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Ifindirinq : jmlev, witli nutov lino only, nml tlmt, indistinct. 



Untlrrsiile of fovowing tinged with greenish towards costa ; cell-spot dark ; 

 enter line thick and dift'ase greenish grey ; the apex dusted with grey. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen nil whitish. 



Expanse of wings : 15mm. 



From the neiiration this must be referred to the snbfamily Geometrinae, where 

 it comes nearest to K. ochrra Warr. and uridida Swinh.; but in the present species 

 the costal and subcostal of the hindwing nnnstomose for nearly the whole length of 

 cell, as in Si/ndromodes. 



2 ? ?,'Niil<heila. R. Atbnra, Feb. 4th and 7th, 1004. 



37. Syndromodes unicolor Warren, Nor. Zool. iv. p. 45 (1807) (S. Africa). 



3 c?(?, 2 ¥ ?, Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 0th, 7th, 1904. 



38. Microloxia ruficornis Warren, Noc. Zool. iv. p. 42 (1897) (Natal). 

 1 cT, 1 ?, Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 5th, Gth, 1904. 



30. Cosymbia marcida spec nov. (PL IV. fig. 28 $). 



Forriciiifi : ochreons with a faint flesh-coloured tint : lines slightly dnrkoi', very 

 fiiini, and often obsolete, parallel to hindmargin ; basal at one-fourth, median at 

 one-half, and outer at three-quarters of inner margin, all becoming evanescent before 

 eosta ; hindmargin and fringe dee]ier, like the lines ; cell-spot white with faintly 

 darker edges. 



Hiiulwiiuj : with costal area pale ; median line only visible, on inner margin. 



Underside ochreons, thickly striated with dull pink; the outer line on both 

 wings curved, pinkish. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs ochreons ; face pale 

 brown. 



Expanse of wings : 20 mm. 



5 (?c?, 8 ? S, Nakheila, R. Atbara, Fcbrnary 5th— Otb, 1004. 



411. Ptychopoda crassisquama spec. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 3(i ?). 



Forrwincf : ochraceous, dusted with purplish grey scales ; the markings of the 

 same tint, formed by rather coarse scales; tliese are a broad antemedian tascia and 

 two waved bands jiostmcdian and submarginal ; some dark irregular scales along 

 hindmargin ; cell-spot small and black ; fringe ochraceous, thickly dusted with grey. 



flim/ifiiH/ : with the base grey ; the space between it and the postmedian band 

 narrow ; cell-spot black. 



Underside dull testaceous, the dark tints showing tlirongh. 



Face and palpi dark brown ; vertex, antennae, and thorax ochraceous ; abdomen 

 ochraceous sjieckled with purplish. 



Expanse of wings : 13 mm, 



1 ?, Nakheila, R. Atbara, February 7th, 1904. 



41. Ptychopoda microptera s])cc. nov. (PI. IV. fig. 37 ?). 



Forc/n'/K/ : stone grey dusted coarsely with dark scales ; costa with a black 

 sjiot just before the middle, from which an obscure dark median line runs oblii|ueiy 



