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as long as D*. Abdomeu witli broad nnderscales, spines only at tlie apices of the 

 tergites. Claspor and eigiitb tergite witb organ of friction. Forewing, above, with 

 three lines, almost eqnally distribnted at costal margin between base and apex, a 

 trace of a fonrtli line between the first and second ; basal spot large, another large 

 spot at inner margin close to angle ; stigma grey, edged with brown. 



cJ. Tenth tergite (PI. XXV. f. 8) broad, sinnate, the two lobes ronnded 

 externally, angled internally ; sternite (A>) cleft into two lobes, which are more 

 than twice as long as broad ; the lobes are directed anad, diverging somewhat ; 

 their broad sides are almost vertical, not horizontal. Olasper (PI. XXXIV. f. 4) 

 irregnlarly sole-shaped, ventral margin distally more obliqne than dorsal margin ; 

 the friction-]iatcli consists of small lanceolate scales, and occnpies the greater part 

 of the dorsal snrfaee of the clasper ; the friction-organ of the eighth tergite consists 

 of a row of large scales covering one another sideways for the greater part, similar 

 to the row of scales of trisecta (PI. LVIII. f. 39) ; the harpe has a dorso-basal, 

 long, spine-like process /;(/, and two distal processes : the ventral one is tiie 

 prolongation of the ventral ridge vc ; above this there is a short hook, the tip of 

 which is visible in tignre ; the second process is longer, cnrved upwards, spinose, 

 it stands in connection by folds with the ventral ridge as well as with the dorso- 

 basal process. Penis-fnnnel (p-f) prodnced dorsally into a long, flat, pointed blade ; 

 penis-sheath armed at the end with a long, movable, slender process which lies 

 over the mouth of the sheath (PI. XXX. f. 36). 



?. Eighth abdominal tergite (PI. XVII. f. 16) broadly ronnded dorsally, the 

 sides projecting as triangular lobes The vaginal plate (PI. XVII. f 15) similar 

 to that ofi/nii/i in the rather high autevaginal ridge ac/j being incised mesially; 

 the postvaginal plate pr/j membranaceous. 



Early stages not known. 



I/iil>. West Africa : Sierra Leone ; Gold Coast ; Cameroons. 



lu the Tring Museum 1 c?, 1 ? from Sierra Leone. 



In coll. Charles Oberthiir 2 c?cJ from Joliann Albreciits Hcihe, Cameroons 

 (Conradt). 



203. Polyptychus goodi. 



PolyptijchiH g,«„li Holland, TniiiH. Anwr. Enl. Snr. xvi. p. 04. n. ■>{. t. 4. f. L' ( ? ) (1889) (Ui)p. 

 Ogowe R. ;— coll. Holland) ; Kirby, Cat. Lq,. Ilet. i. p. TUG. n. 5 (1892). 



? . Known to us only from the description and figure. Forewing scalloped ; 

 stigma white with black edge ; apparently no basal dot (?) ; some indistinct ante- 

 median lines, almost straight, more distal behind than in front (as in Pseiidoclanis 

 ponliiu), and some irregular discal lines ; a blackish distal marginal area ; base at 

 inner margin like disc of hindwing rose-madder. 



Length of forewing : 51 mm. 



Ilab. Ogow(^ R. 



One ? in coll. Holland. 



204. Polyptychus pygarga (PI. I. f. 8, ?). 



*DeaUsm jrygarrja Karsoh, Eiit. Nwhi: xvii. p. 2[>:>. t. 1. f. 5. 5a (1801) (Cameroons;— Mils. Berlin). 

 Pteuil'iiiiiii^riiilliiiH /,i/iji(ri/ii, Kirby, C'id. Lcji. Ilel. i. p. 703. n. 4 (18'J2) (Cameroons). 



?. Tongne very short. Joint of palpus more or less open. Antenna (?) with 

 very sligiitly jirolonged basal and dorsal seriati^d ciliae, the segments scarcely 

 grooved. Spurs very sh(jrt, two pairs to hindtibia, with or without a spiue before 



