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Show 78 DR. W. Ji HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN [Jan. 14, 265. P. LIGORA, Hew. Hesperia ligora, Hew. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) vol. xviii. p. (1876). Carystus thersander, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6) vol. p. 30, pi. iii. fig. 5 (1890). Carystus? thersander, Holl. Ent. News, vol. v. pi. i. fig. 17 (1894). Hab. Angola (Hew.) ; Sierra Leone (Mab.); Cameroons (Good). After a careful examination of the structure of this species, although it greatly exceeds in size any other species of Pardaleodes known to me, and the primaries are more pointed than in the type of the genus, I cannot find anything to justify its separation from Pardaleodes. With P. xanthioides, Holl., and P. xanthias, Mab., forms a small sub-group in the genus. 266. P. XANTHIAS, Mab. (Plate III. fig. 7.) Carystus xanthias, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. p. cxvii (1891). Hab. Lagos (Mabille); Gaboon (Good). This species is intermediate between P. ligora, Hew., and P. xanthioides, Holl. 267. P. XANTHIOIDES, Holl. (Plate IV. fig. 14.) Pardaleodes xanthioides, Holl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) vol. x. p. 290 (1892). Hab. Valley of the Ogove. 268. P. VIBIUS, Hew. Astictopterus vibius, Hew. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (5) vol. i. p. 343 (1878). Pamphila rega, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (6) vol. ix. p. cxlix (1889); Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6) vol. x. p. 31, pi. iii. fig. 7, $ (1890). Hab. Tropical West Africa. 269. P. SIERRA, sp. nov. (Plate IV. fig. 19.) 3. Allied closely to P. vibius, Hew. Instead, however, of having the reddish-orange spot on the primaries defined on the lower margin by vein 1, as in that species, this spot extends to the inner margin and likewise inwardly toward the base, being interrupted at the base by a linear patch of raised scales, extending along the lower edge of the cell at the origin of vein 2. The secondaries also are paler on the upper surface, and are marked beyond the cell by an obscure series of yellowish spots. On the underside the wings are much paler than in vibius, the secondaries of which on the underside are uniformly black ; in this species they are ochraceous, clouded with fuscous and defined externally by a fine black marginal hne. This may be a local form of vibius, but is sufficiently distinct to deserve description. Expanse 25 mm. Type in coll. Staudinger. Hab. Sierra Leone. |