HESPEKID^. 
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II. Other African Eegions. 
A. South Tropical. 
a I. Western Interior. — Mossamedes : Hiimbe, Cunene River {A. W. 
Eriksso7i). 
350. (8.) Pamphila Ayresii, sp. nov. 
Plate XII. fig. i (?).^ 
Exp. al, ($) I in.; ($) I in. 1-2 lin. 
Nearly allied to Moritili, Wallengr. 
^ Pale greyish-brown; fore-ioing with small vitreous spots, hind- 
wing with a didl yelloiuish-white discal streak. Fore-wing : vitreous 
spots arranged as in Moritili, but only one (the upper) spot in discoidal 
cell near extremity, and the last spot in discal series (immediately 
above submedian nervure), wanting ; some faint and sparse yellowish 
irroration in basal area, but no distinct inner-marginal streak. Hind- 
loing : discal yellowish-white streak very ill-defined, diffused externally, 
scarcely curved, lying between second subcostal and first median ner- 
vules. Cilia as in Moritili. Under side. — Hind-iving (except on 
inner-marginal fold) and narroiv costal and moderately -wide apical 
hind-marginal border of fore-wing hoary-grey, closely and finely hatched 
or striolated with blackish. Fore-iving : vitreous spots as on upper 
side ; hind-marginal border narrowing to a point on first median ner- 
vule ; ground-colour very much paler throughout inner-marginal area. 
Hind-iuing : inner-marginal fold brownish-grey, not striolated. 
$ Like J ; but in fore-wing two disco-cellular vitreous spots, and 
a small yellowish-white spot at end of discal series, just above sub- 
median nervure, as in Moritili. 
Besides the peculiar striolated hoary-grey under side of the wings, 
the much paler upper side and smaller head serve to distinguish this 
butterfly from Moritili, Wallengr. 
I have dedicated the species to Mr. Thomas Ayres, the well-known orni- 
thological observer, who has made very extensive collections of insects during 
his long residence in South Africa, and from whom a ? example (the first seen) 
was obtained by the South- African Museum in 1879. Until quite recently 
(1888) I had met with no other specimens, but, in a fine collection formed in 
the interior of South-Western Tropical Africa by Mr. A. W. Eriksson, I have 
found a pair, noted as captured at Omrora River, and a single $ , noted as 
taken at Ehanda, between Northern Ovampoland and Ombuella, early in 
August 1887. 
^ In this figure the club of the antennae is represented as too long ; its real form is like 
that shown in fig. 4 {Moritili, Wallengr.). The vitreous spots of the fore-wings are too near 
the base, and the subcostal ones are not shown with sufficient distinctness ; while the 
yellowish-white streak in the hind-wings is too curved. 
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