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d- Tlic two sltMiclcr j.rocossos of tlio tenth teigite form each a inodcratelv 

 curved liook (PI. XXIV. f. (1; side-view). Clasper (PI. XXXII. f. IH) simiatr 

 at tlie ajiex, the sinus continncd jiroxiniad h\ the vestijic of a. slir : proximal jiart 

 of hnrpe very hulky, fillinu- nji I lie greater part of the cavity of tlie clasper, prodnced 

 distally into a ratjier long and slender jirocess which is soniewliat curved at the 

 end. The teeth of the penis-slieatli (PI. XXX. f. 2;")) well developed on one side 

 (left-hand side in fig.), the mesial ones being a little heavier, while the teeih 

 disappear more or less from the other side of the sheath. 



?. Eighth abdominal tergite with two pointed processes at the sides of the 

 mesial sinus, the processes variable in length. Vaginal plate (PI. XVI. f. 14) 

 with a prominent folded and dentate transverse ridge before the vaginal cavitv, 

 the ridge sinuate mesially, laterally joining the broad dentate side-processes, 

 which curve mesiad. 



lla/i. Cape Colony to British East Africa. 



In the Tring ^rnscuni In i^ S\ 4 ? ? from: Natal; Tnveta : Escar]inicnt, British 

 East Africa, February and ^larch I'.ml (W. Doherty). 



/j. P. posticK nhj/s.^iiiie/is. 



'■^Siiiei-iiilhm ah/.^shnriis Lncas, Am,. S,.,-. K,il. Fr. p. COr,. t. 1?.. f. '2 ( 9 ) (18,'i7) (Klarliim :— Mns 



Paris). 

 XniiHiu (ih;/.'<sliilcii, Walker, Lint Lep. lux. li. M. x.xxi. p. 34 (18t)4) (Abyssinia). 

 linfiiiiiii nhi/is.tiiiico, Butler, Trair:. Zonl. 8oi\ Lntid. ix. p. o96. n. (1*^77) (Abjssiniii) : Kirby, Cnt. 



Lep. liel. i. p. 702. n. 8 (1892) (Abyssinin). 

 *iimn-;i,lhnn hiiiiwhi; Oberthiir, Ann. Mnx. Civ. (irnm-n xviii. p. 734. n. H4. t. W. f . 8 ( $ ) (188.'i) 



(Shoa : — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 



<S . Not known. 



?. This se.x differs from that of the preceding subspecies in the lines of the 

 forewing being thinner and better detined, especially those ou the disc. The ridge 

 in front of the vaginal orifice is similar to that oi post, /josfirn, liut less incrassate, 

 with the folds rather sparser. 



We are inclined to regard alM/ssiiiicus as a synonym of post, postica, but more 

 material from Abyssinia must be examined before the two can be put together. 

 For the present it is certainly more opjiortune to keep them apart. Possibly the 

 I^ast African individuals of ^^o«^. ^^lO.s^/W^ may turn out to bo somewhat different in 

 structure from the southern specimens ; here, too, more material is wante<l. 



Ilfib. Abyssinia: Khartum (1 ? in the Paris Museum): Shoa (1 ? in coll. 

 Oberthiir). 



c. F. postica occidcntalis subsp. nov. 



Clanix poMira, Druce, in Moloney, West Afr. Forpslri/ p. 493. n. 9 (1887). 



(? ? . Distal margin of forewing straight in middle in cJ, feebly convex in ?. 

 The black band of the hiudwing entire in most individuals, especially in the ¥ sex. 

 Sexual organs remarkably different from those oi post, postica and abyssinicus. 



cj. The twi;i processes of the tenth tergite closer together than in post, postica, 

 longer, and more strongly curved downwards (PI. XXIV. f. 8, side-view). The 

 clasper is distally divided into a broad venti'al lobe, which is pointed, almost hooked 

 at the end (PI. XXXII. f. 12), and a slender dorsal lobe, which has developed into 

 a strongly chitinised hook curving ventrad, nearly touching with the tip the apex 

 of the ventral lobe ; the harpe is larger than in post, postica ; the distal process 



