264 Mr. ^y. F. Kirby on 



J/ah. Camcroons {Preuss). 



In tlic collection of Dr. Stauclinger. 



Allied to P. parva, Kirb., and P. petreia, Hew. 



Pseuderesia similis. 



Exp. a little over an inch. 



Female. — Upperside nearly as in P. turhaia, but the costa 

 of the posterior wings brown for two thirds of its length. 



Underside : Anterior wings red ; costa black for one third 

 of the breadth of the wing to beyond the cell ; then the 

 reddish space runs up, separating it from the apical area, 

 which is marked with two much dentated grey lines ; the 

 border itself is grey, edged within by a black line on its upper 

 half. Posterior wings grey, with a black spot on the costa, 

 two very large subcostal spots, three in the cell, the last linear, 

 closing it, and three below ; the marginal area is occupied by 

 three rows of black zigzag spots separated by two rows of 

 grey ones. Fringes grey, edged within by a black and tlien 

 by a grey line. 



Hah. Cameroons {Preuss). 



In the collection of Dr. Staudinger. 



This might be the female of P. twhata, but the marginal 

 markings of the posterior wings beneath are very different. 



Pseuderesia debora. 



Exp. lyVr inch. 



Male. — U])perside dull black, the incisions scaled witli 

 white. Posterior wings with a large orange blotch extending 

 from the second submedian nervule to the inner margin just 

 above the anal angle. 



Underside : Anterior wings more of a slate-colour ; costa 

 and hind margin dusted with grey, inner margin paler, with 

 a whitish blotch at the hinder angle ; three red spots placed 

 obliquely near the apex of the wings. Posterior wings dull 

 black dusted with grey ; a broad red band formed of three 

 nearly connected spots crosses the middle of tlie cell, but does 

 not extend to the costa or inner margin ; witliin this is a row 

 of smaller spots, three red and two black, placed alternately, 

 and at the base is another red spot ; beyojid each of the upper 

 and lower red spots of the band stands a black s[)ot, and after 

 these another row of three disconnected red marks, a large 

 one near the costa, a line closing the cell, and a small spot 

 below ; beyond the line is another large red spot ; beyond 

 these is a series of seven red spots edged witliin with black 

 ones (and slightly edged with black on the outside too), one 



