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absent; socii drooping; anal tube strongly chitinised. 

 ZESdoaagus with hooked point at the orifice. Juxta produced 

 in long upturned curved point. 



Ovipositor narrow. Ostium very strong, cup-shaped, 

 with operculum; ductus bursaa short; bursa clothed with 

 long spines; signa a patch of pointed apple pips. 



It is interesting to note, that in the parallel case of 

 extreme fusion of the genitalia found in the Acidaliince 

 ( GeometHdce) the signa in the female bursa are also 

 composed of "pip"-like spines (apple pips). 



Genus 12. Agapete, Sb. type zoegana, L. 



Agapete zoegana L. 3—1 



Valva curved; saceulus very strong, pointed; transtilla 

 arched, centrally spined. Uncus absent; socii a small arm 

 at either side of the anal tube. /Eduagus curved, pointed, 

 with long branch from one-third. 



Ovipositor small, narrow. Ostium curiously con- 

 structed, the two sides overlap, forming a slit opening; 

 ductus bursa just thickened; bursa delicate, simple. 



Genus 13. type 



altcrnana, Steph. 3—1 



Valva very broad: costa thickened; saceulus extended 

 nearly to costa, terminating in free tip sel with scales; 

 transtilla broad, bilobed, and set with short spines. Uncus 

 absent; socii extending in two broad points. /Edoeagus 

 pointed, branched, with broad rugose, antler-like shall. 

 Ostium bilobed, in folds: bursa delicate, spined. 



straminea, Saw II '. Mansbridge. 2 — 1 

 Valva broad, apex incurved: saceulus not thickened: 

 transtilla broad, spined. Uncus absent: socii very weak. 

 ZEdceagus pointed. Cornutus a single curved spine. 



Ovipositor long, narrow. Ostium weak; bursa delicate, 

 ecobinate. 



