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LEPTOCLANIS; LEUCOPHLEBIA; POLYPTYCHUS. By Dr. M. Hering. 
near its origin a short dark transverse streak. Costal margin before and behind the discal band more or less 
extensively whitish, before the apex a bluish-white lunar spot at the costal margin. Hindwing ochreous, 
irrigated with blackish, with 2 or 3 brownish-red transverse lines and similar irrigation, basal spot black. 
Hindwing beneath with predominantly whitish scales. In the typical race the 10th abdominal sternit before 
the apex roundishly expanded in the <$, the ventral valval appendage, on looking at it from beneath, seems 
to be strongly bent inward. In the $ the appendage at the side of the vaginal opening is thin and narrowed. 
vicaria. Niger to Congo. — In vicaria Jord. the 10 th sternit is in the thin, at the apex hardly expanded, the ventral 
valval appendage hardly bent, longer and thinner. In the $ the appendage at the side of the vaginal opening 
is basally broad, distally very much narrowed. Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, and Ivory Coast, Nigeria. 
The following 3 species, characterized by the absence of white dusting on the hindwing beneath, may 
be only races of one species; they replace each other geographically and are only to be ascertained by the 
distinctions at the genital organs, with a most variable colouring and marking. 
phyllis. P. phyllis R. J. (62 e). $ . The 10th abdominal tergit is broader than in the following species, its 
apical indentation wider, the apical valval appendages are much shorter. $: vaginal plate behind the vaginal 
opening on each side with a finger-shaped curved appendage. Erom Senegal to the Niger. 
stigmatica. P. stigmatica Mob. (= conspersa Dwtz.) (62 d). Valves with a long appendage at the end of the upper 
edge. vaginal plate without a curved finger-shaped appendage. Niger to North Angola. 
piabilis. P. piabills Dist. <$: terminal appendage of the valve with Short and strong thorns; $ vaginal plate 
similar to that of stigmatica, postvaginal plate smaller and less chitinised. From Rhodesia to the south. A 
bourkei. conspicuous form of it is bourkei Trim. (62 e) in which the forewing is almost unicoloured brown, the hindwing 
red with a black apical spot and a brown anal margin. 
22. Genus: I^epfoclanis R. u. J. 
Middle tibiae spinecl, hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs, paronychium absent, separated by the latter mark 
from all the similar genera. 
basalis. L. basalis Wkr. (= virgo Ww.) (62 e). Forewing ochreous yellowish-grey, with more or less dark trans¬ 
verse irrigations, two darker antemedian transverse stripes strongly divergent behind, the distal one of which 
extends very obliquely towards vein 2, two parallel postmedian transverse stripes, the distal one being sometimes 
undulated. Cross-vein with a dark stigma. Hindwing more intensely speckled, with a red basal spot. Zambesi, 
German East Africa. 
pulchra. L. pulclira R. & J. Forewing cream-coloured; a subbasal spot at the inner margin, a triangular spot 
at the cell-end, a triangle at the costal margin at the apex, and 2 spots distally to the lower cell-end olive green, 
the latter widened at the margin; an antemedian and 2 discal transverse lines are darker. Veins in the marginal 
area creamy. Hindwing in the basal two thirds red, then snow-white, shaded with olive green, with two thin 
discal lines. Expanse: 60 mm. Mashonaland, Angola. 
23. Genus: liencoplBlebia Ww. (=Rasphele Bsdv.). 
Middle tibiae spined, hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs, paronychium and pulvillus present, forewing with 
a broad yellow longitudinal streak, otherwise pink; hindwing yellow. Two species in the Indian, three in the 
African region. 
afra.. L. afra Karsch (62 f). Body above pink, beneath dark red like the front portion of the head. Abdomen 
with black-yellow bands. Forewing with a yellow stigma. Old Calabar to Angola. Here the dorsal appendage 
xanthopis. of the valves is small, the ventral one at the end bicuspid. — In xanthopis Hmps. (62 f) the dorsal valval append¬ 
age is also small, the ventral one at the end more pointed, the light stripe of the forewing broad, distally on 
edentata. the veins extended in dents. Congo, German East Africa, Uganda, — In edentata R. & J. (62 e) the dorsal 
appendage is very large, the ventral valval appendage at the end broadly rounded, not dentate; vertex crearn- 
rosulenta. coloured. Gold Coast to Nigeria. —- In rosulenta R. & J . the upper valval appendage is small, the lower dentate 
as in xanthopis, the head unicoloured. The strijoe of the forewing is narrower than in xanthopis, not distally 
dentate, the stigma isolated. It is the race from the German East-African Coast and from the Zambesi. 
neumanni. L. neumanni Rothsch. Larger than the preceding species, body quite rosy red, thorax above with a 
yellow central streak, middle and hind tibiae without cream-colour (as in the Indian species). Fore wing with 
a deep yellow median streak which is less broad in the centre, at the end more distinctly dentate. Stigma smaller 
hindwing more oblong. Expanse 50 mm. Southern Abyssinia, Akoba R. 
24. Genus: Polyptychus Hhn. (=Andriasa Wkr., Pseudosmerintlius Btlr., Deviizia Holt.) 
All the tibiae spined, hind tibiae with 2 pair of spurs; pulvillus, paronychium, and frenulum present. 
The long terminal spur of the hind tibia is distinctly shorter than the first tarsal joint. A genus containing 
