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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
Natal, Stellenbosch, October (Brain); 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). 
Veins 8 and 9 are stalked in one forewing, separate in the 
other. 
Ceromitia descripta, n. sp. 
(3 . 14 mm. Head whitish, forehead between antennae grey. 
Palpi short, grey. Antennae whitish ringed grey, simple. Thorax 
whitish, patagia dark fuscous. Fore wings elongate, termen very 
oblique; 8 and 9 stalked; white, irregularly strewn coarse rather 
dark fuscous strigulse; markings rather dark fuscous; a blotch 
along basal fifth of costa : a moderate fascia from before ^ of 
costa to ^ of dorsum; a spot on costa beyond middle, one on 
dorsum slightly anterior, and one in disc beyond these; a moderate 
rather irregular fascia from | of costa to tornus ; some irregular 
spotting towards apex: cilia pale bronzy-greyish, base indistinctly 
spotted whitish. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale bronzy-greyish. 
Traxsvaal, Eustenburg, November (Haines); 1 ex. (Coll. 
Janse). 
Ceromitia rixata, n. sp. 
S . 23 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, forehead and face ochreous- 
yellowish. Palpi very short, whitish-yellowish. Antennae white, 
simple. Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen 
grey, apex yellowish. Forewings elongate, dilated, termen rather 
strongly oblique; veins separate; whitish, costal edge yellowish- 
tinged, towards base dark fuscous; markings dark fuscous; a very 
oblique dash from base of costa ; small spots below middle near 
base and at 1, a subdorsal dot between these; an irregular blotch 
beneath costa at |; a narrow irregular fascia from J- of costa 
to | of dorsum, dilated on dorsum, lower half entire, upper broken 
into two or three irregular spots ; a spot on end of cell, and one 
on tornus; a small spot beneath costa near apex; a marginal 
series of irregular dots round posterior part of costa and termen, 
partially connected on termen: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 
grey; cilia whitish-ochreous. 
8. Ehodesia, Selukwe, December ; 1 ex. (Coll. Janse). Probably 
nearest amjHdchroa , from which it is easily distinguished by grey 
abdomen. 
PEOTOTHEOEIDxE. 
Prototheora monoglossa, n. sp. 
S . 23 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous finely speckled 
whitish. Abdomen brown, segmental margins and anal tuft 
white. Forewings brown, darker towards costa, costal edge dark 
grey; an irregular slightly down-curved dark fuscous streak from 
base to apex, narrower anteriorly : cilia grey, towards base 
somewhat speckled whitish and dark grey. Hindwings and cilia 
