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Early stages uukiiown. 



Ilah. East Africa : 1 S {t!/p<') in tlio Tring Mnsenm from Gowlu-pan, between 

 Lialiii and Kaznngnla, Ujiper Zaml)esi, secdnd week of March, 1808 (Coryndon) ; 

 1 c? in coll. riias. Oliertliiir from Jlpalii, Tanganyika ; 1 ? (th'is species?) in tbe 

 ]5erlin Musmini frimi Usaramo, German East Africa (Stuhlmann). 



214. Polyptychus marshalli spec. nov. (PI. XIV. f. 14, S). 



(J. Tongue sliort and weak. Joint oi' jialpus open. Abdominal tergites sjiinose 

 only at edges. Hiudtiljia tufted between tlie two jiairs of unequal spinose spurs, 

 longer terminal spur a little longer than tlic second tarsal segment. Antennal 

 segments somewhat dilated dorso-laterally, ventral outline nearly straight (side-view). 

 Clasper with very small patch of minute modified scales, no regularly-arranged 

 friction-scales on innerside of eighth tergite. 



Body and wings ])ale ]iinkish or vinaeeous-bufif, hindwicg above more pinkish 

 than I'orewing and liody. End of jialpus, crest of head, and anterior jiart of pronotum 

 more or less brownish. 



Wings, ujj}ier.si<le. Forewing, apex acute, but little projecting, hinder angle 



almost Wy, distal margin entire, hinder margin shallowly emarginate before angle ; 

 five vinaceous hazel lines, all straight, or very feebly undulate, the fifth somewhat 

 curved behind W, lines 1 and 2 in basal half aiiproachiug each other a little behind : 

 1 at base of M^, as far from base at costal as at inner margin ; 2 near base of M' ; 

 line 3 beyond cell, heavier tiian the others ; 4 weak or obliterate ; 5 weak but 

 distinct, more or less accentuated by vein-dots ; 3 to o nearly e(iuidistaut ; a trace 

 of a snbbasal line at costal margin ; fringe feebly darker at ends of veins ; no 



snbbasal dot. Hindwing : apex broadly rounded, anal angle little projecting, 



fringe and anal area j)aler ; traces of a median and of a postdiscal band. 



Umlcr.side i)aler than upper. Forewing with three feeble lines, situated 



between cell and distal margin, sliglitly and evenly curved. Hindwing also 



with three extra^cellular lines, the first the heaviest, the second approaching the 

 first behind, the tiiird accentuated by vein-dots. 



.Structure of end of abdomen similar to that of I'. holl't/i(li, clasper slenderer, 

 ventral lobe of harpe broader, broadly spoon-shaped, upper lobe shorter ; penis- 

 sheath without the long j)rocess found in piuipercida and hollandi, the process 

 indicated by a small lobe. 



Length of forewing : 2'i — 30 mm. 



Il'ih. Salisijury, Mashoiialand, October 1900 (Marshall), 1 S {ti/pe) in the 

 I Biitieh Museum. 



In (he Tring Museum 1 S without locality, figured to show tlie position of 

 I the lines. 



21o. Polyptychus subjectus (PI. 11. f. lo, S). 



.•^iMniitliiiK siihjertii^ Walker, J'n:r. X. II. ,S,k-. Uliisgiim i. p. .328. n. 1 (180'J) (Congo). 

 I'dyptiiihiix (?) Kiilijcrliis, Butler, Trnin. Zim}. Sor. Lmul. ix. p. 587. n. 4 (1877). 

 Maruinba (?) mlijcHm, Kirby, Cat. he/,. I Id. i. p. 7(IK. n. 2',l (1H;)2). 



1 cJ. In pattern very close to ro.sea, /i/imomr, ate. Not rosy red, but rnsset-fawn, 



I xlightly vinaceous or pinkish. Tongue, jjalpus, and sjinrs as in those species. 



I Abdominal tergites sjiinose. Antenna as in fiihiiiruinf, rather shorter. Uistal 



margin of forewing v('ry faintly emarginate between the veins, D- of hindwing little 



longer than D' (only one specimen seen). Basal dot of forewing double, first ante- 



