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II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



hh. Eastern Islands. — Madagascar : Llurundava (Greve). Mauritius. 

 " Bourbon." — Loisduval. 



352. (10.) Pamphila Fatuellus, Hopffer. 



<J PamphUa Fatuellus, Ilopff., " Monatsb. K. Akad. Wissensch, Bed., 



1855, p. 643, n. 25." 

 (J Pamphila Fatuellus, Ilopff., I'eters' Reise Mossamb., Ins., p. 417, pi. 



xxvii. ff. 3, 4 (1862). 

 Pamphila Borbouica, Trim, [part], Rhop. Afr, Aust., ii. p. 303, 304 (1866). 



Exp. al., {$) I in. 5-6 lin. ; (?) i in. G-y in. 

 $ Very darJc-hroivn, ivith exceedingly obscure dull-olivaceous basal 

 suffusion; fore-wing with a discal series of very small vitreous sjjots ; 

 cilia dull-whitish, obscured with brownish in upper two-thirds of fore- 

 wing. Fore-vjing : vitreous spots usually only five, viz., a curved 

 subcostal row of three minute ones and two larger ones (of which the 

 lower is considerably the greater, and transversely elongate), respec- 

 tively iramediately above and below second median nervule near its 

 origin; very rarely two other minute spots, viz., one between lower 

 radial and third median nervules, and the other just above submedian 

 nervure slightly beyond middle. Under side. — Hind-wing and costal 

 border and ivide cqnccd area of fore-tdng dull-brown, with an oehreous- 

 yellow tinge, and with a slight brassy gloss. Forc-iving : costal border 

 from base to beyond middle sparsely scaled with olivaceous-yellow ; 

 spots as on upper side, but with the two additional ones almost always 

 present (the lower one invariably). Hind-vjing : a curved discal series 

 of three minute whitish spots (sometimes very indistinct), lying between 

 first subcostal and first median nervules ; just before this a very vague 

 and ill-defined median dull-whitish fascia, — in some specimens all but 

 obsolete. 



$ Duller and paler than $, with more developed dull-olivaeeous basal 

 suffusion ; the vitreous spots in fore-wing considerably enlarged, always 

 seven in number, and the lowest of them rather conspicuously tvhite, and 

 only semi-transparent. Under side. — Considerably paler than in ^, 

 with the submetallic gloss more pronounced and usually sub-violaceous, 

 and with some hoary clouding on hind-margins; median whitish in 

 hind-wing better developed, and in some specimens conspicuotis. 



In my former work I gave this form as synonymous with Borbonica, 

 Boisd., bat fuller material has convinced me of its clear claim to be 

 held a distinct species. As far as the $ sex is concerned, there is no 

 chance of confounding the two butterflies, Fatuellus being much darker, 

 with very much smaller (and usually fewer) vitreous spots in the fore- 

 wings, and wanting on the under side the conspicuous olivaceous- 

 yellow of Borbonica. The $ is, however, very like that of Borbonica 



