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Show 88 DR. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN [Jan. 14, upper surface reappear on this side, though less distinctly owing to the paler ground-colour. The secondaries are dark brown, slightly touched with greyish on the outer margin near the outer angle. There are a few obscure pale discal spots beyond the cell. 5 . The female is marked like the male, but lacks, of course, the characteristic sexual markings of the male. The wings are more elongated and rounded, and the primaries have a translucent yellow spot on interval 1, midway between the base and the outer margin. Expanse, 3 40 mm., $ 43 mm. Hab. Valley of the Ogove. This species is closely related to C. soritia, Hew., but is quite distinct. 290. C. MARACASDA, Hew. (Plate I. fig. 4.) Hesperia maracanda, Hew. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vol. xviii. p. 450 (1876). Casyapa masacanda, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Suppl. p. 817 (1877). Hab. Angola (Heivitson) ; Gaboon (Good). 291. C. BINOEVATUS, Mab. (Plate II. fig. 1.) Proteides binoevatus, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxxv. p. (1891). Hab. Valley of the Ogove. 292. C. LEONORA, Ploetz. (Plate II. fig. 5.) Hesperia leonora, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xl. p. 355 (1879), vol. xliii. p. 338 (1882). Proteides xanthargyra, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxxv. p. cxii (1891). Pamphila leonora, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. p. 253 (1893). Hab. Aburi (Ploetz); Accra (Mabille); Togoland (Karsch) Valley of Ogove (Good). The number of the small subapical spots in this species is variable. Some specimens have but two, others three, while the type of Ploetz is destitute of such spots. The absence of the sexual brand on the upperside of the primaries of the male is apparently the only mark of distinction having generic weight which would lead me to separate this species from the foregoing three. If there are other points, I have failed to discover them, and I hesitate to erect a new genus for the reception of this species without some more evident reason. 293. C. STOEHRI, Karsch. Pamphila stoehri, Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. p. 252, pi. vi. fig. 6 (1893). Hab. Togoland (Karsch); Gaboon (Mocquerys). The type was a damaged male. The collection of Dr. Staudinger |