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Show 66 DR. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN [Jan. 14, aries, and, I strongly suspect, is the insect described by as Cobalus atrio (cf. genus Gobalus). A figure of C. atrio, lent by the author, heightens the probability of this supposition^ but without the type before me I will not attempt to express a positive opinion. The insect in the Staudinger collection labelled Cobalus carbo in the handwriting of Mons. Mabille is a normal specimen of S. pulvina, Ploetz, 3 . 220. S. NOX, Mab. (Plate IV. fig. 20.) Pamphila nox, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1891, p. clxviii. Hab. Lagos (Mabille) ; Gaboon (Good). This species is apparently very abundant in the valley of the Ogove. I have a large series of specimens. BAORIS, Moore. 221. B. FATUELLUS, Hopff. Pamphila fatuellus, Hopff. Monatsber. k. Akad. Wissensch. Berl. 1855, p. 643; Hopff. Peters' Reise n. Mossamb., Ins. p. 417, pi. xxvii. figs. 3, 4 (1862).' Pamphila borbonica, Trim, (part.) Rhop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. pp. 303, 304 (1866). Hesperia caffraria, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xliv. p. 43 (1883). Pamphila fatuellus, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 323 (1889). Pamphila cinerea, Mab. M S. Hab. Natal, Zanzibar, Gaboon, Cameroons. This species is very common at Gaboon, and, I think, has generally been confounded with P. borbonica, from which, however, it may well be separated, as pointed out by Mr. Trimen. A worn female in the Staudinger collection has been labelled Pamphila cinerea by Mons. Mabille. 222. B. MARCHALII, Boisd. Hesperia marchalii, Boisd. Faune Ent. de Madgr. p. 66 (1833). Pamphila marchalii, Mab., Grandid. Madagascar, vol. xviii. p. 362, pi. lv. figs. 3, 3 a (1887). Hab. Madagascar. Both from the figure and the description I am inclined to think that this species is very near to, if not identical with, P. fatuellus, Hopff., in which case Boisduval's name has priority. 223. B. LUGENS, Hopff. Pamphila lugens, Hopff. Monatsber. k. Akad. Wissensch. Berl. 1855, p. 643; Peters' Reise n. Mossamb., Ins. p. 418, pi. xxvii. figs. 5, 6 (1862); Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 318 (1889). Halpe lugens, Butl. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 673. Hab. Delagoa Bay, East Tropical Africa. The genus Halpe is not represented in Africa, and Dr. Butler's reference of this species to that genus is in error. |