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?. Aiitennal segments less J(_'ei>ly grooved than in fri/hinifi/s. The eighth 

 tergite ni' the abdomen (PI. XVIII. f. 6) trilobate, the middle lobe, however, 

 very short, all three strongly roniided. The vaginal plate (PI. XVIII. f. 2) very 

 remarkably diftereiit from that of triUneattis ; the orifice is postmedian ( V) ; before 

 it the plate is conve.x, raised at the orifice into a thick, rather glossy ridge, which 

 is convex mesially, forming a short mesial lobe ; this ridge is visible withont 

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

 postvaginal plate {pr/i) is not strongly chitinised, snnken, triangnlar. 



Larva and pnpa mentioned by Ilearsey and Forsayeth, I.l.c.c, not sufficiently 

 described. — Food-plant : " Lasora " or " Gaudi " trees ; Cordia sebistena. 



Pnpa (in l?rit. Mus. from Mhow) glossy ; tongue-case shorter than foreleg ; 

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

 three sulci witli a series of deep ronud punctures ; cremaster rather smooth, bifid. 



JIa/j. Ceylon and South India, as far north as Karachi and ( 'alcutta. 



In the Tring Mnseum 1 S,-i ? ? from: Deesa ; Karachi ; Calcutta. 



l'.)T. Polyptychus grayi. 



*Smfrhilliii.'< rjnii/i Walker, /.«/ Lep. Li^. B.M.vm. p. •24'.l. d. 11 (IK.^ii;) (Natal ;— Mus. Brit.); 



Boisd., Sper. Gen. Up. lift. i. p. if,, n. i;i (1K75) (Natal). 

 Piili/pti/chtis (jriii/i, Butler, Tiaus. Zmil. Snr. L'lnd i.x. p. 5H4. n. 4 (1877) (Natal) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. 

 ' Het. i. p. 705. n. 3 {W.Vi) (Natal). 



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

 jiartly replaced by hair-scales. Joint between segments 1 and 2 of palpus open. 

 Antennal segments sub-audromor|iliic, the grooves much shallower than in the 

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

 forewing irregularly scalloped, similar in the sexes ; E^ of hindwing before centre 

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

 eighth tergite tvith 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. 0) broad, gently curved downwards, apex with a 

 small rounded sinus, the lobes very short, pointed ; sternite \Xv) elongate triangular, 

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

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

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

 impressed mesially, this giving the scaling of the patch a rough ap2Jearance ; 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 

 separated ventrally by an incision from the scaled part, the former representing the 

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

 twisted jirocess, which is almost vertical on tlie plane of the clasper, inclining basad 

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

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

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

 fnanel (p-k), which is jiroduced into two lobes. 



?. The eiglith tergite (PI. XV HI. f. 8) somewhat resembles that of deidati's 



I deeply and ronndedly sinuate, the lobes broad and rounded. Vaginal armature 



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



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



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