ACAJyinODELTA. — GBAMMODES. 



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tlic Cell about half the length of wing ; vein 3 from well before angle ; 5 fully 

 developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; S approximated to the 

 cell to middle. 



777G. Acantliodelta distriga. 



Acanthodelia distriga, Hmpsn. A. M. N. H. (8) i. p. 487 (1908). 



c? . Head and thorax dull reddish brown ; antennte rufous, the 

 shaft Avhite above ; legs and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing 

 greJ-bro^vn with a cujjreous gloss ; a black poiiit at lower angle of 

 cell ; a Avhitish sti-eak in discal fold from the cell to well before 

 termen ; a whitish streak in submedian fold from middle to well 



Fig. 3. — Acanthodelia distriga, S . 



before termen vAih. a black postmedial point on it ; a terminal series 

 of black pomts. Hmd wing glos.sy grey-brown with a slight waved 

 dark termmal line ; the underside grcA'er with slight dark irroration, 

 a black discoidal point. 



Hab. Cape Coloxt, Table Mt. {Meade-Waldo), 1 6 type. 

 Exj). 40 millim. 



Genus GRAMMODES. 



Type. 



Grammodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 275 (1852) geomctrica. 



Prodotis, John. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eos3. xxsix. p. 622 (1910) stolida. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 

 of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd moderate, oblique ; frons smooth, with 

 tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennre of male ciliated ; thorax 

 clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibia; moderately 

 fringed with hair, the fore tibiaj not spined, the hind tibiai spined to base ; 

 abdomen smoothly scaled and witiiout crests. Fore wing with the apex 

 rounded, tiie termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate; veins 3 and 5 from 

 near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 



