1894.] MANICA, SOUTH-EAST AFRICA. 25 



Exp. al.(S)l in. 8-11 lin. ; (?) 1 in. 9 lin. to 2 in. 

 <$ . Pale dull ochre-yellowish ivith a brownish tinge, semi-transparent, 

 ivith numerous small black spots. Fore wing : a very fine linear fuscous 

 edgiug along costa and a slightly wider one along hind margin, 

 the apex between 2nd subcostal and 1st median nervules being 

 rather widely tipped with fuscous ; across discoidal cell, towards 

 extremity, an elongate spot, sometimes surmounted by a very 

 small rounded costal spot ; a small upper terminal discocellular 

 spot ; below median nervure, before middle, a rather elongate 

 spot ; an exceedingly irregular discal series of 8 spots, — of which 

 the upper four are contiguous, forming a curved costal bar 

 reaching the 3rd median nervule, — the fifth separate, beyond the 

 fourth, between 3rd and 2nd median nervules, the sixth far before 

 fifth, between median nervure and its first nervule, the seventh 

 rather beyond the sixth, below 1st median nervule, and the eighth 

 (very small, minute, or sometimes wanting) before the seventh, on 

 inner-marginal edge ; a submarginal series of five small rounded 

 spots, between upper radial nervule and submedian nervure, of 

 which the upper three form a line at an angle with the lower two, 

 which are equidistant from hind margin (in one example there is 

 an additional superior spot, above upper radial nervule); base 

 usually with some limited fuscous scaling, chiefly near inner 

 margin. Hind wing : fuscous hind-marginal border variable in 

 •width, regularly indented on nervules along its inner edge, and 

 enclosing seven more or less distinct spots of the ground-colour ; 

 near base, a rounded spot in discoidal cell (sometimes obscured 

 by some fuscous basal suffusion), followed by a curved subbasal 

 series of five spots, of which the second is in discoidal cell, and the 

 fourth and fifth (both smaller than the others) on inner margin ; 

 an exceedingly irregular discal series of 8 spots, of which the first, 

 fourth, and sixth are before the rest and the third small or minute 

 (in one specimen wanting). Underside. — Very much paler than 

 upperside, glossy, the hind wing of a dull pale-creamy tint, in parts 

 sometimes tinged ivith pale red ; markings as on upperside, but those 

 of hind wing more sharply defined. Fore iving : markings some- 

 what fainter, especially apical fuscous, which is traversed and in 

 some specimens almost replaced by three pale-creamy marks. 

 Hind wing : two additional small spots close to base, one on costa, 

 the other at origin of costal nervure ; a pinkish-red inner-marginal 

 suffusion, very variable in depth of tint and in extent, sometimes 

 tinging basal half of discoidal cell but rarely rising above cell ; in 

 most examples a slight reddish tinge over the ground-colour before 



the bind wings ; 5, in the male a well-defined blackish cloud at the base of 

 both wings on the upperside ; and 6, in both sexes, no trace of reddish 

 colouring at base or along inner margin of the hind wings. The abdomen in 

 both sexes is, apart from the dorsal black on basal third, white tinged with 

 canary-yellow, instead of pale ochreous-yellow with prolonged dorsal black (in 

 the female reaching to the tip, and containing two rows of pale-yellowish spots), 

 as in asema ; and the interior subterminal corneous appendage in the female 

 has a brondcr, less deeply forked recurved process. 



