POLYGRAPTA. 
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vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 fully developed from just 
above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 
cell near base only. 
Polygrapta argyropasta, n. sp. 
c£. Head and thorax bright red -brown mixed with some 
white, the patagia with darker red-brown scales pencilled 
with white ; abdomen grey-brown, the anal tuft whitish ; 
antennae dark brown ; palpi chocolate-brown with some white 
at base, the 3rd joint mostly white ; pectus white ; legs 
dark brown mixed with some white, the tarsi ringed with 
white ; ventral surface of abdomen white tinged with brown. 
Fore wing red-brown thickly irrorated with silvery blue ; a 
small subbasal chocolate-brown spot on costa ; antemedial 
line chocolate-brown defined on inner side by silvery blue, 
forming a small triangular spot at costa, then slightly waved 
and excurved in submedian interspace ; reniform with choco- 
late-brown annulus defined on inner side by white, rather 
irregular and constricted at middle ; medial line chocolate- 
brown, forming a triangular patch at costa, then obliquely 
curved ; postmedial line double, red-brown filled in with 
silvery white at costa, oblique towards costa, then curved 
and slightly waved to vein 2, then oblique, a rufous shade 
beyond it from discal fold to inner margin ; a chocolate- 
brown patch on postmedial costal area ; subterminal fine 
very indistinct, red-brown, slightly incurved below costa, 
then excurved and rather maculate to submedian fold, then 
oblique ; a small chocolate-brown spot before termen below 
apex ; the termen red-brown with a series of white striae 
on it ; cilia rufous, chequered with dark red -brown at tips. 
Hind wing red-brown mixed with some whitish, the costal 
and inner areas grey-brown, the rest of wing suffused with 
silvery blue from end of cell to near termen ; an incurved 
red-brown line from lower angle of cell to above inner margin ; 
the postmedial area with four slightly waved chocolate-brown 
lines from vein 6 to above inner margin, the third darkest ; 
the termen rufous defined on inner side by reddish ochreous 
and with a series of white striae on it ; cilia rufous with two 
slight red-brown lines at middle and with slight dark brown 
marks at tips to vein 2. Underside blue-white irrorated with 
brown ; fore wing with indistinct double brown postmedial 
line excurved to vein 4, then incurved, and double waved 
subterminal line slightly angled outwards at- vein 7 ; hind 
wing with rather diffused dark medial line and double waved 
postmedial and subterminal lines. 
Hab. Gold Coast, Kuinasi (Sanders), 2 U type. Exp. 
32 millim. 
