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White markin-s similar; costa and apex of fore-mng and 

 hindmarc^in of hind-wing ochre-yellow Fore-w^ng : base 

 dull of^red to nearly middle of discoidal cell, the colour 

 Gradually disappearing along subcostal uexvure to extrenuty 

 ? cell Vin]-^.f.^.- base of the same red as in fore-wmg, 

 gradually fading into an ochreous band running be ween me- 

 d a and s bmedian nervures as far as yellow spot ; inner edge 

 o yellow bi,Kl.marginal band blackish, contaimng, between 

 d scoida and third median nervules, three elongate yellowish- 

 white spots within the inner row of marginal spots ; spots of 

 outer rC edged with blackish ; fringe white between 



nervules 



" T +1 . Wp«f Afrirau soecimens ia tlie British Museum, two of the spots 



Jtaeum TSoagVcotmced me of tUe ideutit, or species m exan,ples 

 from various parts of Africa. 



Natal.-Coll. mihi and S. A. Mus. 



Natal. West Africa. Sierra Leone. Congo.-13iit. Mus. 



t 11. Papilio Messalina. 



Papilio Messalina, StoU, SuppL Cram. Pap. ExoL,^ pl.^-b, 



Westw.> Arc. Ent., I, p. 151. 



^f'^Ma Inroad, crea.ny,yello.isk..kUe^ transverse 

 hand common to ^oth roings Fore-wmg :je^^^^^^^ 

 iTiediatelv above first discoidal nervule, an elongate ovdie 

 reamy-w^^ spot; the transverse band commences below 

 Wrrpotbeyo^d middle, on -conddiscoidanervue, ex- 

 tending to middle of inner-margin, its external ^d e con 

 s derably indented on nervules by ^ f^^^^J^^^ 

 ^«l.itP hiark-snotted in indentations of margin. Uma tuing 



radiating on black outwardly; f""?'' «", >" Z"'^'', •! ^ !,»„ „, 



S-ttpetiir^^^^^^^^^^^ 



L'eak between apical spot a^d eo^^ence™ n of^ W 



rr^;^=7onln"Jd^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



black spots between costal and subcostal ncnuies, 



