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rather patch Icforc middle) Fore-wing: the following white spots, 

 viz., in discoidal cell, not far from extremity, and adjoining subcostal 

 nervure, a short oblique white mark of variable size and shape (but 

 always much smaller than in P. Ccnca, and sometimes almost obsolete) ; 

 beyond cell a short oblique subapical bar crossed by upper radial ner- 

 vule ; a large ovate spot below cell, between second and first median 

 nervules (its upper edge sometimes extending beyond second median 

 nervule) ; a subapical hind-marginal spot as in $, but very much 

 larger ; and a submarginal series of four similar spots between first 

 radial nervure and subniedian nervure. Hiiid-vnng : central band or 

 patch (rarely dull yellowish-white) considerably wider than in ^, 

 except costally (where it is much narrower) and inner-marginally 

 (where it is rather narrower), — its inner edge being nearer base, and 

 its outer edge much more rounded ; hind-marginal spots white, larger 

 than in $, the lower ones usually not quite so close to marginal edge, 

 and sometimes a small additional spot close to anal angle. Under 

 SIDE. — As in $, except for the totally different white marks of the fore- 

 wing, which agree ivith those of the iqiper side, hut are rather larger. 

 Fore-iving : uppermost spot of submarginal row of four obsolete. 

 Hind-wing : basal ochreous-yellow narrower than in $ ; some indistinct 

 greyish-white scaling between discal white spot and third spot of hind- 

 marginal row ; of the latter the second and fourth spots are often very 

 small and obsolescent, and rarely wanting altogether. 



In the dwarf $ above noted, all the usually white spots are of the 

 same pale ochreous-yellow as the hind-wing patch, except that the 

 marginal ones are rather paler. 



Head and body marked and coloured as in ^, except that the sides 

 and back of abdomen are not so dark. 



As regards the $ P. Eeherioides differs from its near ally the 

 West-African P. Cynorta, Fab. {Zeryntius, Boisd.), as follows, viz. : ( i ) 

 The macular band of the fore-wing is much narrower, its inner edge 

 being at some distance from discoidal cell, and its outer edge much 

 farther from hind-margin ; (2) this band is uninterrupted, the sepa- 

 rate spots gradually widening from its origin, while in Cynorta it is 

 abruptly interrupted, the second spot being absent or quite obsole- 

 scent, and the third very large; (3) the outer contour of the band is 

 slightly concave instead of convex, and the component spots are nar- 

 rower and less blunt internally, the separating black rays being 

 broader ; (4) in the hind-iving, the continuous band is usually nar- 

 rower, its inner edge being further from the base, while its outer edge 

 is almost even, instead of being sharply and regularly dentated by the 

 inter-nervular rays; and (5) the hind-marginal spots are a conspicuous 

 difference, being either very small or (oftener) altogether wanting in 

 Cynorta. On the under side, in the fore-iuing, (6) the inner edge of 

 the band is rather farther from the discoidal cell than it is on the 

 upper side, whereas in Cynorta it is so close as partly to touch the 

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