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2. P. iricolor n. sp. 



Upperside uniformly dark brown, showing in certain lights a 

 golden-green gloss. Fringe at the anal angle of the posteriors 

 broadly white. 



Underside: Anteriors with the anterior margin and the apical 

 third violet-green. The lower half of the cell and the middle 

 third of the wing is brown without any iridescence, and the pos- 

 terior margin is very broadly pearly-white. There is a crimson 

 spot on the costa at the base. Posteriors violet-green, with a 

 beautiful iridescence in certain lights, the violet tints deepest to- 

 ward the inner margin and the anal angle, where the wing inclines 

 to black. There is a crimson spot at the base, two longitudinal 

 spots of velvety-black in the cell, and a discal series of rounded 

 spots of the same color, of which the one nearest the anal angle 

 is bifid. The fringes at the anal angle are white, as upon the 

 upper surface. The head, thorax and abdomen are of the same 

 color as the wings upon the upper side; the lower side of the ab- 

 domen is ochreous. The antennae are black above and ochreous 

 below. Expanse of wings 55 mm. 



Hab. Valley of the Ogove. Type in coll. Holland 



3. P. laterculus n. sp. 



Allied to the preceding, but smaller. 



Upperside: The entire upperside of the wings, head, thorax 

 and abdomen, is dark brown. The fringes of the posteriors near 

 the anal angle are light fuscous. 



Underside: The ground color is the same as upon the upper 

 surface; the inner margin of the primaries is broadly white. The 

 base and middle area of the secondaries is brick-red; there is a 

 large circular spot of velvety-black at the end of the cell in the 

 secondaries, and a series of five discal spots of the same color 

 following this. The series is interrupted opposite the cell, the 

 three largest spots being placed after the third median nervule. 

 The fringes at the anal angle, and the tip of the abdomen on the 

 underside are stramineous. Expanse of wings 38 mm. 



Hab. Valley of the Ogove. Type in coll. Holland. 



(To be continued.) 



