( 2S2 ) 

 rj:3. Leucophlebia afra. 



*/.( w.Yy</i/f ///» ufiii Kiirscli. Eiil. Xiii-hr. xvii. \^. \i. t. 1. f. 1 ((J) (IH'.H) (MuktiiKe: Kassiii ; -Mus. 

 Berlin) ; Kirbj, Cat. Lrj,. Hit. i. p. 704. n. G (IH'J-'). 



i ? . Tongue with long red scales, especially at the base. The spinules of the 

 abdominal tergites are confined to the edges ; they are ochraceous, forming bands ; 

 eighth tergite not black. The occiput is pale cream-colour, while the frous and 

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

 and emittens the mid- and hindtibia have an almost white stripe on the upperside, 

 they are either all rosy red in «/';•« or have a vestigial yellow stripe. The j)ectina- 

 tions of the cJ-antenna are long, scaled on the upj)er surface; the ventral outline of 

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

 yellow stigma. 11° of hindwing curved, sometimes twice the length of III 



cj. Tenth tergite (PI. XXIV. f 5) sinuate at eud, slightly rounded at the 

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

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

 {pd) ; harpe ending distally in two points. 



Early stages not known. 



Ildb. Tropical "West and East Africa. 



In the Tring Museum •:> S S from : Old Calabar ; Upjier Congo ; Mubande 

 (Buekulla), Uganda, 31. iii. '90 (Ur. Ansorge) ; Mj)apua, German East Africa 

 (Dr. Ba.xter). 



194. Leucophlebia neumanni. 



*Li'((i;iplileli/a iicuinaiini Rothschild, Nov. Znoi,. ix. p. .l'J8. u. 11 (190:i) (Mus. Tring). 



?. Differs from afra in the following points: larger, body entirely rosy red, 

 lueso-metanotum with a maize-yellow middle stripe, abdominal tergites also with 

 a few yellow scales, mid- and hindtibia creamy white above as in the Indian species. 



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



in middle, more strongly dentate at R^, M^ and M°, costal edge very narrowly 

 yellow, stigma present, but smaller than iu aj'i-a. Hindwing more elongate. 



Uiuk'rsii/c : costal and distal margins of both wings red ; cross-veins of 

 hindwing straight, R- central, lower angle of cell less acute tban iu aj'ra. 



Abdominal tergites dorsally spinose all over, as in tbe Indian species. Eighth 

 tergite deeply incised mesially, the lobes rounded. Anterior and lateral edge of 

 vaginal orilice raised into a rather high ridge, which is slightly sinuate mesially. 



Length of forewing : ? , 23 to ;i4 mm. 



IJaO. (ielo R. to Akobo R., Aetliioi.ia, May 19ol (0. Neumann), 2 ? ?. 



LX. POLYPTYCHUS.-Typus : </c/itatit^. 



Sphiiu; Cramer (lum LinnJ, l7bS),Piqj. E.ml. ii. Index (1777) ; Stoll., in Cram., I.f. Sninil. (17'.«l) ; 



Fdbi:, Eiit. Si/.st. iii. 1. p. 356 (1793). 

 Poli/j/tj/rhiiK Hlibuer, i'er::. bek. Svhmett. p. 141 (1R22) (partim : type : ileiitatiix). 

 Aiirh-iam Walker, Cat. Let. iZf/). B. .1/. vii. p. 1735 (1856) (tjpe : rnnlnii-io). 

 Siueriiilltui:, id. (nujt Latraille, 1802), Lhf Lcp. Im. B. M. viii. p. 252 (1856). 

 Paiiavra id.. I.r. viii. p. 154 (1856) (partim ; type : antiiiiialiiii). 

 ZiiiiUla id. (aon id., 1856). /.'■. x.xxi. p. 34 (1864). 

 Bas'nina. id. (nun id., 1856), I.e. xxxi. p. 37 (1864). 



