64 BIl. AV. J. UOLLAND ON 'J.'HB AFUIOAN [Jan. 14, 



position, and below and beyond the cell two discal spots, subquadfate 

 in form, on either side of vein 3 near its origin. The lower of these 

 _ spots is the larger. They are both translucent and waxy yellow in 

 colour. There are two small obscure semi-transparent spots of like 

 colour on the secondaries on either side of vein 3 a little beyond its 

 origin. The margin is slightly darker brown than the body of the 

 wing, and the fringes are paler. On the underside the wings are 

 uniformly pale reddish ochraceous, except the inner margin of the 

 primaries, which is darker, inclining to plumbeous. The spots of 

 the upper surface reappear on the lower side, but far less distinctly 

 defined. Expanse 30 mm. 



Hob. Valley of the Ogove. 



This very distinct species is represented in my collection by a 

 single specimen. 



218. P. (?) URSULA, sp. nov. (Plate II. fig. 4.) 



(3 . This insect is obscurely brown all over, without any spots 

 or markings vfhatever. 



5 . The female is coloured like the male, but has three elongated 

 subapical spots in the usual positioo, and two obscure translucent 

 spots on either side of vein 3 of the primaries a little before its 

 origin. The spots are subquadrate. 



Expanse, J 20 mm., $ 30 mm. 



Hah. East Africa. 



The types of the males are found in my collection and in the 

 collection of Dr. Staudinger. The only female I have ever seen is 

 contained in the collection of Dr. Staudinger. I refer this insect 

 with some measure of doubt to tlie genus Parnara, with which it 

 in the main agrees in neuration as far as I have been able to 

 ascertain. The insect, however, is not so robust as the other 

 species referred to this genus. The primaries are more rounded 

 on the outer margin and the secondaries somewhat more excavated 

 before the anal angle, in the case of the female. I cannot, 

 however, with the material before me, venture to separate this 

 species from the genus Parnara, 



Sbmalba, gen. nov. 



AntennsB and palpi as in the genus Baoris. Primaries : cell 

 about half the length of the wing ; vein 6 much nearer 4 than 6 ; 

 vein 12 terminating on the costa before the end of the cell ; vein 

 7 slightly before the end of the cell ; vein 2 one-third of the 

 distance from the base ; vein 3 a little before the end of the cell. 

 Secondaries : cell short ; vein 5 wanting ; discocellulars faint, 

 erect ; vein 7 originating well before the end of the cell ; vein 3 

 a little before the end of the cell ; vein 2 originating beyond the 

 middle of the cell ; the outer margin evenly rounded ; the costa 

 sUghtly produced before the base. The two species referred to 

 this genus are characterized by peculiar sexual markings. In the 

 case of the male of S, pulvina, Ploetz, the type of the genus, there 



