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ol' liiiulwiiifi- twice as loni;- as 1)', tliis ennui in lenj;-tli to D' ; distal niaruin of 

 I'orewiiif^ entire, apex jirodnced, middle convex. 



Difl'ers in colour and shape from con/ndojii as follows ; Forewin<( with two 



brown basal dots and a minute brown stij^ina, discal lines closer together, dentate, the 

 teeth of the first directed basad, of the second directed distad, followed by a series of 

 vein-dots, the last enlarged ; outer margin less convex, apex more acute, inner 



angle much less obtuse, about 00". Hindwing more produced at anal angle, tlic 



dots before the angle more proximal. Underside: the two lines blackish brown, 



the external one accentuated by dots, the inner one of the hindwing more straigiit. 



Tenth abdominal segment as in cori/ndoni, the tergite narrower, less rounded 

 laterally, and the lobe of the sternite somewhat larger (PI. XXV. f. 14). (Hasper sole- 

 sha]ied ; patch of friction-scales as in cori/ndoni, but the scales more densely jjlaced ; 

 liarpe (PI. XXXIII. f. 20) with three processes : one {pv) as in rori/ndoni, triangular, 

 apjiearing as a process of the clasper, the second and third prolonged, resembling 

 somewhat the processes of trisecta, with which they are homologous, tiie lower one 

 straight, somewhat dilated at the obtuse end, the upper one curved, botli concave, 

 rough with minute tubercles or setae ; these processes correspond to the two lobes 

 of the sinuate njjpor process of cori/ndoni. Penis-funnel (p-f, PI. XXX. f. 35) 

 dorsally jjrolonged and divided into two long ])ointod blades ; ])enis-sheath witii 

 long apical process which becomes gradually thinner towards end. 



? . Antenna slightly compressed, not distinctly grooved, the basal seriated 

 ciliae prolonged. More tawny than <S. Distal margin of forewing more convex 

 in middle than in S , the apex more ])roduced and the hinder angle more obtuse, 

 tlie lines much more indistinct both above and below, the veins of the hindwing 

 very slightly darker than the cellules between them ; anal dots more distal ; discal 

 line of hindwing below rather closer to cell. Eighth tergite mesialiy rounded, 

 projecting. Vaginal plate (PI. XVII. f. 14) not strongly chitinised. ])ostvaginal 

 part membranaceous, antevaginal part convex, wrinkled excepting middle, edge 

 broadly sinuate. 



Early stages unknown. 



llab. iSierra Leone. 



In the British Museum 1 S {t;/pc); in the Tring Museum 1 c?, 1 ?,the S 

 from Freetown, 4. ix. 1899 (Austen), received in exchange from the liritish Museum. 



211. Polyptyclius consimilis spec. nov. 



c?. C!lose to compar in colour; very diftercnt in the sexual armature. 



Wings, above ; basal dot of forewing larger than in compar, discal lines less 

 oblique behind, slightly curved basad behind W, distal margin not convex behind 



middle; hindwing paler in colour, more buf}'. Underside: lines more distinct, 



especially the first of the hindwing, D' of the hindwing longer than D'. 



Tenth tergite (PI. XXV. f. 11) elongate-triangular, strongly narrowed to end, 

 pointed, mesialiy impressed ; no sternite. Clasjier (PL XXXIII. f. 22) without 

 friction-patch; dorsal edge naked, incrassatc, produced distad into a long denticulate- 

 truncate process (pdd) ; ventral part of apex of clasper (pdr) small, rounded, 

 concave ; harpe (h) incrassate, without processes ; a hairy, feebly chitinised cone {c) 

 between the incrassate ventral and dorsal marginsof the clasper. Penis-funnel (p-k) 

 obliquely truncate, feebly sinuate ventrally, deeply sinuate dorsally, with long 

 bristles ; penis-sheath with the hmgitudinal groove oi compar vestigial ; apex with 

 a multidentate belt (PI. XXX. f. 34). 



