NEAXESTIS. 639 



7085. Neaxestis griseata. (Plate CXCI. fig. 4.) 



Neaxestis griseata, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afi-. Mus. ii. p. 316 (1902). 



S. Head and thorax white, the tegulse pinkish at tips, the 

 thorax dorsally suffused with rufous ; abdomen white dorsallj^ 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing rufous irrorated with brown, the 

 costa white to near apex ; antemedial line brown defined on outer 

 side by white, obliquely curved ; a slight brown discoidal bar ; 

 postmedial line brown defined on outer side by a white band, 

 angled outwards below apex to termen, then very oblique and 

 defined on outer side by the brown subterminal line which has 

 some whitish on its outer edge ; cilia with whitish mixed. Hind 

 wing semihyaline white, the termen yellowish. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Umtali (MarsJiaU), 1 c? type. Erji. 

 30 millim. 



7086. Neaxestis acutangula. 



Neaxestis acutangula, Hnipsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. ii. p. 316 (1902). 



Head and thorax ochreous white suff^used with rufous, the head 

 paler ; palpi whitish tinged with brown above ; pectus and legs 

 Avhitish, the fore legs tinged with brown ; abdomen whitish dorsally 

 tinged with brown. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with 

 rufous and irrorated with some dark scales, the costal edge whitish 



Fig. 258. — Neaxestis acutangula, c?. \. 



except towards base ; a yellowish streak in submedian fold ; ante- 

 medial line whitish, acutely angled outwards on median nervure, 

 then oblique ; a black point at lower angle of cell ; postmedial line 

 whitish, very acutely angled outwards to below apex, then very 

 oblique ; cilia rufous. Hind wing semihyaline whitish, the termen 

 and cilia tinged with ochreous brown. 



Hab. Teansvaal, Pretoria {Janse), 1 2 5 Cape Colony, Annshaw 

 {Miss F. Barrett), 1 J, 1 $ type. Exp. S 26, $ 30 millim. 



7087. Neaxestis rhoda. (Plate CXCI. fig. 5.) 



Neaxestis rhoda, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. iii. p. 429 (1905). 



Head and thorax rufous tinged with crimson ; pectus and legs 

 white, the tibiae and tarsi suff'used with rufous and crimson ; 

 abdomen white dorsally suffused with ochreous and brown leaving 



