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long hairs above. Fore wings with slight tnfts of scales on surface; two 
from near angle, seven and eight stalked, seven to costa, eleven from middle. 
Hind wings under one, ovate-lanceolate, cilia two ; three and four connate, 
five to seven nearly parallel. 
Allied, to Cryptolechia. The characters of antennae of male are taken 
from a second species of the genus of which the material is not sufficiently 
good for description. 
Hednophora pyritis , n. sp. 
Female, 14 mm. Head whitish-yellow, with a broad red stripe on crown. 
Palpi yellow-whitish. Antennae whitish-grey. Thorax red, with two 
pale yellow stripes. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Fore wings broad- 
lanceolate, apex produced, acute ; crimson-red, irregularly marked with 
short longitudinal streaks of pale yellow and purple-lilac ; a suffused 
blackish-grey streak mixed with indigo-bluish along costa throughout, 
leaving extreme costal edge whitish, its lower edge with projections reaching 
discal stigmata ; stigmata blackish, plical slightly beyond first discal, 
resting on apex of a triangular blackish-grey bluish-mixed dorsal blotch 
extending on dorsum from one-quarter to four-fifths ; a blackish-grey 
streak mixed with indigo-bluish along termen ; cilia pale ochreous, towards 
base rosy tinged, with a few grey scales. Hind wings and cilia ochreous- 
whitish. 
Haenertsburg, in December (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
SCYTHRIDAE. 
Scythris justified , n. sp. 
Male, 16 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey-ochreous. Palpi whitish, 
terminal joint and upper part of second suffused with grey anteriorly. 
Antennae grey, ciliations three-quarters. Abdomen whitish- ochreous. 
Fore wings elongate-lanceolate, acute ; five present ; greyish-ochreous 
suffused with ochreous-whitish ; plical and second discal stigmata rather 
large, black, widely remote ; cilia whitish-grey-ochreous. Hind wings, 
with four and five stalked ; dark grey ; cilia ochreous-grey. 
Pretoria, in December (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Elachistidae. 
Elachista nymphaea, n. sp. 
Male and female, 8 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Abdomen light 
grey. Fore wings lanceolate ; ochreous-white ; a broad ochreous or ochreous- 
brown fascia beyond middle, narrowed downwards, sprinkled with black 
towards costa anteriorly, and with a large black dot on its anterior edge 
representing plical stigma ; a similarly coloured apical spot connected 
with this fascia by a bar in disc; cilia grey, sprinkled with black points 
towards base, with a black median line. Hind wings rather dark grey ; 
cilia grey. 
Pretoria, in October and February (Janse) ; two specimens. 
Elachista gypsophila , n. sp. 
Male and female, 9-10 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 
ochreous-white, palpi in male suffused with dark grey towards base. Fore 
