dots of dark fuscous scales near termen above 
middle * cilia pale ochreous-yeilowish. Hind wings rather dark grey ; 
cilia grey-whitish, with dark grey sub-basal line. 
Pretoria, in November and March (Janse) ; two specimens. 
Cnephasia opsarias, n. sp. 
Male, 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark grey irrorated with 
whitish. Antennal ciliations, one. Abdomen light grey. Fore wings 
elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly 
rounded, oblique ; white, partially tinged with grey, transversely striated 
with grey, costa and termen suffused with grey ; markings dark grey, 
partially edged with black irroration ; a suffused basal fascia ; a moderate 
somewhat curved ante -median fascia, in one specimen broken up into 
costal and dorsal spots and a longitudinal .mark in disk between them, in 
this specimen anterior half of disk somewhat suffused with whitish- 
yellowish ; a rather narrow central fascia from middle of costa to two- 
thirds of dorsum, broadest on costa, obtusely angulated in middle, anterior 
edge with an abrupt narrow projection below middle ; a semi-oval costal 
patch, a small spot on costa beyond it, another at apex, and a roundish 
spot towards termen above middle, sometimes confluent with costal patch ; 
cilia grey sprinkled with whitish, towards base sprinkled with blackish- 
grey, with a blackish-grey median line. Hind wings grey; cilia grey- 
whitish, with a grey line. 
Pretoria, in October (Janse); Woodbush Village, in December 
(Swierstra) ; two specimens. 
Cnephasia captiva, n. sp. 
Male, 10 mm. Head and palpi fulvous-yellow. Antennae grey,, 
ciliations ? one-quarter. Thorax fulvous-yellow, with two leaden-grey 
