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head and thorax, a spot at the base of the eighth teigite, and the undersiih' of the 

 tibiae and tarsi, brown. 



Wings, ujijici-.-iidr. Forewiiig : a ratlier large, ronnded, basal spot dark brown, 



two antemediiui lines, undnlate, not very distinct, behind more distal than in front, 

 the second almost a mere transverse cloud ; a pale brown annnlus upon cross-veins, 

 with pale centre ; a dark costal cloud beyond apex of cell, continued hy some faint 

 linos which are scarcely traceable between R' and W, but become more obvious at 

 inner margin ; between this cloud ami the apex of the wing there are two spots, 

 the second more distinct ; each forms the costal spot of a series of vein-dots which 

 is somewhat curved in front, the inner series ending in an angulated line ; fringe 



brown, not spotted. Hindwing : produced at SM-, darker than forewiug, some- 



wliat jiinkish, basiil area and abdominal and distal margins paler than disc, a brownisli 

 black elongate jiatch along SM- midway between base and distal margin ; the dark 

 brown postdiscal shade ending in two brown subanal spots which are connected 

 with one another by a line ; fringe pale, with dark vein-dots. 



I'ndi'i-sidc clayish cream-colour, slightly j)inkish, dusted with black scales, 



excepting basal area of forewing. Forewing : distal area greyish, with two rows 



of vein-dots in outer half of disc, the anterior dots of the inner row connected by 

 a zigzag line ; j)roximally of these two series there are traces of some more lines 



in the costal region. Hindwing : an indistinct discal line, touching apex of cell, 



curved ; two rows of dots nearer margin, the inner dots more or less connected by 

 a line. 



Tenth tergite broad (PI. XXV. f. 2U), suddenly narrowed to a sharply pointed 

 hook ; the sternite (A'l-) divided into two lobes, each pointed, horizontal, the broader 

 side vertical, ventral edge fold-like and clothed with hairs. Clasper (PI. XXXIV. 

 f. 5) widest in middle, narrowed from middle to end ; a naked dorsal space on 

 outerside where the clasper is widest ; harpe consisting of a long ridge which reaches 

 almost the end of the clasper ; it is raised distally into a higher denticulate ridge, 

 which bears on the ventral side a thorn-like tooth. Penis-shealli (I'l. XXX. f 4ii) 

 ending in a long process which is somewhat widened at the end, and is armed here 

 with a minute tooth. 



Length of forewing : 32 mm. 



? and early stages not known. 



llah. West Africa : Cameroons and ( 'ongo. 



In the Berlin Museum several specimens from Lolodorf, Cameroons (L. Conrailt), 

 one of them, caught on the lOth of July, given to the Tring Museum in exchange, 

 ti/pe. Also a S2)ecimen in the Musee Royal at Bruxelles from lieni Beudi, Sankuru, 

 Jan. 181)5 (L. (Uoetens), and in coll. Charles Oberthiir from Jobann Albrechts Holie, 

 Cameroons (L. Coiiradt). 



223. Polyptychus paupercula (PI. V. i'. 1, c? ; 2, ?). 



*Devitsia pniijinriiln Holland, Tniiis. Amcr. Eiit. Sue. xvi. p. tio. n. 22. t. 4. f. 1 (1889) (Kangw^ ;— 



coll. Holhnd). 

 PseiKliixmeniithiis paiipriTiil,!. Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilct. i. p. 703. n. 3 (1892), 

 Dewitzia (!) ixtiijien-iihi Holland, Eiit. News Iv. p. 341. sub ii. 8 (ls'J3). 



c? ? . Tongue very short and weak. Joint of palpus ojien. Antennal segments 

 with straight ventral outline (side-view); not much compressed in ?, with the 

 seriated ciliae rather dense and not much prolonged. Spurs not spinose, long one 



