( 4&2 ) 



Ex]iansp of wings : 26 mm. to 28 mm. *■ '-" 



A long .series ofliotli sexes (lom the EsciU|iincii(. I'.rilisl] Kast Afri.ii. .laiiuiirv— 

 A] nil 1901 (Doherty). 



Hiiidmargin of forewings entire; of liintlwings witli two teeth, at veiii^ 1 and T. 

 Antennae in both sexes with short elose clavate teeth. 



Allied to E. Uiinedfii ^\'arr. from Natal. 



Heteroplema gpn. nov. 



Forewhif/s: short and broad; costa arelied at base, convex before apex; hind- 

 margin exeised between veins 7 and 4, then oblique and straight; anal angle 

 well marked; inner margin straight. 



Jliiitlwhif/s: with costa entire; hindmargin in ? toothed at veins 4, (!, 7, 

 curved from 4 to anal angle; in c? blunt toothed at 7, curved below; inner margin 

 in c^ with a furrow and fold containing pencil of hair, as in Dirades. 



Antennae in both sexes subserrate, pubescent ; palpi ]iorrect. short ; tongue and 

 frenulum present. 



Neuration as in Epijdemii, but 10 stalked with 8, 9 ; in hindwings the radial is 

 from abo\e the middle of disco^ellular, and vein 2 from near base. 



Type : Heteroplema dependeoia sp. nov. 



10. Heteroplema dependens sp. nov. 



Forewings : dull brownish grey or purplish grey, freckled with darker ; a 

 central darker band, sometimes edged with ferruginous or ochreous; the inner edge 

 indented or incurved at middle, the outer slightly angled at veins 6 and 4 ; a dark 

 crescent-sha})ed blotch on hindmargin fi-om vein 7 to 3, its edge bilobed above, 

 purplish black, or dark brown, or ferruginous; fringe pale, chequered with brown 

 above and below the excision. There are sometimes traces of a dark submarginal 

 cloud. 



Hindivings : with the central band pear-shaped, the outer edge from middle of 

 costa to vein 4, below which the markings are effaced, in the c^ ; curved round into 

 hindmargin above anal angle in the ? ; a dark lunular marginal line before the 

 teeth in the ? ; fringe dark gi'ey. 



I'nderside cinereous, flecked with darker. Face and palpi lilack; vertex, thorax, 

 and abdomen concolorous with wings. 



Expanse of wings : cT 32 mm. ; ? 32 — 36 mm. 



Ten dS, eight ? ?. from the Escarpment. British East Africa. March 1901 

 (Doherty). 



Family GEOMETRIDAE. 



Subfamily I'SEUDOTERPNIN AE. 



11- Pingasa decristata sp. nov. 



Foreuwngs: white, tbickly covered with pale yellow-green scales, thickened and 



becoming grey-green along costa; the usual inner line and the linear cell-mark 



deeper green, indi.stinctly marked ; outer line blackish green, the teeth reddish ; pale 



submarginal line very foint; the sjiace between it and the outer line varie<l with 



reddish scales; fringe whitish; the marginal dots greeinsh, but very indistinct. 



I/I(iilwiiigs : with the hair tufts pale; the reddish tints on outer line and the 

 s^jace beyond more conspicuous. 



