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Show J891.] FROM SOUTH-WESTERN AFRICA. 103 All these have the underside yellow-ochreous, without any ferruginous tinge, belonging to the variation P. ranoha, Westw. In one of the two Okavango specimens the small black spots of the underside are wanting, but in the other, though smaller than usual, they are distinct. 112. PAMPHILA OBUMBRATA, n. sp. (Plate IX. fig. 23, 8 •) Closely allied to P. hottentota (Latr.). Exp. al.(8) 1 in. 1| lin. ; ( § ) 1 in. I lin. 8 . Pale dull greyish brown ; inferior half of hind wing and basal half of fore wing suffused with greenish ochreous-vellow ; on lower discal area of fore wing, between 2nd median nervule and submedian nervure, a very large, rounded, highly glossy, fuscous-grey sexual badye, formed of small densely packed tilted scales. U N D E R S I D E . - Very dull pale yellowish grey. Fore wing : two exceedingly faint paler discal spots between 1st and 3rd median nervules (near their origin). Hind wing : a discal series of very faint elongate confluent spots, from costa to submedian nervure, sharply angulated on 2nd subcostal nervule. 2 . Without any yellow suffusion. Fore wing : five small yellowish spots in discal series, viz. : two minute ones together close to costa, and three obliquely placed between 3rd median nervule and submedian nervure. Hind wing : a faint trace of a macular yellowish-white streak in upper part of disk. UNDERSIDE.-Slightly yellower than in male, the hind-wing markings less indistinct. Fore wing : besides the five discal spots of upperside, there is a trace of two additional minute spots, beyond the rest, between 1st radial and 3rd median nervules. Besides the extraordinary sexual badge, a more pointed apex characterizes the fore wing in the male, and the hind wing is more prominently lobate at the anal angle than in P. hottentota. The female example is much worn, but appears to be singularly close to the typical female P. hottentota, except in the failure of yellow on both surfaces. Ehanda (August-September). Two examples ; a male and a female. 113. PAMPHILA OCCULTA, n. sp. Allied to P. hottentota (Latr.) and P. luyens, Hopff. Exp. al. ( 8 ) 1 in- J I"3 lin- 5 ( 2 ) 1 in* 3 lin- ; , . 8 . Dull brown. Fore wing : a fuscous-brown cloud from base to beyond middle of costa, covering discoidal cell and extending downward to submedian nervure about middle; commencement of a discal macular series very faintly indicated by a costal transverse row of three minute pale spots, in the customary position beyond extremity of discoidal cell. U N D E R S I D E . - Very much paler ; hind wing and costal and apical area of fore wing rather sparsely sprinkled with hoary scales. Fore wing : usual discal series of seven small whitish spots tolerably distinct! Hind wing : an elbowed discal series of |