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Show 60 DR. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN [Jan. 14, Pamphila splendens, Mab. Pet. Nouv. Ent. vol. ii. p. 114 (1877). Padraona ivatsoni, Butl. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 671. Hab. South Africa, British Central Africa, Somaliland (in. coll. Holland). I have in my possession most beautifully executed drawings of the male and female of the insect recently described by my valued friend Mr. Butler as Padraona ivatsoni, but I am utterly unable to detect any differences of specific value between this form and typical specimens of P. zeno which I have received from Mr. Trimen. A specimen of Pamphila splendens, Mab., so labelled by the late Mr. Hewitson, which is found in Dr. Staudinger's collection, confirms the view I had reached by the study of Mabille's description that it is the same as P. zeno, Trimen. 207. P. (?) COLATTUS, Ploetz. Apaustus collatus, Ploetz, Berl. Ent, Zeit. vol. xxix. p. 229. Hab. Delagoa. This species is known to me only by the copy of the figure of Ploetz, which I have been permitted to examine through the courtesy of Mons. Mabille. Judging from this representation, it is a not distant ally of P. zeno, Trimen, differing principally in the narrower fulvous markings of the upperside, and the darker colour of the underside of the wings, which in the drawing are quite black except at the base of the wings. The fulvous spots stand out in bold contrast upon this dark ground. CHAPRA, Moore. 208. C MATHIAS, Fabr. Hesperia mathias, Fabr. Ent, Syst. Suppl. p. 433 (1798); Latr. Enc. Meth. vol. ix. p. 751 (1823). ? Celcenorrhinus ilirax, Hiibn. Samml. aussereur. Schmett. (1816-1841). Hesperia havei, Boisd. Faune Ent. Madgr. p. 64 (1833). Hesperia insconspicua, Bert. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bologna (1849- 50), p. 15, pi. i. figs. 4, 5. Hesperia thrax, Ledr. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. v. pi. iv. figs. 9, 10 (1855). Hesperia mahopaani, Wallgr. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. (1857): Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 48 (1857). Pamphila micipsa, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) vol. i. p. 290 (1862). Pamphila mohopaani, Trim. Rhop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. p. 304 (1866). Epargyreus mathias, Butl. Cat, Fabr. Diurn. Lep. p. 275, pi. iii. fig. 8 (1870). Pamphila elegans, Mab. Bull, Soc Zool. France, p. 232 (1877), |
