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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE OF POLYPTYCHIJS NUMOSAE 
(WLLGR.) 
By C. J. Swierstra, First Assistant. 
Plate XXXV, figure 2. 
When Mr. A. J. T. Janse first showed me the single male specimen in his 
collection 1 took it to be a new species, hut when comparing the specimen 
with the description of the female of P. numosae (Wllgr.) it turned out to 
he the male of that species. As the male seems to he undescribed and the 
figure of the female in Distant’s Insecta Transvaaliensia, described as 
P. consanquineous Dist., seems to he a very poor reproduction of the 
female, I thought it not superfluous to describe and figure this male. 
The reproduction is almost perfect, although the linear markings of the 
forewing are a little too prominent, as are also the linear markings on the 
underside of both wings. 
Body and legs greyish fawn coloured ; head and thorax with a central 
longitudinal chestnut stripe. 
Forewing : Greyish fawn coloured, paler towards the outer margin, 
two black dots near base, with three indistinct, almost straight, lines just 
beyond them, of which the first crosses base of cell and the other two, 
near together, cross about middle of cell. A fairly regular dentated 
brownish black line across the middle of the wing, beyond this line three 
indistinct dentated striae which are about equi-distant. The whole wing 
is covered with chestnut brown speckles. 
Hindwing : Brick-red, darker at base, lighter towards outer margin. 
A dark chestnut spot at anal angle. Above this spot and parallel with 
outer margin is a streak, just above and a little beyond the anal spots, 
where it is broad and of a dark chestnut colour ; when past these spots it 
abruptly narrows and is only a little darker than ground colour. The 
area between this streak and outer margin is greyish, sparsely speckled 
with light chestnut. 
Underside : Forewing, basil half reddish, outer half lighter, turning 
to greyish towards hind margin, covered with brownish speckles. Three 
curved reddish brown indistinct striae ; the first above middle, the 
second, which is almost obsolete, nearer to third, which is slightly dentate 
(not brought out in figure). 
Hindwing : Greyish-pink with the entire wing covered with chestnut 
speckles. Two curved brownish striae crossing wing, of which the first, 
just before middle, is more distinct than the second, which is nearer hind 
margin. Space between the two striae darker than the rest of the wing. 
At anal, on either side of the second striae, are two short striae of the 
same colour as the others. The upper one of these two short striae 
indistinct. 
Cilia : Brownish, white at the tips between the veins. 
Habitat : One male from Warmberg, 7th January, 1904, (A. J. T, 
Janse). 
