ACANTHODELTA. GEAMMODES. 



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tbe cell about half tbe length of wino; ; vein 3 from well before angle ; 5 fully 

 developed from above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 approximated to the 

 cell to middle. 



7776. Acanthodelta distriga. 



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



(S . Head and thorax dull reddish brown ; antennae rufous, the 

 shaft white above ; legs and abdomen grey-brown. Fore wino- 

 grey-brown with a cupreous gloss ; a black point at lower angle of 

 cell ; a whitish streak in discal fold from the cell to well before 

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



Fig. 3. — Acanthodelta distriga, S • \- 



before termen with a black postmedial point on it ; a terminal series 

 of black points. Hind wing glossy grey-brown with a slight waved 

 dark termmal line ; the underside greyer with slight dark irroration, 

 a black discoidal point. 



Rah. Cape Colony, Table Mt. {Meade-Waldo), 1 6 type. 

 Exp. 40 millim. 



Genus GEAMMODES. ^r 



Type. 



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



Fi-odotis, John. Hor, Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxxix. 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 ; antenna; of male ciliated ; thorax 

 clothed with hair and hair-like scales and without crests ; tibi^ moderately 

 fringed with hair, the fore tibite not spined, the hind tibiae spined to base ; 

 abdomen smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the apex 

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

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



