Descriptions of some New Geometridce and Pyralididce. 27 



SUB-FAMILY PEOSOPOLOPHIN^. 



AGEAMMODES, gen. nov. 



Forewing : Elongate triangular ; apex prominent ; hind margin 

 oblique ; hardly curved ; hindwing with apex and anal angle 

 rounded ; termen slightly indented beyond cell. 



Palpi porrect, loosely and roughly haired, the segments in- 

 distinct ; tongue present ; forehead smoothly rounded ; antennae of 

 ? simple. 



Neuration : Forewing, cell more than half as long as wing ; disco- 

 cellular vertical, incurved in lower half ; vein 2 at f , 3 shortly 

 before 4 ; radials normal ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from the bend in sub- 

 costal ; 10, 11 stalked ; 10 anastomosing moderately with 8, 9, 

 which separate shortly before costa ; hindwing with costal and 

 subcostal approximated for fully half of cell so closely as to appear 

 to anastomose ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; no radial. 



Type: A. leucograpta, spec. nov. 



12. AGBAMMODES LEUCOGEAPTA, spec. nov. 



Forewing : Olive-brown ; costa at base narrowing to middle white; 

 a white streak along outer half of cell continued shortly towards 

 apex beyond it ; a long streak from base of submedian fold to below 

 vein 3, meeting an oblique streak from apex ; the olive ground 

 darker along the streaks ; fringe olive-grey. 



Hindwing : Whitish grey, darker along termen. 



Underside paler, the white streaks of forewing showing through. 



Face and thorax olive ; abdomen olive-grey ; palpi, pectus, and 

 forelegs fulvous. 



Expanse of wings, 28 mm. 



1 J from Montague Baths, Cape Colony, November, 1902. 



GEN. AXIODES, Warr. 



13. AXIODES KUFIGRISEA, spec. nov. 



Forewing : Dull grey, dusted with darker ; the veins fulvous ; 

 inner and outer lines pale ; the inner acutely angled in cell, then 

 oblique inwards to J of inner margin, and dentate on subcostal vein 

 and submedian fold ; outer line lunulate dentate, from of costa 

 to | of inner margin, strongly indented on submedian fold ; space 

 between the lines suffused with brownish fuscous ; outer line fol- 

 lowed by a dark shade ; black terminal lunules between the veins 



