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Allied to Gelechia, of which it has the neuration, but the palpi are rather 
like those of Metzneria. 
Parapsectris tholaea , n. sp. 
Female, 17 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, shoulders and a 
central line sprinkled with dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint 
irrorated with dark fuscous at base and on upper half except apex, terminal 
joint with broad supra-median band of dark fuscous irroration. Abdomen 
pale ochreous suffused with grey. Fore wings elongate, ^ rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 
pale ochreous, veins and costa suffusedly streaked with rather dark fuscous 
irroration ; an irregular broad fuscous streak extending along dorsum 
from one-quarter to tornus, where it terminates abruptly in a darker 
transverse spot, surmounted by a blackish dot ; a blackish dot beneath 
costa at base, one on fold almost at base, one on fold at one-fifth, two on 
upper edge of dorsal streak anteriorly, one towards costa at one- third, 
and one in disc before middle ; the "streaks on veins are suffused and more 
or less confluent posteriorly ; cilia fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous 
towards base. Hind wings dark grey ; cilia fuscous. . 
Van der Merwe Station, near Pretoria, in December and March 
(Janse) ; two specimens. | 
Gelechia exstincta , n. sp. 
Female, 14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark ashy-fuscous, 
palpi with two or three whitish scales below middle on median and terminal 
joints. Abdomen bronzy-grey. Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen faintly sinuate, very oblique ; 
six out of seven near base ; dark ashy-fuscous, obscurely streaked with 
blackish irroration on veins ; plical stigma represented by three or four 
ochreous-whitish scales ; cilia dark ashy-grey. Hind wings one, apex 
moderately produced, pointed ; grey ; cilia grey. 
Pretoria, in November (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Thriophora, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales, side tufts loosely spreading ; ocelli present ; 
tongue developed. Antennae with basal joint moderate, without pecten. 
Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint with very long loosely 
spreading tuft of scales beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, 
acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior 
tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Fore wings with two from angle, 
three absent, seven and eight stalked, seven to costa, eleven from middle. 
Hind wings almost one, trapezoidal, termen somewhat sinuate beneath 
apex, cilia one and a quarter ; three and four connate, five somewhat 
approximated, six and seven parallel. 
Allied to the Indian genus Bactylethra. 
Thriophom ovulata, n. sp. 
Female, 12 mm. Head and antennae white. Palpi white, second 
joint with a median patch of blackish irroration. Thorax white, shoulders 
sprinkled with blackish. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings elongate, costa 
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; 
ochreous-white, sprinkled with black points ; a rather large suffused 
