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NEW FORMS OF THE ACllAEINE GENERA FLANEMA 



AND ACTINOTE. 



Bv K. JORDAN. 



1. Planema adrasta pancalis subsp. nov. 



S. Orange bands broader on both wings than in /'. a. adrasta Weyra. (1892), 

 that of forewing not interrnpted posteriorly as is the case in S of /'. a. adrasta. 

 One 6 from Katanga, Tanganyika. 



2. Planema entails sp. nov. 



S. Smaller than ]'. porjgei Dew. (1879) and 1'. px'^mlcunjta G. k S. (1890). 

 Outer margin of forewing more incurved, band nearly as in ps,'ii(l,'nrijta, more 

 extended distad at R^ exteriorly with three sharp incisions between R"' and SM- as 

 in pst'i/'Uun/ta, the band as broad at hindmargin as at costal margin ; on the inner 

 side similiirly ourved as in j>oi/i/ci. 



Band of hindwing, on itpjtersidc, dnll white, being slightly shaded witli fuscous, 

 not with yellow, quite gradually fading away exteriorly, like the orange band of 

 pseuili'un/t'i, the outer margin of wing black. Rase of hindwing beneath as in 

 poq(jei ; median band white. 



" One S from North Hailunda, Angola, Augnst 0, I'.lill (Max IVmberton). 



3. Planema consanguinea sartina subsji. nov. 



?. Band of forewing aho\:e of the same colour as in i of /'. c. consanguinea, 

 posteriorly more proximal in jiosition than in both sexes of that race; blackish 

 border of hindwing broader, and the disc paler. 



On II i/r/ersif/e the basal area of hindwing chestnut, of a much deeper tone than 

 in P. c. consanguinea, the disc on the contrary paler. 



Two ? ? from Bansu, Axim, May 1900 (Mr. Perry). 



4. Planema epaea kivuana subsp. nov. 



S . r/iprrsi</e : markings of forewing in size about the same as in /'. e. epaea, 

 but the obliipie baud i)ale creamy buff, and the patch before hindmargin pale buff 



and externally not sharply defined. Hindwing : a bullish white antemedian band, 



narrow, gradually fading away on distal side. 



On underside these markings bullish white ; bii.sal area of hindwing lighter 

 yellow than in /'. e. epaea. 



? . Markings jmre white above and below ; obliiiue band of forewing narrower 

 than in /'. c. epaea, the band of hindwing also narrower and on distal side more 

 sharply defined ; base of hindwing beneath paler yellow. 



One pair from Kwidgwi Island in Lake Kivn, I.'ioii — 'juiiii ni., November I'.MiT 



(I{. Grauer). 



5. Planema tellus eumelis subsji. nov. 



i ?. Sexes similar. Forewing broader than in /'. t. tellus; the oblique band 

 wider extending nearer to the margin ; patch before hindmargin smaller. Black 



