r 241 ) 



?. Aiiti'iiiial segments Ic-s deeiily grooved (liau in friliiii'afiis. The eiglith 

 toigite of the aljdomen (PI. XVII I. f. (i) trilobate, the middle lobe, however, 

 very siiort, al! three strongly rouudcd. The vaginal plate (PI. XVIII. f. 2) very 

 remarkably different from tiiat oi trilineatus ; the orifice is postmedian ( V) ; before 

 it the plate is convex, raised at the orifice into a thick, rather glossy ridge, which 

 is convex mesialiy, forming a short mesial lobe ; this ridge is visible without 

 dissection after tiie removal of the scales at the edge of seventh sternite ; the 

 posivaginal plate {prp) is not strongly chitinised, sunken, triangular. 



Larva and j)npa mentioned by Hearsey and Forsayeth, l.l.c.c, not sufficiently 

 described. — Food-])lant : " Lasora" or " Gandi" trees ; Cordia sebiatcna. 



Pupa (in Brit. Mus. from Mhow) glossy ; tongue-case shorter than foreleg ; 

 abdominal segments 2 to 7 with a transverse lateral sulcus at the base, the last 

 tliree sulci with a series of deep round punctures ; cremaster rather smooth, bifid. 



Hah. C'eylon and South India, as far north as Karachi and Calcutta. 



In the Tring Museum 1 c?, 4 ? ? from: Deesa ; Karachi ; Calcutta. 



l'.»7. Polyptychus grayi. 



*Siiifniilhn^ l/nn/i Walker, Li. ■< I Lrp. Ins. />'. .1/. viii. p. 24'.l. n. II (IS.Oli) (Natal ;— Mus. Brit.); 



Boisd., Spec. Gen. Up. Hel. i. p. 26. n. 13 (1875) (Natal). 

 P(ih//jli/c/iii^ ;/rai//, Butler, Trans. Z'kiL Soc. Land. ix. p. 584. u. 4 (1877) (Natal) ; Kirby, Cat. Lej>. 

 ' liet. i. p. 705. n. 3 (1892) (Natal). 



(J?. Tongue reduced to two tubercles (PI. LXII. f. 1). IJrisfles of pilifer 

 ]iartly replaced by hair-scales. Joint between segments 1 and 2 of i)alpus o])en. 

 Antennal segments sub-andvomorphic, the grooves mucli shallower than in the 

 two Indian species. Spurs of mid- and hindtibia not spiuose. Distal margin of 

 forewing irregularly scalloped, similar in the sexes ; li- of hindwing before centre 

 of cell, D' much longer than D^ ; base of forewing with black dot. Clasper and 

 eighth fergite unth organ of friction. Abdominal tergites spinose at the edges, 

 with some lanceolate pointed scales all over, besides large multidentate underscales. 



S. Tenth tergite (PI. XXV. f. G) broad, gently curved downwards, apex with a 

 small rounded sinus, the lo"bes very short, pointed ; sternite (A'^;) elongate triangnlar, 

 dee])ly cleft, the lobes close together, pointed. Clasper entire (PI. XXXIV. f. 11), 

 sole-shaped, apex rounded ; with a large friction-patcli of narrow bidentate scales, 

 which gradually assume the form of the ordinary scales, each scale longitudinally 

 impressed mesialiy, this giving the scaling of the patch a rough appearance ; the 

 eighth tergite with a corresponding organ of friction consisting of several rows 

 of scales closely packed together, these scales moderately enlarged, about three to 

 five times as long as broad ; the outwardly naked ventro-basal portion of the clasper 

 sej)arated ventrally by an incision from the scaled part, the former rejjrescnting the 

 basal part of the harpe, which is produced distally into a long, pointed, sligiitly 

 twisted process, which is almost vertical on the i)Iane of the claspiir, inclining basad 

 (PI. XXXIV. f. 11) ; the hook is situated in the middle of the clasper and is clothed 

 dorsally at and near the edge with a great number of short bristles. Penis-sheath 

 (PI. XXX. f. 41) very slender, without armature, protruding from a long penis- 

 funnel (i'-f), which is produced into two lobes. 



?. The eighth tergite (PI. XVIII. f. 8) somewhat resembles that of dentafi's 

 deeply and roundedly sinuate, the lobes broad and rounded. Vaginal armature 

 represented by fig. 3, PI. XVIII.; the vaginal cavity V very large, proximally 

 bordered by a rather high, wrinkled, transverse ridge which is incised mesialiy, 



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