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AXIODEfS. By L. B. Prout. 
en>wniaria. 
ttgrypua. 
iiidcquol'is. 
trvtuyi. 
curvaria. 
hi partita. 
inangiilata. 
rujigriaeu. 
fortiiim- 
haia. 
sect ills. 
A. ennomaria Warr. (13 h). Variable, but the only light l)rowii or ochreous Axiodes yet kno-\vn. As 
already noted, it comes near Eupagia ; but inasmuch as it is the 3rd subcostal, not the 5th, which is wanting 
in the A palpus is not typically (thoixgh fairly long) I retain it in the genus to which it was origin¬ 
ally assigned. Tuft on vertex more compact than in most Axiodes. Cape Colony. 
A. agrypna sp. n. (12 c. as ,,acryph(rt'). Wing-sha^xe an exaggeration of that of ennomaria, in that the teeth 
are stronger and a jxronoxmced curve of the distal margin between the 3rd radial and tornus produces a strong 
prominence at the former. Palpixs long and upturned, much \\\ ennomaria. Tuft from vertex very slight; 
fillet and base of antenna white; antenna non-ixectinate for some distance from base, reaching its (shortly) 
pectinate jxart through gradually increasing serrations. Abdomen very robust. Colour warmer and deeper 
(more red) than in any ennomaria, farther distinguished by the straightish, firm postmedian line on both 
wings and especially Ixy the oval dark, white-centred cell-mark of the forexving. This is present also on the 
underside, which has the rest of the markings much weaker than above, the xxostmedian curved, more nearly 
parallel with the termen. Fringes above and beneath dark, distally Avhite between the veins. E. Cape Province; 
Katberg, 4UU0 feet, November 1932 (R. E. Turner), 3 $$ in the British Museum. 
A. inaequalis Prout (12 f) is characterized by the irregular distribution of the grey and rust-brown 
colours of the forewing, as well as by its longitudinal striation. Deelfontein (the type, here figured) and Bloem¬ 
fontein. 
A. irvingi Janse is said to be nearly related to inaequalis, at least as regards the genitalia. Expanse 
4t) mm. Tongue Aveak. ForeAving (xredominantly light grey, AA'ith pale broAA ii suffusion proximally to the sub¬ 
terminal line; the AAdiitish subterminal band not (like the pale area of ina.equ.aJis) continued along the hind- 
margin; antemedian line irregular, defined by black distally, by IxroAvn proximally; an irregular broAA'n post¬ 
median shade-line, highly dentate, running from near apex to hindmargin, more proximally, posteriorly broaden¬ 
ed. HindAving AA'ith a strongly sinuate postmedian line. Bloemfontein, in Jxine, only the type knoAA'n. 
A. curvaria Dewitz (18 a). Larger than inaequalis, the foreAAung diAuded into more e q vi a 1 portions 
Ixy the sinuous longitudinal line; the line of the hindAA'ing considerably more proximally placed. C'ape, only 
the type knoAA'ii to me. 
A. bipartita Warr. (13 i). Grey, the postmedian line still more oblicpxe than in irvingi and not dentate, 
the broAvn shade jjroximal to it shading off iiiAA'ards and foi’AA'ards into the ground-colour; hindAA'ing almost 
unmarked; both AA'ings AA'ith a small cell-dot. Kalk Bay. 
A. inailgulata Warr. (13 i). A rather small and soberly marked s]xecies, Ixut unmistakable on account 
of the extremely acute iiiAA'ard angle of the highly oblique postmedian line at the fold. Cape Colony, the type 
from the NieuAAA'eld Mountains; also from Smithfield, Orange Free State. 
A. rufigrisea Warr. (12 h). Costal margin unusually concave. BroAA'iiish grey, the foreAA'ing typically 
tinged AA'ith rufous proximally to the antemedian, in some s])ecimens AA'ith bluish grey, Ixoth lines crenulate 
or dentate, sharply dentate at fold, cell-dot small; hindAA'ing suffused AA'ith broAA'n, the postmedian indicated 
by its ]xaler edging. (J pectinations — as -Tanse grajxhically says — reaching to “about ten times [diameter of] 
shaft in length and spread in all directions.'’ Cape, the type from Cape Toaaii. 
A. fortilimbata sp. n. (12 f). Pectinations as in rufigrisea. The di*ab-grey ground-colour of the fore¬ 
AA'ing sometimes (type) suffxised Avith taAA'ny-oliAm about the A'eins; ])roximal and distal areas almost entirely 
fuscous; lines indistinct, taAA'ny-olive, sometimes much darkened AA'ith grey, formed of shalloAA' lunules betAA'een 
the veins, the antemedian very oblique (irregularly) from hindmargin to the median A'eins, here A'ery acutely 
angled to become oblique imvard, its anterior part more or less obliterated Ixy an extension of the proximal 
dark area, the postmedian less irregular. HindAA'ing drab, broadly dark-bordered. Underside AA’ith the dark 
borders also moderately aacII develo^xed. Type ^ (AA'ith the borders not qxnte so broad as in the figixred E) Horn 
Springboksfontein, Namaqualand; the second (J, AA'ith a handAA'ritten and xxnfortunately quite illegible locality, 
Septenxber 1885; Ixoth acquired by the British Museum from an old collection. 
A. sectilis sp. n. (13 i) is also characterized by the heavily darkened borders, that of the hindAA'ing still 
broader, of the foreAA’ing above reduced to a narroAA', internqrted subterminal streak. Quite different in its 
grey colour, AA'hite apical mark (smaller than that of dochmohuca), finely AA'hite lines, totally different course 
of postmedian (recalling wa?;pxdffia) and (consequent) characteristic posterior half of median area; in some spe¬ 
cimens (including the type) a AA'hite line on the Ixase of the 1st median A'ein cuts this area into tAA'o. Fringes, 
especially of hindAA'ing, strongly marked Avith AA'hite. Expanse 28—30 mm. Ca]xe Province: Worcester, Sep¬ 
tember—October, 6 1 Matjesfontein, November, 2 (^(J; all AA’ere collected by Mr. R. E. Turner for the 
British Museum. The antennal pectinations of the 5 ' are long, bxit much less extreme and more regular than 
