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of the wing are placed upon a large bright-red patch, which extends 

 to the end of the cell. Hind wings pure white, with the black 

 marginal border narrower than in the female of dolomena, more 

 sharply defined and distinctly widening posteriorly ; the black spots 

 at the base are smaller than in dolomena and only five in number. . 

 Underside exactly as above, except that it is paler. 



Habitat. — Usambara, East Africa. 



A very interesting species, differing from all forms of P. 

 dolomena, not only in its white markings, but also in the greatly 

 reduced size of the inner marginal patch of the fore wings, which 

 is as small as in P. imitator, Trim., but better defined. In the 

 bright red patch at the base of the fore wings dolichiste agrees 

 with P. doloiiieiia var. iisagarce, Stgr., but in that subspecies the 

 female, which alone is known, is yellow-banded, like that of 

 typical dolomena. 



Catagramma maimnna var. cliirignana, subsp. nov. 



cJ. Upperside : Fore wings as in C. maimuna, Hew., except that 

 the red area is a little reduced, not reaching so near to the hinder 

 angle, and that the orange subapical band is a little broader. Hind 

 wings with a narrow red streak in the lower discoidal interspace, 

 extending from the outer end of the discoidal cell about half way to 

 the outer margin ; faint traces of dark blue gloss round the edges of 

 the red streak ; two or three pale blue submarginal spots. 



Underside as in maimuna, except that the red area of fore wings 

 is reduced as above. 



Habitat. — South Bolivia. 



This subspecies forms a complete link between C. maimuna , 

 Hew., and C. texa, Hew., differing from the former as described 

 above and from the latter in the shape of the red area of the 

 fore wings, the much narrower red streak on hind wings and 

 the pattern of the underside. In addition to the type in my own 

 collection I have examined three other specimens from the same 

 district. 



Palla dohelli, sp. nov, 



9 • Upperside of both wings orange-fulvous, with greyish-white 

 basal area, followed by a broad cream-coloured median band, which 

 commences in a point on the costa of fore wings just beyond the cell, 

 greatly increases in width to the inner margin of those wings, and is 

 continued across the hind wings to the inner margin, the inner edge of 

 the band being sharply defined and straight, the outer edge shading off 

 gradually into the fulvous ground-colour. The fore wings have an 

 irregular dark brown marginal border, widest between the costa and 

 the upper radial and between the lower radial and upper median 

 nervule, much narrower in the other interspaces ; on the hind wings 

 there is a post-discal series of connected dark brown lunules and a sub- 

 marginal series of imperfectly separated, round, fulvous spots shading 

 to cream-colour on their inner edge, the fourth, fifth and sixth marked 



