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costa arched; termen oblique and well rounded; inner margin gently arched; 
apex sub-acute ; tornus well rounded ; 1 b forked ; 2 from near lower angle ; 
3 from middle distance 2 to 4; 4 from lower angle; 5 from middle of disco- 
cellulars which are erect; a forked veinlet in the cell; 6 from upper angle; 
areole present, long, over frd of vein 6 in length, narrow; 7 and stalk of 8, 9 
from end of areole; 8 and 9 on a stalk of half of 8; 10 from areole at fth the 
areole ; 1 1 from upper median at beyond middle ; 1 2 free. Hind wing triangular ; 
costa slightly incurved at middle; termen roundly and slightly lobed between 
2 and 6; inner margin curved; apex roundly produced; tornus well rounded; 
2 from frd lower median; 3 and 4 from lower angle; 5 from middle of disco- 
cellulars; 6 and 7 stalked for about fth of 6 and from upper angle; 8 curved 
upwards near base, then approximated to upper median at middle, then remote. 
Species belonging to this genus are recorded from India and Africa; two 
species have so far been described from South Africa and may be separated as 
follows : 
1 a. Areole moderate; vertex of head yellowish white; no antemedial line; 
medial line waved; a black discoidal bar; cilia whitish; 34 mm. 
dasychira 
b. Areole long; vertex of head black-brown; antemedial line present, 
double, very much dentate below lower median; medial line ill 
defined, brown; discoidal bar brown, defined by black; cilia brown; 
40-50 mm macrodonta 
Ramesa Macrodonta. 
(PI. V, fig. 23; Pi. X, figs. 8-1 1.) 
Ramesa macrodonta Hmpsn. Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 119, PI. IV, fig. 38 (1909). 
Hab. Uganda; Sierra Leone; S. Rhodesia (Sebakwe). 
Through the courtesy, of Dr L. Peringuey, I have seen two $s of this 
species, both from Sebakwe, collected by D. Dods in Jan. 1902 and in 1901. 
One of these was kindly presented to my collection by the Director. So 
far only $s are known from South Africa and as the specimens were minus 
front legs, I could not study these. The antennae of the $s are not quite 
bipectinated, as Sir George Hampson states, but rather unipectinated, the 
outer branch being reduced to a mere lobe or tooth, as shown in the illus- 
tration. The hind wing also does not show a bar between vein 8 and upper 
median as given in Moths of India, vol. 1. fig. 85, and veins 3 and 4 are from a 
point in my specimen, not remote. The figure given of this species is not very 
representative, unless the £ differs very much from the <j>, which is not stated 
in the description, however. 
Spec. auct. : Ramesa dasychira Hmpsn. A.M.N.H. 6. v. p. 484 (1910). 
Hab. Transvaal (White River). 
Genus POLIENUS. 
(PI. X, figs. 12-17.) 
Polienus Dist. Ins. Transv. iv. p. 93 (1899). 
Type modestus. 
A, $. Proboscis absent; head rather small, bent downwards; eyes naked, 
rounded, rather large; palpi three jointed, somewhat upturned; first joint 
somewhat curved; second joint nearly two times first joint; third joint very 
small, pointed; all joints covered with long hairs; antennae of $ bipectinated 
