504 On new Butterflies from Boryieo and Africa. 



Parnara perohscura, sp. n. 



cJ . Upperside uniform rich dark brown, sligiitly greenish 

 towards the base in both wings. Fore wing with a minute 

 semihyaline white dot in the cell placed beyond the middle 

 and close to its upper wall. Usually two, sometimes one or 

 three, minute subaplcal white dots. A semihyaline white 

 dot at the base of cell 3, and a larger more or less crescent- 

 shaped spot inwardly below it in cell 2. In cell 1 near the 

 middle resting on vein 1 is a minute bright yellow spot. On 

 the hind wing near the centre of the disc are one or two 

 minute whitisii dots, which may be entirely obsolete. On 

 the underside the ground-colour is dark brown, with the 

 whole surface of both wings except the dorsum of the fore 

 wing thickly sprinkled with dark ochreous scales. The spots 

 on both wings appear as on the upper surface. Cilia fuscous, 

 paler towards the tornus on both surfaces. Palpi pale 

 ochreous, with some brown hairs. Antennje pale below, 

 black above. Abdomen brown above, pale ochreous below. 



? . Like the male, but paler, usually with an additional 

 subapical dot placed close to the costa on the fore wing, and 

 with the minute dots on tiie hind wing more clearly defined. 



Expanse, S 30-34, ? 31-32 mm. 



I'ype, Si ^ius. Druce; co-types, ^ ? , Mus. Hope. 



Hab. Addah, West Africa {Burt, Mus. Druce) ; c^ ? , 

 N.E. of Entebbe, about 4000 feet {C. A. Wiggins, ^lus. 

 Hope). 



^Ve have long possessed the male specimen from Addah, 

 and on receipt o£ other specimens by Professor Foulton I 

 have ventured to name this obscure insect. It belongs to 

 the group containing P. ochracea, Holland, and P. vticans, 

 Holland, the former of, which it much resembles on the 

 underside, excepting that the semihyaline spots on the fore 

 wing are very different, being much smaller. P. micans is a 

 totally different colour, described by Dr. Holland as " Mars 

 brown." We have specimens of both these species, the males 

 of each being without the bright yellow dot in cell 1 of the 

 fore wing. P. perohscura is also much like P. auritinctus, 

 But]., but the apex of the fore wing in that species is much 

 more produced and the ternien is straight ; the ground- 

 colour is paler and the hind wing especially is more golden 

 yellow. 



