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Show 1891.] FROM SOUTH-WESTERN AFRICA. 105 Genus ABANTIS, Hopff. 118. ABANTIS VENOSA, Trim. (Plate IX. fig. 24, 8 •) 8. Abantis venosa, .Trim. S.-Afr. Butt. iii. p. 339. n. 361 (1889). Leucochitonea umvulensis, E. M. Sharpe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6th ser. vol. vi. p. 348 (Oct. 1890). Omrora (August) and Ehanda (August-September). Three male examples. These specimens have already been described, as " variety A " of the species, in my work above quoted, one of the two Ehanda examples being further noted (p. 340, footnote) as wanting the vitreous spots of the fore wings and having the white and black on the underside of the hind wings obsolescent. 119. ABANTIS PARADISEA (Butl.). 8 • Leucochitonea paradisea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870, p. 499 ; and Lep. Exot. p. 167, pi. lix. f. 8 (1874). Ehanda (September). One male example. The white markings in this specimen have a decided yellowish tinge, giving it some resemblance to the female. 120. ABANTIS ZAMBESINA, Westw. 8. Hesperia (Oxynetra) zambesina, Westw. Thes. Ent. Oxon. p. 183, pi. xxxiv. f. 9 (1874). Omrora (August) aud Ehanda (August-September). Seventeen male examples. I noted these specimens of this extremely beautiful Hesperid last year in vol. iii. of my work above cited (p. 344). In a footnote I called attention to the circumstance that the sides of the abdomen are pure white, and suggested that their being dull yellowish in the type-specimen figured by Westwood was due to discoloration. Since then one of Mr. Eriksson's examples has changed from white to ochreous-yellow in the part mentioned. 121. ABANTIS LEVUBU (Wallengr.). 8. Leucochitonea levubu, Wallengr. op. cit. p. 52 (1857). 8 2 • Abantis levubu, Trim. S.-Afr. Butt. iii. p. 345, pi. 12. f. 5 [o*](1889). Omrora (November), Otiembora (November- December), and Omaramba-Oamatako (January). Eigbt male examples. In the fore wings the black on margins and nervules is more developed than in specimens received from more southern tracts. Genus PTERYGOSPIDEA, Wallengr. 122. PTERYGOSPIDEA MOTOZI, Wallengr. Pterygospidea motozi, Wallengr. op. cit. p. 53 (1857). Ehanda (August-September). Two male examples. One of the specimens is of a greyer tint than usual, especially on |