( 2ii2 ) 

 225. Polyptychus mutata. 



'LyiiKiiilria? muUtlit Walker, Lisl Le/>. lid. IS. M. iv. p. 87.'!. n. fj (1H,')5) (Natal, "?" ex err. :— 



Mu8. Brit.). 

 *Amlriasa erubexceiis id., 7'ra».s-. Eiit. Sac. Louil. (3). i. p. 'JGiS (1802) (Natal ; -Mus. O.xford) ; 



Kirby, Cat. Lep. 11,1. i. p. 714. n. 4 (1892). 

 Andrhtsa mutata, id.. I.e. p. 714. n. 3 (18St2). 



d . Head witli nu'sial crest. Tongue reduced to two weak lobes wliieli are 

 shorter than the first segment of the palpus. Joint of ])alpns ojien ; third segment 

 rather jirominent. Antennal segments of S deejily grooved, suhpectinate, the 

 upjier edge of each groove being produced laterad into a short broad lobe (PI. LXI. 

 f. 1.2); the long ciliae fasciculated, the fascicles not numerous, placed upon 

 tubercles, an isolated subdorsal fascicle between middle of segment and apical edge ; 

 the distal segments se])arated ventrally, the penultimate one mucli higher than 

 long, its proximal edge oblique, with the angle rounded (side-view) ; end-segment 

 with a siibmesial median spine (ventrally often broken off). Spurs of foretibia 

 almost reaching end of tibia ; s])urs of raid- and hiudtibiae not spinose, longer 

 terminal one of hindtibia about one-third the length of the first tarsal segment ; 

 hindfcibia as long as tarsal segments 1 and 2 together. Abdominal tergites spiuose 

 only at the edges, underscales large. Apex of forewing not produced, distal margin 

 convex, hinder angle very obtuse, hinder margin almost straight ; anal angle of 

 hiudwing not distinctly produced, D-' curved, not essentially longer than W. Clasper 

 witiiout friction-jjatch. 



Tenth tergite short and broad, slightly curved downward, narrowed to the 

 apex, but not pointed, mesially sinuate ; sternite evenly and broadly sinuate, the 

 lobes broader than long, halfmoon-shaped. Clasper longer than broad, rounded at 

 apex, dorsal edge nearly straight, horizontal, ventral edge rounded in basal third, 

 then straight, obliquely ascending; no harpe, but there is a dorso-basal process 

 which is homologous and similar to tliat of Clanis hilineata, rough with tubercles 

 at the end. Penis-sheath witiiout armature, a feeble carina at the end. 



? and early stages not known. 



Hub. Natai. 



In the Tring Museum Is cJc? from Natal. 



220. Polyptychus meander. 



Gynoery.t meander Guenee, in Vins., Voy. Mad. p. 30 (1805) (iiom. nud.). 



*SmerintliuK meamhr Boisduval, I.e. p. 22. n. 8 (1875) (Madagascar, ? ;— coll. Oberthiir) ; Mab., 



Ann. Sue. Ent. France p. 293 (1879) (Madagascar). 

 Metamimas meander, Butler, TniiLi. Zuul. Hoc. Lond. ix. p. 028 (1877). 

 Triptixjm meander, id., tV»7. Ent. ii. p. 393 (1879) (Antananarivo, J) ; Saalm., Lej). Mad. p. 126. 



n. 298 (1884) (Nossi-b^). 

 Smeriiithits meander (.?), id., Ber. Sink. Nattirf. Ges. 1877-78. p. 90. n. 00 (1878) (descript. of cJ ? , 



Loucoube'). 

 Ambulyx (.?) meander, Kirby, /.-■. p. 077. n. 47 (1892). 



<J?. Tongue very short and weak. Palpi somewhat divergent; joint open. 

 Antenna of ? sub-andromorphic ; of S with long fasciculated ciliae, ventral outline 

 of segments very faintly concave. Abdomen with long spines all over the tergites, 

 the spines dense at the apical margins. Distal margin of forewing somewhat 

 dentate or undulate, convex, apex not distinctly produced ; apex of hindwing 

 strongly rounded, D-" shorter than D^, both straight, oblique, D^ as long as upper 



