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Show 1896.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY HESPERIIDJE. 39 127. G. CYBEUTES, Holl. Gastrochceta cybeutes, Holl. Ent. News, vol. v. p. 94, pi. fig. 15 (1894). Hab. Valley of the Ogove. G. CYBEUTES, Holl., var. PALLIDA. There are two specimens contained in the Staudinger collection in which the markings on the underside of the secondaries are quite obscure, and the general coloration of these wings on the underside is paler. I propose the name pallida for this varietal form. OXYPALPUS, Wats. 128. O. IGNITA, Mab. (Plate III. fig. 12.) c?. Pamphila ignita, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (5) vol. vii. p. xl (1877). Hesperia pyrosa, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xl. p. 356 (1879), vol. xliv. p. 200 (1883). <3 (?). Pamphila gisgon, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1891, p. clxxii. § . Pamphila gisgon, Mab. Novit. Lepidopt. p. 95, pi. xiii. fig. 6 (1893). Oxypalpus ignita, Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 78. Hab. Euingo (Ploetz) ; Ogove Valley (Good). Mr. Watson has properly cited P. gisgon, Mab., as the female of P. ignita, Mab. All the specimens of P. ignita I have ever seen, some fifty or more, have been males, and all of P. gisgon have been females. I had an opportunity of seeing the type of P. gisgon, and of pointing out to Mons. Mabille that it is a female. In the ' Novitates ' he cites it in the plate as of this sex. On the underside P. ignita and P. gisgon agree very well. There are two forms, probably seasonal, one smaller and more tawny, the other longer and darker. Both are represented in my collection and that of Dr. Staudinger. 129. O. ANNULIFER, Holl. (Plate III. fig. 11.) Oxypalpus annulifer, Holl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., Oct. 1892, p. 293. Hab. Valley of the Ogove. 130. 0. RUSO, Mab. (Plate III. fig. 13.) Pamphila ruso, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxv. p. clxxxiii (1891). Oxypalpus ruso, Butl. P. Z. S. 1893, p." 669. Hab. Bagamoyo (Mabille) ; Zomba (Butler). The type I saw in the collection of Mons. Mabille. The species is not contained either in my own collection or that of Dr. Staudinger. The figure in the plate was drawn from the type. |