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n4. Axiodes inangulata spec. iiov. 



Forcichuj : i)iil{^ gfy, shailL'tl with darker grey and with an admixture of 

 wliitish grey scales ; costa witli short dark striae ; lines black ; first near base, 

 forming a conical projection outwards on median vein, obsolete below towards inner 

 margin, starting from near base of costa; onter line from costa close before apex, 

 ol>li(|iie inwards and straiglit to vein 4, then sinuous and intiexed to median fold in 

 middle of wing, where it fcirras a very acute angle, and is retracted to three-fourths 

 of inner margin, forming a conical projection on vein 1 ; this line is preceded by a 

 dark olive-brown cloud and finely edged with whitish ; cell-s]iot large, black, lying 

 on the edge of a streak of whitish scales running in from below costa to end 

 of cell, and jiroduoed finely along the cell-fold ; an obscure whitish submarginal 

 line, followed in places by darker shades, and more or less parallel to outer line; 

 marginal line dark brown ; fringe grey. 



IlincliriiK/ : brownish fuscous, with dark cell-spot and pale postmedian line. 



Underside brown-grey, with dark sjieckling ; paler along costa, where the 

 sjieckling is blacker ; marginal dark shades, broader in forewings ; cell-spots black. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; thorax and pectus hairy. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



1 c?, 1 ? (the latter worn) from the foot of the Nieuwveld Mountains, five miles 

 north-west of Beaufort West (Miss Butt). 



65. Axiodes intricata spec.nov. 



Forew/'n// .- piile purplish grey ; the central fascia darker, olive-fuscons, edged 

 with very sinuate black lines ; first line thick, from one-third of costa, angled on 

 median vein, then obliqne inwards, with a smaller angle outwards on vein 1, to 

 one-third of inner margin ; outer line from five-sixths of costa, excurved and lunulate 

 to below vein 5, then rnnning inwards to the origin of vein 2, vertical to '^, forming 

 a rounded jirominence in snbraedian interspace, then oblii|ne inwards to three-fifths 

 of inner margin ; a large black cell-spot ; this fascia is followed by a fine pale line 

 and iin olive-fuscous shade, nniformly carved, except for a small indentation on 

 vein 2, the narrow marginal area and fringe remaining pale grey : all the veins 

 below middle tinged with red. 



Iliiifhciiig : fnscons grey, with black cell-spot and waved dark postmedian line, 

 most conspicuons on inner margin. 



Underside pale grey, darker towards hindmargins ; cell-spots black and distinct ; 

 onter line fine. 



Head, thorax, ;uid abdomen ashy grey. 



Expanse of wings : 'id mm. 



1 ? from the foot of the Nieuwveld Mountains, five miles north-west of 

 Beanfort West (Miss Butt). 



Hindmargin of wings very faintly crenulate. 



60. Axiodes sinuata siiec. nov. 



Forewin;/ : fawn-colour, grey-speckled ; the costa with grey striae, thickened 

 beyond middle; the lines velvety black ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-third 

 of inner margin, forming a wedge-shaped jirojection above and below the median 

 vein, and iirccedtd by a diflhse blackish shade ; outer line sinuous, from five-sixths 



