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between the median and submedian nervures, large, round, 

 slightly bordered with black ; the fourth and fifth irregularly 

 rotund, resembling the third, nearer the hind margin ; be- 

 tween and beyond these white spots are some bluisli dashes. 

 Hind wings orange, with broad blackish-brown borders and 

 brown fringes. Fore wings beneath dark brown, with some 

 tawny tufts at the base ; the first and third spots are obsolete 

 and the fourth and fifth are connected, the lower one forming 

 an irregular band beneath the upper one, with two deep 

 indentations on its inner side. 



One specimen taken at Narogare, Uganda Protectorate, 

 May 19, 1894. 



Allied to P. albiguttay Karsch, from Lower Guinea (?), but 

 in that species the fore wings are described as black, apart 

 from other differences. 



7. Charilina amahilis. 

 Nodua amahilis, Drury, III. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. xiii. fig-. 3 (1773). 



Athi Plain, April 18, 1894; Magwangwara, German East 

 Africa, Jan. 4, 1894. 



This is a somewhat variable species, found on both sides of 

 Africa ; but the lour specimens in the present collection are 

 of rather larger average size than those in the Natural 

 History Museum, measuring from 32 to 41 millimetres in 

 expanse. The smallest specimen before me is from Zomba 

 {Johnston) and measures only 30 millim. West- African 

 specimens usually measure about 32 to 35 millim. 



Four specimens obtained. 



8. Metagarista triphcenoides. 



Metaqarida triphainoides, Walker, List Lep. Ins. B. M. i. p. 61. ii. 1 

 (lSb4). 



Port Alice, June 30, 1894. 



This is the true M. triphcenoides of Walker, with bluish 

 markings on the inner margin of the fore wings, and the fore 

 wings dusted with grey. The underside of the fore wings is 

 yellowish orange, witli a large black spot in the cell, and a 

 subapical white band, bordered within with black ; the apex 

 of the wing is reddish. \A"alker's type is from an unknown 

 locality, but the British Museum has other specimens from 

 Aburi. Walker placed with his type a specimen of M. moeaas, 

 Herrich-Schaffer, from Ashanti, which was subsequently 

 figured by L)r. Butler as M. triphcenoides ; but the fore wings 

 want the blue markings and the grey dusting above, and the 

 under surface is totally different. There is a second spot at 



