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triangnlar, widest at SM', not reaching costal and abdominal edges, which remain 

 black, and including a small oblique bar in the cell followed behind cell liy a 

 small spot, both with plumbeous scales, the orange area narrowly joined in front 

 and more broadly before M- to a straight orange discal band extending obliijnely 

 from near costal edge to a little beyond M' ; an orange spot before hinder angle ; 

 fringe spotted with white ; a small white basal subcostal dot ; plumbeous scales 



on cross-veins. Hindwing orange-red, with narrow black distal border, which 



becomes gradually narrower behind ; fringe spotted with white. 



Underside similar to upper ; plumbeous scales absent ; forewiug paler orange, 

 discal band separate behind from basi-discal area, no orange spot before hinder 

 angle. 



Length of forewing : 30 mm. 



Hab. Moyamba, Sierra Leone (D. Cator) ; 1 ? . 



Resembling the ? of A', poggei. 



lu. Burgena splendida pectoralis snbspec nov. 



S ? . Differs from spl. splendida in the sterna and coxae being black, except 

 the hinder side of the forecoxa, which is yellow. The first segment of the palpus 

 is black or bears only a few white scales. 



This form is on the whole somewhat smaller than spl. splendida. 



Ilab. Solomons : Isabel, June and July 1901, type ; Choiseul, December 1003 

 and January 1904 ; Florida, January 1901. 



A long series collected by Messrs. A. S. Meek and Eichhorn. 



11. Pseudospiris jucunda spec. nov. 



S. In structure somewhat intermediate between Pseudospiris and Paida. 

 Frontal cone large, its upper apical edge more projecting than the lower edge. 

 Anterior margin of frons not raised to a ridge. Anterior tibiae longer than first 

 tarsal segment, the thorn at its apex short and obtuse. Tooth of claw nearer apex 

 than in P. paidiformis (1895) Bntl. Abdomen much less tufted and the hairs of 

 the hindwing {S) much shorter than in P. pitidiformis. Forewing broader, SC 

 and SC- before apex of cell, areole rather large, St!'^ from apex of areole, K' from 

 cell, not stalked with the subcostals, R^ and R^ separate, M' from close to angle 

 of cell, M- also more distal than in paidiformis ; hindwing a little broader than in 

 that species, stalk of C and SC- much shorter, R' and R- from a point. 



In colour resembling paidiformis. Abdomen with a black dorsal mesial line 



from segment 3 to 6. Wings, upperside; forewing : discal line S-shaped as in 



Paida pulchra, but not produced into a tooth before R^, being much more regularly 

 curved ; the veins in the proximal area of the wing streaked with black or ferru- 

 ginous, subbasal ferruginous patch not extending forward beyond M, tlic black or 

 ferruginous line distally of it more proximal at costal edge than in paidformis, 

 the two antemedian annuli separate, smaller, filled in with silvery scales, some 

 dots on (SM') proximally of second antemedian ring, similar dots centred with 

 silvery scaling on M, one in angle M — M- a distinct annnliis, silvery spot on cross- 

 veins narrower and more regularly kidney-shajied thau in paidformis ; vein-streaks 



in distal area black, but often shading into ferruginous proximally. Hindwing 



ferruginous ; distal edge very thinly black ; a series of small admarginal pale 



