new Speciea of African Lyc.%nicla3. 263 



'markings smaller; on tlie posterior wings the central spot in 

 the circle is absent. 



Ilah. Cameroons. 



In the collection of Dr. Staudinger. 



Allied to P. [Liptena) parva^ Kirb. 



Pseiideresia paucipunctata. 



Exj). 1^ inch. 



Female. — Upperside tawny ; anterior wings with the apex 

 blackish, from two thirds of the length of the costa to two 

 thirds of the length of the hind margin, beyond which the 

 border is continued as a narrow line to the hinder angle. 

 Posterior wings with the fringes blackish. A large spot at 

 the end of the cell on all the wings. 



Underside tawny yellow, with the costa and apex of ante- 

 rior wings and the whole of the posterior wings irrorated with 

 brown ; besides the spots closing the cells, there is one in the 

 cell of the anterior wings and a smaller one above the cell 

 of the posterior wings. Posterior wings with very indistinct 

 traces of four submarginal dusky spots, one towards the tip 

 and the other three towards the anal angle. 



Hah. Cameroons. 



In the collection of Dr. Staudinger. 



Possibly an extreme variety of P. Petreia^ Hew. (of which 

 T. Preussi, Stand., is a synonym), which seems to vary con- 

 siderably in depth of colouring and in the extent of the dark 

 border on the posterior wings, and to a less extent in the 

 number of spots. 



Pseiideresia turhata. 



Exp. a little over an inch. 



Male. — Upperside reddish tawny, the costa and tip of ante- 

 rior wings and the hind margins rather broadly brown. 



Underside paler tawny. Anterior wings with two black 

 sj)ots in the cell, the costa irregularly black, throwing out 

 a broad band at the end of the cell ; the paler apex is cut off 

 by another oblique irregular band, and the costa and the space 

 between this band and the hind margin are likewise spotted 

 with black ; fringes black, and a submarginal black line on 

 the upper part of the wing. Posterior wings more buff; two 

 spots on the costa above the cell, one large spot above, and 

 two in the cell, which is itself closed by a black line, and 

 three spots below the cell"; the rest of the wing is marked 

 with large irregular black blotches. The black fringes are 

 preceded by a zigzag black line. 



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