( 223 ) 



is very l)roafl af base, gradually taperiiii; tn end, eurviiig veutrad and basad, and 

 protruding beyond. the edge of the ventral margin of the cksjior. The sheath of 

 the ]ieuis has the lateral teeth less develojied, while the nnsial ones (the most 

 proximal) are represented by one or two sliort luit rather high earinae. or by 

 earinifiirm teeth. 



?. The eight]) abdominal tergite has, besides tiie two processes shown in 

 fig. l(j (if PI. XVI. some smaller teeth at the edge ; the length of the processes 

 is very variable. Pro.ximal 2>art of vaginal plate (PI. XVI. f. 15) raised into a 

 dentate ridge, whicii is deeply sinuate mesially : laterally tlie ridge joins a dentate 

 process wincli curves inesiad and ends in a point, this conical jirocess jirominent, 

 visible witliont dissection after removal of a few scales. 



llaJi. West Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Congo. 



In the Tring Museum (:i iS, 3 ?? from: Sierra Leone {ti/pe, S): Boi>oto 

 ;iud Vakusn, Upper ( 'ongo (K. Smith), one in July. 



184. Pseudoclanis grandidieri. 



*Ambiil,/.,- ;/ra,i(liilien MabiWe, Bull. Snc. Phihun. (7). iii. p. rX\ n. 8(1879); id., Ann. .Soc. Eiil. 



Ftaiire p. 297 (1870) (S.E. Mad.) ; Saalm.. [.tp. M<uhnj. p. 124. n. -290 (1884) ; Kirby, Col. I., p. 



Hel. i. p. G7(!. n. ,".0 (189-2). 

 *.li,ilmh/.,- xralpri<i Butler, An,,. .][„,/. .V. //. (.o). xiv. p. 407 (1884) (Betsileo :— Mns. Brit.) : KirWy, 



/.c.n. .'51 (1892). 

 r^'-mhu'itirriiilhiia s,ii),in.-i Karsch, K,il. Xarhr. \k\\. p. .'57(1. n. 5 (1900) (West Madag.). 



c??. Tiiongh we have only seen the types oi (iranrUdieri and ivafevHi, we dn 

 not entertain the slightest dotibt that the third name quoted above refers to the 

 same species. Tongue short and weak, scarcely visible between tlie palpi. Palpus 

 long, slender. Tiliiae spinose, hindtibia with iow spines at end ; spurs with long 

 naked ]ioiuts, those of raidtibia almost equal, longer terminal one of hindtibia more 

 tlian lialf the length of the first tarsal segment. Forewing falcate ; S(_"- and \V 

 of iiindwing on a rather long stalk ; ll- = R^, R' nearly twice the length of R'. 



cj. Tenth tergite triangular, curved, simple, apex obtusely pointed, distally 

 snlicarinatc above: tenth sternite (PI. XXIII. f. 18) with two short jiointed 

 processes, ("lasper covered in distal half, outer side, with small, sharply bidentate 

 scales ; harpe (['1. XXXI. f. "22) dilated ventrally, fish-tail shaped at end, the 

 two processes unequal in type of icatersi, equal in another specimen dissected ; 

 eighth tergite with the marginal scales turned inside, forming a crest nr rililinn of 

 scales. Penis-sheatli with a slender pointed process directed proximad. 



? . Not dissected. 



Larly stages not known 



Uah. Madagascar ; Comoro Is. 



In the T?ritis]i Museum, coll. Oberthiir, coll. (irandidier and the Museum at 

 Halle. 



A single c? trom Grande Comore in the collection of ( 'harles (_)l)erthur differs 

 in the forewing being less falcate, and in the black liand of rlie Iiindwing lieiug 

 more proximal and almost separated into vein-spots. 



