r.i:i. Leucophlebia afra. 



*Lnicnj,lil,:lji'( aj'ni Kiirscli. h^nl. Xiu-hr. xvii. |i. IL'. t. I . f , I ( ^J ) ( ls;il ) ( .\lukui;,'t' : Kassai : Mus. 

 Berlin) : Kirby, Cat. I.rp. Ihl. i. p. 704. n. Ci (Ix'.iL'). 



cj?. Tongue with long rod scales, especially at the tmse. Tlie s]iinules of the 

 abdominal tergites are coufiniul to the edges ; they are ochraceoiis, forming hands ; 

 eiglith tergite not black. Tlie occiput is pale cream-colour, while the frons and 

 palpi are bright rose-colour like the underside of the body. Whereas in lirteata 

 and emittens the mid- and hindtibia have an almost white stripe on the u])perside, 

 they are either all rosy red in aj'ra or have a vestigial yellow stripe. The pectina- 

 tions of the c?-antenija are long, scaled on the upper surface; the ventral outline of 

 the proximal segments is concave in side-view. Forewing with a rounded maize- 

 yellow stigma. R- of hindwing curved, sometimes twice the length of R'*. 



c?. Tenth tergite (PI. XXIV. f. 5) sinuate at end, slightly rounded at the 

 sides ; sternite deeply sinuate, the sinus rounded, the lobes triangular, rounded 

 at the end. Clasper (PI. XXXII. f. 18) broad, with a long dorso-basal process 

 {pd) ; harpe ending distaliy in two points. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilab. Tropical West and East Africa. 



In tlie Tring Museum o <S S from : Old I'alabar ; Upper Congo ; Mnbande 

 (Baekulla), Uganda, 81. iii. '00 (Dr. Ausorge) ; Mpapua, German East Africa 

 (Dr. .Baxter). 



194. Leucophlebia neumanni. 



*Leuc(>phlibia iicumuitiii Rothschild, Nov. ZuoJ,. ix. p. lA^S. u. 11 (lOU'i) (Mus. Tring). 



?. DitTers from aj'ra in the following points: larger, body entirely rosy red, 

 meso-metanotum with a maize-yelluw middle stripe, abdominal tergites also with 

 a few yellow scales, mid- and hindtibia creamy white above as in the Indian s{)ecies. 



Wings, above. Forewing: the mesial streak deeper yellow, less broad 



in ujidtlle, more strongly dentate at R', M' and M-, costal edge very narrowly 

 yellow, stigma present, but smaller than in aj'/a. Hindwing more elongate. 



Vndcrsule: costal and distal margins of both wings red; cross-veins of 

 hindwing straight, R- central, lower angle of cell less acute than in ofra. 



Abdominal tergites dorsally spiuose all over, as in the Indian species. Eighth 

 tergite deeply incised mesialiy, the lobes rouuded. Anterior and lateral edge of 

 vaginal oriiice raised into a rather high ridge, which is slightly sinuate mesialiy. 



Length of forewing : ? , 23 to 24 mm. 



Hub. Gelo R. to Akobo R., Aethiopia, May 1001 (0. Neumann), 2 ? ?. 



LX. PULYPTYCHUS.-Typus: (leidalus. 



.S>/)//ic, Ci-auivr {nnn LimiJ, 17yK).P((/;. Ex„l. i|. ladcx (1777) ; Stoll.. in Ci'auj.. /.--. iynpi.l. (17'.I0) 



F'lbi-., Eiil. S,/fi. iii. 1. p. 35ii ( I7TO). 

 P<)li//)li/rliHs Hiibner, IV;--. beL Srhiiiell. p. 141 (liS:ii!) (partim : l.ypi; : iknUilns). 

 Anrlriaut Walker, Cat. Let. Hrp. li. M. vii, p. 1735 (1856) (tjpe : ai/ilnirki). 

 Siiieriiithus, id. (noii Latraille, 1802), Li^t Lcp. his. B. M. viii. p. 252 (1856). 

 Paiiaaa id., I.e. viii. p. 164 (1856) (partim ; type : aiitomedoii). 

 Zonilia id. {non id., 1856), l.r. xxxi. p. 34 (18lj4). 

 liaskina. id. {nun id.. 1856). /.( . xxxi. p. ;!7 (1864). 



