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with white points or partially suffused with ochreous-whitish, especially 
towards dorsum anteriorly ; two spots of black suffusion beneath costa 
near base, alternating with whitish suffusion ; an ochreous-yellow oblique 
irregular streak from costa before middle, reaching half across wing, and 
an ochreous-yellow dorsal spot opposite its apex, these margined anteriorly 
by a curved transverse streak of blackish suffusion which also fills the 
space between them ; an ochreous-yellow transverse spot in disc at three- 
quarters, connected with costa by a spot of dark fuscous suffusion, and 
with a smaller dark fuscous spot adjacent beneath ; a small white spot 
on costa beyond this, whence a curved ochreous-yellowish streak runs 
near margin round costa and apex ; apical and terminal edge whitish, 
with several dark fuscous dots ; cilia fuscous, with blackish sub-basal line 
round apex, and several rows of white points. Hind wings grey ; cilia 
light grey, base whitish-ochreous. 
Pretoria, in October and February (Janse) ; two specimens. 
Epithectis ochrocosma , n. sp. 
Male, 14 mm. Head ochreous- white. Palpi white, second joint with 
a broad ochreous band irrorated with blackish, terminal joint somewhat 
thickened with scales, with blackish supra-median band and sub-basal 
ring. Antennal ciliations one-quarter. Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders 
somewhat sprinkled with grey. Abdomen whitish-grey-ochreous, two 
basal segments dorsally suffused with yellow-ochreous. Fore wings elongate, 
rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with white ; three light 
reddish-ochreous longitudinal streaks from base to about one-third, upper 
receiving an oblique white strigula from costa ; three white longitudinal 
streaks between and beyond these below middle of wing ; discal stigmata 
black edged with light reddish-ochreous, connected by a white line along 
upper margin of cell, plical hardly indicated, second discal connected with 
dorsum by a blackish spot edged with light reddish-ochreous ; posterior 
area streaked with pale reddish-ochreous on veins and along termen ; a 
series of very undefined blackish dots along posterior part of costa and 
termen ; cilia pale brownish irrorated with dark fuscous, with two dark 
fuscous lines. Hind wings grey ; cilia light grey. 
Moorddrift, in October (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Pcimpsectris, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 
Antennae four-fifths, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi 
very long, recurved, second joint thickened with dense scales, laterally 
compressed, somewhat rough beneath and finely furrowed, above with 
rather rough scales towards apex, terminal joint shorter than second, 
considerably thickened with scales, pointed. Maxillary palpi very short, 
filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Fore 
wings with two from angle, six out of seven near base, seven and eight 
stalked, seven to costa, eleven from middle. Hind wings over one, trape- 
zoidal, apex pointed, termen obliquely sinuate beneath apex, cilia one ; 
three and four connate, five somewhat approximated, six and seven 
stalked. 
