Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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Opostega cirrhacma, n. sp. 
Female, 10 mm. Head and thorax white. Abdomen pale greyish- 
ochreous. Fore wings lanceolate, apex caudate ; shining white ; oblique 
fuscous streaks from costa and dorsum beyond middle, costal rather longer 
and suffused with ochreous towards apex ; apical fifth of wing suffused with 
yellow-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous, at apex with a black dot. Hind 
wings and cilia pale grey, slightly yellowish-tinged. 
Woodbush Village, in December (Swierstra) ; one specimen. 
Phyllobrostis calcar ia, n. sp. 
Female, 13 mm. Head pale ochreous-grey tinged with whitish. Palpi 
short. Antennae grey, beneath whitish. Thorax ochreous- whitish. 
Abdomen grey-whitish, with golden- ochreous basal segmental bands. 
Fore wings lanceolate, apex produced, caudate ; five absent, nine connate 
with six ; ochreous-whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. Hind wings linear, 
lanceolate ; three absent, five closely approximated to seven anteriorly, 
six out of seven in middle of wing ; pale grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 
Pretoria, in November (Janse) ; one specimen. 
Phyllobrostis argillosa, n. sp. 
Male, 10 mm. Head and thorax light brownish-ochreous. Palpi very 
short. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen greyish- ochreous. Fore wings lan- 
ceolate, acute ; five present, nine separate ; brownish-ochreous ; costal 
edge dark fuscous towards base ; cilia pale brownish-ochreous. Hind 
wings lanceolate ; three out of two, five out of seven in middle of wing, 
six and seven stalked ; grey ; cilia pale ochreous. 
Kranspoort (N.E. Pretoria District), in December (Janse) ; one 
specimen. 
Bucculatrix frangulella, Goze. 
Pretoria, in October (Janse) ; one specimen, which I am unable to 
distinguish from the typical European form. Possibly the food plant 
(Rhamnus) is planted in gardens. 
Bucculatrix facilis, n. sp. 
Male, 7-8 mm. Head whitish, with some dark fuscous hairs towards 
centre. Thorax whitish, partially suffused with light brownish. Abdomen 
grey, anal tuft whitish. Fore wings lanceolate, acute ; ochreous-white ; 
markings pale brown sprinkled with dark fuscous ; a slender costal streak 
from base to first blotch ; oblique blotches from costa before and beyond 
middle, not reaching half across wing ; an indistinct blotch along dorsum 
from base to near middle ; a blotch on dorsum beyond middle, its anterior 
edge marked with a minute black dot representing plical stigma ; an 
inwardly oblique blotch from termen above tornus, nearly reaching second 
costal blotch, marked above with a strong black dot (second discal stigma) ;; 
a transverse spot just before apex ; cilia whitish, with a few dark fuscous 
points round apex. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Pretoria, in November and December (Janse) ; two specimens. 
Bedellia cathareuta, n. sp. 
Male and female, 9-10 mm. Head white, with a brownish-ochreous 
frontal bar. Antennae pale greyish-ochreous. Thorax white, shoulders 
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