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roundish ferruginous- ochreous spot sprinkled with black in disc at one- 
fifth ; three similar spots representing stigmata, plical slightly before 
first discal, much more irrorated with black than the others ; a similarly 
coloured terminal fascia, broadest towards costa ; some slight irregular 
pale ferruginous-ochreous suffusion scattered elsewhere about disc ; cilia 
white, sprinkled with black points. Hind wings and cilia ochreous- whitish. 
Pretoria, in January (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Brachmia malacogramma , Meyr. 
A second specimen sent by Mr. Janse has vein nine of fore wings out 
of seven near base. 
Brachmia panchlora, n. sp. 
Male, 15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs pale 
yellow- ochreous, antennal cilia tions very short. Fore wings elongate, 
costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; 
two and three stalked, seven and nine stalked, seven to apex, eight absent ; 
pale yellow-oehreous, costa somewhat yellower ; cilia concolorous. Hind 
wings and cilia whitish- ochreous ; six and seven approximated at base. 
Pretoria, in March (Janse) ; one specimen. 
COSMOPTERYGID AE . 
Stathmopoda luminata, n. sp. 
Female, 12 mm. Head whitish-yellowish, collar ferruginous-orange. 
Palpi ochreous- whitish. Thorax ochreous-yellowish, posterior extremity 
ferruginous-orange. Abdomen light grey, each segment with ferruginous 
transverse line. Fore wings elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous-yellow ; mark- 
ings grey, slightly edged with fuscous ; costal edge dark grey towards 
base ; a sub-costal spot near base ; a moderately broad, somewhat oblique 
fascia before middle, connected on dorsum with a triangular patch occupying 
more than apical third of wing, its anterior edge inwardly oblique, confluence 
of these edged above with ferruginous ; cilia pale ochreous-grey, becoming 
whitish-ochreous towards tornus. Hind wings pale grey ; cilia whitish- 
ochreous. 
Pretoria, in December (Janse) ; one specimen. Allied to auriferella, 
but dark anterior fascia differently placed. 
Limnoecia phragmitella, Stt. 
Pretoria, in November (Janse) ; one specimen. Not previously 
recorded from South Africa, but a very wide-ranging insect, though generally 
overlooked on account of the retired habits of the imago ; the larva can 
be found abundantly in the seed-heads of Typha. 
Oecophoridae. 
Hednophora, n. g. 
Head smooth-scaled ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae 
three-quarters, in male simple, basal joint elongate, rather broad, sub-concave 
beneath, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, 
'second joint loosely scaled at apex, terminal joint shorter than second, 
slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, drooping, filiform. Anterior 
tibiae and tarsi short, thickened with scales, posterior tibiae clothed with 
