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vol. 111., pp. 76—81, pl. lxxix., that I knew what an entomo- 
logical puzzle I had secured. 
‘Tt is considered a butterfly by the Germans, but a moth 
by the English. As nothing, however, is known of its meta- 
morphoses, and most of its characteristics are abnormal, its 
actual position is entirely speculative. Kirby has established 
a new family for it, ‘ Pseudopontiade,’ and in his work 
referred to above gives both descriptive and historical 
particulars, 
Fig. 2.—Wing-scales of Pseudopontia paradoxa. x 300 diameters. 
‘It was first described in 1869 by Felder from specimens 
from Calabar, and Kirby alludes to it as a West African 
insect, but my specimens coming from East Africa, it has 
apparently an extended distribution. 
‘“Commenting upon Schatz’s remark that the scales of the 
wings have a very curious bifid shape, passing into a simple 
pointed form towards the margin, Kirby says, ‘When the 
