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cJ. Tlie two slender jrocesses of the tentli toigite form eacli a moderately 

 curved hook (PI. XXIV. f. fi ; side-view). Clasper (PI. XXXII. f. 13) sinuate 

 at the apex, the sinus rontinned proximad by the vestige of a slit ; proximal part 

 of harpe very hnlky, fUlin!!; up the greater part of the cavity of the clasper, produced 

 distiilly into a. rather long and slender process which is somewhat cnrved at the 

 end. The teetli of the penis-sheath (PI. XXX. f. 2i>) well developed on one side 

 (left-hand side in fig.), the mesial ones being a little heavier, while the teo:li 

 disappear more or less from the other side of the sheath. 



?. Eighth abdominal tergite with two pointed processes at the sides of the 

 mesial sinns, the j)rocesses variable in length. Vaginal plate (PI. XVI. f. 14) 

 with a prominent folded and dentate transverse ridge before the vaginal cavity, 

 the ridge sinuate mesially, laterally joining the liroad dentate side-processes, 

 which curve mesiad. 



Ilab. Cape Colony to British East Africa. 



In the Tring Museum 10 tJc?,4 ? ? from: Natal: Taveta ; Kscar])ment, British 

 East Africa, February and March lOiil (W. Doherty). 



//. P. jHistirii (ilii/Aitituciis. 



*Sn,ennlbus »/.//.«;«;.•'/« Luciis, .!««. .So.'. K,il. Fr. p. C.nO. t. 18. f . 2 ( ? ) (18o7) (Kliarlum ;— Mus 



Paris). 

 XiiiiHia. ahiixsiiiiru. Walker. Lixl Lcp. I/i.t. JS. M. x.xxi. p. ,34 (18ti4) (Abyssinia). 

 llriaiinin nbijxxiiiicn^ Butler, Trnir:. Zonl. .s'l.c. Loml. \\. p. fiilli. ii. 9 (1H77) (Abyssinia) : Kirby, Cal. 



Lep. liel. j. p. 702. n. 8 (18'.12) (Abyssinia). 

 *Siiteniillii(s hkinrhii Oberthiir, Ann. Mkh. Cir. 0,'iini;i xviii. p. 734. n. S4. t. '.I. f . 8 ( ? ) (1K83) 



(Shoa : — coll. Charles Oberthiir). 



t?. Not known. 



?. This sex differs from that of the preceding subspecies in the lines of the 

 forewing being thinner and better defined, esjiecially those on the disc. The ridge 

 in front of the vaginal orifice is similar to that oi post, jjostica, bnt less incrassate, 

 with the folds ratlier sparser. 



We are inclined to regard a!ji/)<.viiicus as a synonym of post, poitico, l)ut more 

 material from Abyssinia mnst be examined before the two can be put together. 

 For the present it is certainly more opjiortune to keep them apart. Possibly the 

 East African individuals of ^jcs^ ^jo,«^/«( may turn out to be somewhat different in 

 structure from the southern specimens ; here, too, more material is wanted. 



llul). Aliyssinia : Khartum (1 ? in the Paris Musenm) : Shoa (1 ? in colh 

 Oberthiir). 



c. P. postica occidentalis snbsp. nov. 



Chillis prmtira, Dnice. in Moloney, M'p»t .\fi\ Forpulri/ p. 49,3. n. 9 (1887). 



J?. Distal margin of forewing straight in middle in J, feebly convex in ?. 

 The black band of the hindwing entire in most individuals, especially in the ? s?x. 

 Sexnal organs remarkably different from those of post, post/ca and ahi/.'tsinicHS. 



6 ■ The two processes of the tenth tergite closer together than in post, postica, 

 longer, and more strongly cnrved downwards (PI. XXIV. f. 8, side-view). The 

 clasper is distally divided into a broad ventral lobe, which is pointed, almost iiooked 

 at the end (PI. XXXII. f. 12), and a slender dorsal lobe, which has developed into 

 a strongly chitinised hook curving ventrad, neiirly touching with the tip the apex 

 of the ventral lobe; the harpe is larger than in post, posticu ; the distal ])rocess 



