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Show 1896.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY HESPERIIDJE. 59 females which are absolutely inseparable from females of G. hottentota received from Mr. Trimen and taken at the Cape. It is worthy of note that all specimens of G. hottentota taken in Angola and northward, so far as they have come under my observation (I have seen several hundreds of specimens from various localities), are prevalently smaller than specimens from the Cape. 202. G. OBUMBRATA, Trim. Pamphila obumbrata, Trim. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 103, pi. ix. fig. 23, 3. Hab. Angola, Gaboon, Liberia, and tropical West Coast of Africa generally. This species is excessively common about Gaboon, and, as I have remarked under G. hottentota, appears to be a dimorphic form of that species. Typical hottentota occurs in company with it at the same places, and the females are absolutely indistinguishable. 203. G. ALBIGUTTA, Mab. Pamphila albigutta, Mab. Grandid. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 357 pi. liv. figs. 2, 2 a (1887). Hab. Madagascar, Natal (in coll. Staudinger). The specimen labelled P. albigutta by Mabille in the Staudinger collection is from Natal. It is badly rubbed and worn, but shows likeness to my subochracea (see p. 56). It is doubtfully the insect figured in Grandidier's ' Madagascar.' 204. G. (?) GAMBICA, Mab. Pamphila gambica, Mab. Pet. Nouv. Ent. vol. ii. p. 233 (1878). Hab. Senegambia. I place this species here without any knowledge of it other than that derived from the description, in which the author states that it is very near G. hottentota, Latr. 205. G. (?) OCCULTA, Trim. Pamphila occulta, Trim. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 103. Hab. South-western Africa, Transvaal. I place this species here provisionally. Mr. Trimen states that it is allied in some respects to G. hottentota, but fails to describe the antennae and palpi, without a knowledge of which the generic location must be temporarily doubtful. It may turn out to be a Parnara or a Baoris. PADRAONA, Moore. 206. P. ZENO, Trim. (Plate III. fig. 6.) Pamphila zeno, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) vol. ii. p. 179 (1864)- Rhop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. p. 301 (1866); S, Afr. Butt, vol. ih\V 313, pi. xii. fig. 2 (1889), |
