Si 



absent; socii drooping; anal tube strongly chitinised. 

 ZEdooagus with hooked point at the orifice. Juxta produced 

 in long upturned curved point. 



Ovipositor narrow. Ostium very strong, cup-shaped, 

 with operculum; ductus bursae 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 

 (Geometridce) the signa in the female bursa are also 

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



GENUS 12. Agapete, Hi. TYPE zoegana, L. 



Agapete zoegana L. 31 



Valva curved; sacculus very strong, pointed; transtilla 

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

 at either side of the anal tube. JSdoeagus 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 



alternana, Steph. 31 



Valva very broad; costa thickened; sacculus extended 

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

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

 absent; socii extending in two broad points. Jlldceagus 

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

 Ostium bilobed, in folds; bursa delicate, spined. 



straminea, Haw. W. Mansbridge. 2 1 

 Valva broad, apex incurved; sacculus not thickened; 

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

 /Edreagus pointed. Cornutns a single curved spine. 



Ovipositor long, narrow. Ostium weak; bursa delicate, 

 tcobinate. 



