Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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stripes. Abdomen dark grey. Fore wings sub-oblong, costa moderately 
arched, without fold, apex round-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; 
seven to termen ; yellow-fulvous ; costal edge blackish towards base ; a 
leaden-grey triangular patch extending on dorsum from base to two-fifths 
and reaching more than half across wing, and a leaden-grey spot on costa 
at one-fifth, these representing basal patch ; a somewhat curved blackish 
transverse line near beyond these, nearly followed by a somewhat curved 
narrow leaden-grey fascia ; a straight blackish line from a triangular spot 
on middle of costa to three-quarters of dorsum, nearly followed by a straight 
narrow leaden-grey fascia suffusedly edged with blackish scales ; a nearly 
straight leaden-grey fascia from three-quarters of costa to termen above 
tornus ; posterior area beyond this suffused with blackish, enclosing a 
leaden-grey spot on termen beneath apex ; cilia pale fulvous-ochreous, 
towards tornus suffused with grey. Hind wings dark fuscous ; cilia dark 
grey. 
Haenertsburg, in December (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Cnephasia ergastularis, n. sp. 
Male, 14 mm. Head and palpi fulvous-ochreous, crown centrally 
whitish tinged. Antennae grey, ciliations one. Thorax dark grey, mixed 
with ochreous. Abdomen grey. Fore wings elongate, moderate, slightly 
dilated, costa moderately arched, without fold, apex round-pointed, termen 
straight, oblique ; seven to termen ; bronzy-yellow-ochreous ; markings 
dark leaden-grey edged with blackish ; a basal patch with angulated 
outer edge running from one-quarter of costa to one-quarter of dorsum, 
enclosing two spots of ground colour ; a moderate ante-median fascia, 
furcate on dorsum ; a moderate straight fascia from middle of costa to 
three-quarters of dorsum, confluent beneath with a narrower irregular 
fascia near beyond it ; an irregular fascia from five-sixths of costa to 
termen above tornus ; some scattered dark strigulae on termen ; cilia 
ochreous- whitish. Hind wings grey ; cilia grey- whitish, with a grey 
sub-basal shade. 
Haenertsburg, in December (Swierstra) ; one specimen. This and 
the preceding are allied species of peculiar facies, and 1 have no doubt 
that Argyrotoxa tigrina, Wals., which is very similar, belongs here also, 
though I have not seen a specimen. 
Eucosmidae. 
Spilonota conica, n. sp. 
Male, 16-17 mm. Head and thorax dark grey, mixed with whitish. 
Palpi grey. Antennae with notch almost at base of stalk. Abdomen 
grey. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, 
costa slightly arched, with strong fold from base to slightly beyond middle, 
apex obtuse, termen straight, rather oblique ; fuscous suffusedly irrorated 
and strigulated with white ; a large blackish-fuscous patch extending 
along costa from base to three-quarters, slightly whitish-sprinkled and 
strigulated on costa with whitish irroration, its lower edge reaching two- 
thirds across wing and triangularly indented with white suffusion in middle 
of wing, so as to form angular prominences before and beyond this ; an 
