1910.] from northern rhodesia. 81 



Parnara subochracea. 



Parnara subochracea Holl. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 63, pi. iv. fig. 2. 



I have a series from the Chambezi valley which I do not care 

 to pronounce distinct from the above species. They are, however, 

 altogether paler and have an additional spot on the primary, viz. 

 on vein 1, sometimes also a spot in the upper part of the cell near 

 its end. 



Parnara arela Mab. 



Baoris arela Holl. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 68, pi. ii. fig. 20. 

 A few individuals from the Chambezi and Kalungwisi valleys, 

 iv.-ix. 



Parnara larea, sp. n. (Plate III. fig. 13, S •) 



In its broad rounded wings and in general distribution of its 

 spots this species is allied to arela Mab. It is, however, a much 

 darker species, differing very much on the underside, and has a 

 broad pale fringe compared with a narrow dark one in arela. 



S . Upperside dark brown with a faint purplish flush toward 

 base. 



Primaries. The spots as in arela, the three small spots forming 

 a row below costa are in a straight line, the middle one not being 

 more proximal than the others as it is in arela. 



Secondaries. Ground-colour as in primaries ; two indistinct 

 spots below cell and in areas 3 and 2, always present. 



Underside. — Spots as upperside ; apex of primaries and whole 

 of secondaries flushed with purple overlaid with scattered bluish 

 scales. 



Fringe very long, varying from whitish to pale ochreous ; palpi 

 pale ochreous ; thorax and abdomen coloured as upperside, paler 

 below. 



Length of primary 17 mm. 



The females are rather darker, larger, and have more rounded 

 wings. 



Type 3 in the British Museum : east shore of Lake Bangweolo, 

 22.V.08. 



Type $ in the British Museum : Kambove, Katanga, 20.iii.07. 



Cotypes in the Hope Coll., Oxford : four males from Lake 

 Bangweolo and the Chambezi valley, iv.-vii., one female from the 

 Lualaba river, Katanga, iv. 



Parnara ilias Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xl. p. 355. 



Baoris ilias Holl. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 67, pi. v. fig. 17. 



I took one individual of this species on the Lualaba river, 

 iv., and subsequently a few others in the Lake Bangweolo 

 district and the Kalungwisi valley, vii.-ix. 



Parnara entebbea Swinh. 



Parnara entebbea Swinh. Aim. ]S T . H. (8) iii. p. 90 (1909). 

 I assign my specimens with some doubt to the above species; 

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