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anterior wings, slightly so on the posterior ; below, all the wings 

 are rather paler, the outer margin of the posterior is marked with 

 a series of seven somewhat oval yellow spots, that of the posterior 

 with six lunulate ones, the costa of the posterior wing has a 

 round fuscous spot beyond the middle. 



Female above yellowish white, the costa of the anterior wings 

 fuscous, the outer margin broadly and irregularly of the same 

 colour j the posterior wings have an irregular fuscous spot at the 

 outer angle, and on the outer margin four cuneiform spots : be- 

 low, the markings are nearly the same as in the male, but the 

 ground-colour of the anterior wings is nearly white, the costa and 

 spots in the fuscous border lutescent ; the posterior wings are 

 marked nearly as in the male, but the border is more broken by 

 the light spots ; the ground-colour is lutescent and the costa at 

 the base is luteous. 



Head varied with black and yellow ; antennae black, spotted 

 with white. 



Thorax clothed with light yellowish hairs. 



Abdomen pale yellow. 



In the collection of the British Museum and W. F. Evans, Esq. 



The only specimens I have seen of this species are a male in 

 the Museum collection which I had considered as a variety of 

 P. Hedyle, Cram., and a female in the collection of Mr. Evans. 

 Knowing now both sexes of P. Hedyle and this species, I am 

 quite sure of their distinctness. It is near to these that my P. 

 lanthe must be placed, though for some reasons this last seems 

 nearer to P. Calypso. It is the P. Pisino'e of Dr. Boisduval's 

 cabinet. 



Pi. Theora. Pi. alls anticis utrinque luteis, margine externo late 

 nigro, nigredine intus dentate, posticis margaritaceis, albis, supra 

 margine nigro, maculis utrinque submarginalibus nigris, subtus 

 maculis marginalibus alteraque discoidali luteis. Exp. alar. 2 unc. 

 6 lin. vel 60 millim. 



Hab. Ashanti. 



Anterior wings above bright luteous, the inner margin slightly 

 paler, the outer margin broadly black at the apex, gi'adually less 

 so towards the anal angle ; this black border deeply sinuate oppo- 

 site to the cell, dentate below the uppermost median nervule. Pos- 

 terior wings pearly white, the outer margin narrowly and irre- 

 gularly black, preceded by a series of six indistinct fuscous spots, 

 those nearest the outer angle best defined. Below, the anterior 

 wings are coloured as above, but the black margin is divided by 

 a macular band composed of six spots, of which two are ovate 

 near the apex, having between them a small linear one, the three 

 following lunulate or cuneate. Posterior wings beautifully pearly 

 white, the outer margin with a series of black spots on the ner- 



