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distinct transverse ridge, brown at the edges, mesially dividcnl. Clasper (test-fig. 5 

 widely ditfereut from that of ojmatofles, being broad and short, veutrally angalate, 

 apically ronnded with the edges swollen and but feebly chitiuised, apical two-thirds 

 of inner snrface very densely covered with long hair-scales ; from the upper margin 

 near the base projects a very long gradnally tapering process curving distad and 

 downward, being hairy beneath. 



4. Polyptychus molitor spec. nov. 



?. Snbalbus, alis aiiticis corporeqne snbtns pallide hiteis, tibiis tarsisqne 

 pallide ochraceis; alis anticis lineis quatnor transversis fulvo-olivaceis rectis fere 

 parallelis ornatis, apice parum prodacto, margine distali in medio couvexo; posticis 

 dnabns lineis obsolescentibus notatis. 



Long. al. ant. 43 mm. 

 ¥ from Ibi, Benne R., N. Nigeria (H. A. Foy) ; in Mus. Brit. 



Clayish cream-colonr, the sides of the body almost white ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 of a pale ochraceous tone. Palpi small, second segment hardly broader than first, 

 a little lunger than wide (lateral aspect), third segment two-thirds the second in 

 length as well as width, joint slightly open. Antenna prismatic, with long seriateil 

 cilia; the segments dorso-laterally rounded-dilated, therefore the antenna festooned 

 (= inversely crenate) in a dorsal view. Tongue very weak and short. Tibiae 

 spinose, the spines numerons, excepting the npperside of the hindtibia, which bears 

 hardly any spines ; longest spur of hindtibia about two-fifths the length of the first 

 hindtarsal segment. Abdomen above with numerous weak, pale ochraceous spines 

 at the edges of the segments, such spines being also found on the surface of the 

 segments underneath the scaling. 



Forewing pointed, the distal margin concave below the apex and less so in 

 front of the hind angle, being convex from SC' to near M- ; four tawny-olive lines 

 cross the wing from the costal to the hind margins, all narrow, well-defined and 

 straight, only the fourth being very feebly bent outward before the centre, line 1 

 placed proximally and line '2, distally to base of M-, distance between these two 

 lines 5*5 mm. at anterior margin of cell and 3 mm. at hind margin of wing, lines 3 

 and 4 parallel, 3 crossing subcostals at point of origin of SC and reaching hind 

 margin 26 mm. from base, line 4 being 5 mm. distant from line 4 ; distal margin 



washed with fuscous ; on discocellulars an inconspicuous pale dot. Hindwing 



likewise entire, with two very faint parallel lines from abdominal margin forward, 

 disappearing in front, the inner one close to lower angle of cell. 



Underside differs from upper especially in the absence of the two proximal 

 lines on the forewing; the two discal lines are a little more curved than above 

 and also more distal in position ; the distal marginal area not washed with fuscous. 



The lines of the hindwing distinct, the inner one nearly 2 mm. distant from 



cell, more strongly curved costally than the outer one, anal angle slightly washed 

 with fuscous tawny ; extreme edge of both the fore- and hindwing (not the fringes) 

 pale tawny ochraceous ; lower angle of cell of hindwing less produced than in 

 I', falcatus, returns, and allied species. 



5. Marumba juvencus spec. nov. (Text-fig. 6). 



cJ ? ; M. dijrndi Walk. (1656) signaturis similis, antennis setiformibus 

 brevioribus et gracilioribus. Alis anticis angnstioribiis margine distali lougiore, 



