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Show 54 DR. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN [Jan. 14, the genus Cyclopides. It is worthy of remark that the palpi wanting in the type specimens of P. duplex which are contained in the collection of Dr. Staudinger. I have relied for the description of the palpi upon specimens contained in my own collection, which in their remarkable length obscurely suggest the genus Libythea. 180. P. DUPLEX, Mab. (Plate III. fig. 17.) Cobalus duplex, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent, France, (6) vol. ix. p. clxix (1889). Hab. Sierra Leone (Mabille); Gaboon (Good). 181. P. (?) DEBILIS, Ploetz. Apaustus debilis, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xl. p. 360 (1879), vol. xlv. p. 158 (1884). Hab. Guinea (Ploetz). I place this species here on the ground of the near relationship of the preceding species to it, as stated by Mons. Mabille. AMPITTIA, Moore. 182. A. CARIATE, Hew. Cyclopides cariate, Hew. Descript. One Hundred New Hesperid. p. 44 (1868); Exot. Butt. vol. v. pi. Cyclopides, fig. 8 (1874); Mab. Grandid. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 341, pi. Iii. figs. 4, 4 a (1887). Ampittia cariate, Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 96. Hab. Madagascar. 183. A. COROLLER, Boisd. Hesperia coroller, Boisd. Faune Ent. Madgr. p. 66, pi. ix. fie:. 8 (1833). Pamphila coroller, Mab. Grandid. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 364, pi. liv. figs. 1, la(1887). Padraona(?) coroller, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 102. Hab. Madagascar. KEDESTES, Wats. 184. K. LEPENULA, Wallgr. Hesperia lepenula, Wallgr. K. S. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1857 ; Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 50. Pamphila ? lepenula, Trim. Rhop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. p. 298 (1866). Cyclopides chersias, Hew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vol. xx p. 327 (1877). Thymelicus lepenula, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. hi. p. 300 pi xi fig. 6 (1889). Kedestes lepenula, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 96. Hab. Southern Africa, |