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Show 94 DR. W. J. HOLLAND ON THE AFRICAN [Jan. 14, PLOETZIA, Saalm. (Systole, Mab.) 310. P. AMYGDALIS, Mab. Hesperia amygdalis, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1877, p. 234. Systole amygdalis, Mab., Grandidier's Madagascar, vol. xviii. p. 330, pi. li.*figs. 6, 6 a, 7 (1887). Ploetzia amygdalis, Saalm. Lep. Madgr. vol. i. p. 115 (1884). Hab. Madagascar. 311. P. FIARA, Butl. Proteides fiara, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870, p. 503; Staudgr. Exot. Schmett. vol. ii. pi. 99 (1888). Pamphila fiara, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 329 (1889). Hab. South Africa. 312. P. DYSMEPHILA, Trim. Pamphila dysmephila, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1868, p. 96, pi. vi. fig. 10. Hesperia mucorea, Karsch, Ent. Nachr. vol. xviii. p. 178 (1892). Hab. South Africa, Togoland. Through the kindness of Dr. Karsch I have been permitted to have a carefully drawn figure of his Hesperia mucorea executed by Herr Prillwitz, and it proves upon comparison with typical specimens of the male of P. dysmephila, received from Mr. Trimen, to be the same. The absence of the white line upon the underside of the secondaries, which is so conspicuous in the female, and is brought out characteristically in the figure given by Mr. Trimen, is calculated to mislead the student who is not aware of this difference in the marking of the sexes. 313. P. CERYMICA, Hew. Hesperia cerymica, Hew. Ex. Butt. iv. Hesp. pi. ii. figs. 20, 21 (1867). Carystus cerymica, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 591 (1871); Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 329, footnote (1889). Hab. Tropical West Africa. Mr. Trimen is quite right in his surmise expressed on p. 329 of the third vol. of his ' S. African Butterflies/' 314. P. QUATERNATA, Mab. Pamphila quatemata, Mab. Bull. & Ann. Soc. Ent. France (5) vol. vi. pp. xxvi & 268 (1876). Hab. Senegal (Mabille). This species is stated by the author to be very closely allied to P. dysmephila, Trim. The type was unique. |