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fifth, whicli is rather larger than on upper side, and conspicuous ; 

 beyond the spots and also along inner-marginal fold the dark-brown 

 surface is unmarked, except by a white line just before hind-marginal 

 edge, between first median nervule and anal angle ; about base some 

 sparse whitish scaling. 



Head and thorax very robust, the former quite as hroad as the latter. 

 Antennce with a well-developed and strongly recurved hook ; black 

 above, half-ringed with yellowish-white beneath, and with basal incras- 

 sation of club also marked beneath with yellowish-white. Beneath, 

 the ^alpi and front of the hreast are conspicuously yellowish-white ; 

 rest of breast greyish. Abdomen blackish, with complete segmental 

 incision rings of yellowish-white, very thin above, but wider laterally 

 and beneath. 



$ Like ^, hut rather imler and duller. Fore-wing : about subcostal 

 and median nervures, near base, a little dull-yellowish scaling. Hind- 

 wing : spots of discal series yellower, slightly larger, — usually a minute 

 additional spot between the subcostal nervules. Under side. — Much 

 paler. Fore-tcing : costal yellowish-white extending to beyond middle ; 

 spots larger. Hind-iving : basal whitish scaling and median whitish 

 shade, as well as discal spots (except the last), better developed ; white 

 hind-marginal line widened to a streak between first median nervule 

 and submedian nervure. 



This strongly-built little species, which in marking is not unlike 

 the much larger P. Borhoniea (Boisd.) in the fore-wings, may be 

 recognised by its large head, very dark ground-colour, inner-marginal 

 yellowish-white edging on upper side of the fore-wings, rather well- 

 developed discal series of yellowish-white spots in hind-wings, and very 

 glossy partly violaceous-shot under side. In the latter feature it much 

 resembles P. Fatuellus, Hopff., — especially the $. I was enabled to 

 identify I^eba, Hewits., with this species by examining the seven speci- 

 mens in the Hewitson Collection at the British Museum. 



I took a ^ noar D'Urban, Natal, in February 1867, and Colonel Bowker, 

 Mr. W. D. Gooch, the late Mr. M. J. M'Ken, and Mr. A. D. Millar liave all 

 from time to time sent a specimen or two captured in that locality. As my 

 last-named correspondent writes, however, the butterfly appears to be decidedly 

 rare in that part of Natal. The paired sexes were taken by Colonel Bowker 

 on the 13th August 1878. A single ,$ , taken at Humbe, on the Cunene 

 River, in October 1887, by Mr. Eriksson, has the vitreous spots decidedly 

 larger and the under side paler and greyer than usual. 



Localities of Pamj^hUa Moritili. 



I. South Africa. 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Pinetown (IF. Morant). 

 II. Delagoa Bay. — Louren^o Marques {Mrs. Montciro). 

 K. Transvaal. — I>ydenburg District [T. Ayres). 



