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Underside. — Fore wing. Basal area rufous, paler along the iuuer 

 margin, the patch of orange on the uppersifle being decidedly 

 lighter belovF. Costa black as far as the apical patch above the 

 discoidal cell, which then becomes more indistinct and Tery much 

 dentated towards the inner margin. The hind margin is edged with 

 a narrow border of orange-yellow which extends in thin rays between 

 the uervules, each nerrule being distinctly marked with black, and 

 having a black ground with a line of yellow on either side of the 

 nervules. 



Hind wing. Base of wing yellow, with a narrow transverse band 

 of deep rufous extending from the costa to the inner margin and 

 spreading up to the base. This transverse band is outlined on 

 either side with small black spots, which become more numerous at 

 the inner margin. Middle portion of wing pale yellow, followed by 

 a submarginal border of eight nervules, black, with a streak of 

 yellow on both sides and then outlined with black. Between each 

 of these nervules is a streak of orange-yellow ; also at the very edge 

 of the wing are seven triangular-shaped spots of pale yellow, the last 

 spot (counting from the costa) being the smallest. 



Expanse 1*8 inch. 



Hab. Sotik, Kavirondo, Oct. 1889. 



Genus Planema. 



Planema latifasciata, sp. n. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 6.) 



Nearest to P. euryta, Linn., but is easily distinguished by the 

 deep chestnut-colour at the base of the fore wing and by being so 

 much smaller in size. 



Fore wing. Base and greater part of basal area deep rufous 

 brown or chestnut, edged with a narrow outline of black, which is 

 Tery strongly dentated below the discoidal cell, becoming almost 

 invisible towards the inner margin. Across the middle of the wing 

 is a band of deep orange-yellow, much dentated externally on the 

 first, second, and third median nervules ; this band becoming much 

 narrower at the inner margin. A large portion of the apex black or 

 very dark brown, which colour continues along the hind margin, 

 though decreasing very much in width towards the inner margin. 



Hind wing. Rufous base much more restricted than in the fore 

 wing, though somewhat lighter than in the latter. A transverse 

 band of pale cream-colour or yellow crosses the middle of the wing, 

 increasing slightly in width to the inner margin. This band is fol- 

 lowed by a very broad border of black or deep brown along the 

 hind margin, this colour extending along the nervules, v/hile there 

 are also interuervnlar rays of the same colour reaching to about the 

 middle of the transverse band. There are a few black spots at the 

 base. 



Underside. Very similar to the upperside, though the fore wing 

 is much lighter in colour. 



Hind wing. Base as dark as that in the fore wing, having two 

 small black spots above the cell, one in the middle, and a streak or 



