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deutate Hue between it and outer margin, feeble, accentuated by dots upon the veins, 

 this line continued over forewing, where it is still more faint. 



(?. Tenth tergite broad in basal half, then suddenly narrowed to a strong 

 jiointed hook; no sternite. Clasper peculiar : proximal half broad, apical lialf much 

 narrower, curved uj>wards, a deep sinus in the dorsal margin, the ventral and dorsal 

 margins of the proximal half and the ventral margin of distal half raised to form 

 ridges, the proximal ridges hairy. Harpe a long evenly-curved hook ; no friction- 

 scales. Penis-sheath without armature ; below the penis-sheath a short, horizontal, 

 pointed, conical process. 



?. Not dissected: differs from c? only in the subapical spot of the forewing 

 being larger. 



Early stages not known. 



Ilah. West Africa : Senegal to Cameroons. 



In coll. Charles Oberthiir, 1 ? from Johann Albrechts Hcihe, ('ameroons ; 

 2 S3 from Misahiihe, Togo, 1. iv. 1N94 (Baumann). From Sierra Leone in the Berlin 

 Museum; 2 tJc? from Cameroons and Senegal in coll. Staudinger ; 3 cJc? in the 

 Tring Musenm from Agberi, Niger, 4. vii. I'.Mil, 4. viii. 1901, 11. ix. 1901 (Dr. 

 W. J. Ansorge). 



209. Polyptychus boisduvali. 



*Tem>iiira rlimlamixtus, Boisduval (umi Fabricius, 1787), Sjm: Gin. Li[i. Ilil. i. p. :2'.lO. u. 1. t. 9. 



f. 1 (1875) (Sierra Leone ;— coll. Charles Oberthiir) ; Butl., Trau^. Ztml. Snc. Lnml. ix. p. G:t2 



(1877). 

 Potypti/chns rhndamistns, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 705. n. 2 (1892) (syn. partial). 

 Temiiiim hiUihirali Aurivillius, Enl. Tidxh: xviii. p. 15"2. sub n. 78 (1897) (num. nov. loco rhaihim.). 



?. Tongue short and weak. Palpus small (?), joint open. Frons with a 

 tnft in front of the antenna. Antenna distinctly grooved, except distal segments, 

 with prolonged ciliae. Abdomen with weak spines all over the tergites. Spurs 

 not spinose, short, with long naked point, longer terminal spur of hiudtibia not 

 n)ncli longer tlian the tiliia is broad. Distal margin of forewing irregularly dentate ; 

 liindwing feebly dentate at the i)osterior veins, D'- twice as long as D^. Vaginal 

 plate (PI. XVIII. f. 11) with a large, smooth, tubercnliform, antevaginal plate (a»/)) 

 which is membranaceous ia the middle witli the edge more or less sinuate ; between 

 this jilate {avp) and the vaginal orifice ( V) tliere is a smaller, convex, tubercnliform 

 piece of chitin ; postvaginal part of plate {pep) very short. 



This species resembles rhadamistus of Fabricius somewhat in the jjattern 

 of the forewing, but is quite distinct. 



Ihih. West Africa : Sierra Leone and farther south. 



In several collections. One ? without locality in the Tring Museum ; this 

 specimen is aberrant in having the antennal segments rounded, cheese-shaiied. 



210. Polyptychus andosa (PL IL f. 9, J ; 12, ?). 



*Pamrra amlom Walker, Lint Lep. Eel. B. M.wm. p. 159. n. 7 (1850) (Sierra Leone ;— Mus. Brit.). 

 Temniira amlima, Boisduval, S/ier. Gin. Lfp. EH. i. p. 291. n. 3 (1875) (S. Leone). 

 PolyplyrhiiH Kmlnsiix, Butler, TimiH. Zool. Soc. Ltnul. ix. p. 584. n. 5 (1877) (S. Leone). 

 PuudoKmennlliun amlom, id., Ann. Mat/. N. E. (5). x. p. 435. sub u. 8 (1882). 

 PMiitloHmeriiitlim (?) awi'mi, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Eei. i. p. 703. n. 8 (1892) (S. I<eone). 



cJ. Tongue and paljius as in coryndoni ; antenna (cf) much thinner, ventral 

 liDe even (in side-view). Spurs short, not spiny, longer one of midtibia only as 

 long QR the tibia is broad. Abdominal tergites not spinose, excepting edges. D- 



