PSEUDAORAEA. By T)r. 0. Aurtvillius. 
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Both wings in the $ red-brown above at the base; the red-brown colour on the forewing covers almost the whole 
of the cell and the base of cellules la—2; somewhat behind the middle of the hindmargin is placed a narrow 
light yellow band, which, however, extends scarcely or not at all beyond vein 2; the subapical band of the 
forewing and the broad median band of the hindwing are also light yellow; the marginal band of the hindwing 
is 6—8 mm. hi breadth and not sharply defined proximally. The <$ is not known to me with certainty. Ger¬ 
man East Africa. 
In the following species the round blackspots in the cell of the forewing are not light-ringed. They may be divided 
into two sections. 
a. The forms of the first section may be known by the forewing having a light hindmarginal spot and a light sub- 
apical band completely separated from it and directed towards the distal margin, at most reaching vein 3 and placed far be¬ 
hind the apex of the cell; occasionally the subapical band is entirely absent. The forms of this division possibly belong 
to only one species. Dr. Jordan even thinks that the first forms of the second division also belong to this species. 
Ps. eurytus L. (46 c). The hindmarginal spot of the forewing is large, reaches vein 3 and has its eurytus. 
proximal edge sharp and straight, but does not cover the base of cellules lb and 2; hindwing beneath at 
the base reddish, in the £ above red-yellow, towards the distal margin gradually becoming broadly darkened, 
in the $ white with very broad black marginal band, rather sharply defined proximally; the hindmarginal 
spot and the subapical band of the forewing yellow in the <§, white in the $. Sierra Leone to the Cameroons. 
$-ab. epigea Btlr. The subapical band and the broad hindmarginal spot of the forewing are light orange-yellow epigea. 
as in the hindwing the same, the upperside only with a dark marginal band 3—4 mm. in breadth. Among 
the type-form. — ab. bicolor Auriv. is distinguished by having the subapical band of the forewing white, bicolor. 
but the hindwing and the hindmarginal spot on the forewing red-yellow. Congo. -—- terra Neave differs in terra. 
having the hindmarginal spot of the forewing very broad, almost entirely filling up the base of cellules la—2, 
whilst the ochre-yellow ground-colour of the hindwing reaches the distal margin in cellules la—4 and only 
in cellules 5—-7 is separated from it by a narrow black band; the hindmarginal spot and the subapical band 
of the forewing are lighter yellow. Uganda. -—- imitator Trim, is the south-eastern race and is distinguished imitator. 
by having the hindmarginal spot of the forewing absent or very small and placed behind the middle of the 
hindmargin and the hindwing black-brown at the base, so that the white colour forms a median band. The 
markings are white in the §, light ochre-yellow or whitish in the <$. Natal. 
Ps. theorini nearly approaches the preceding species and is probably only a form of it; it only differs 
in the narrower subapical band and the absent or indistinctly defined hindmarginal spot on the forewing; the 
subapical band in the <$ is only about 3 mm. in breadth and in cellules 5 and 6 often indistinct or absent; 
in the § it has an almost uniform breadth of 3—5 mm. — obscura Neave. The hindmarginal spot on the obscura. 
upperside^ of the forewing is indicated by an indistinctly defined area irrorated with red-yellow scales; the 
hindwing is dark red-brown above with thick black streaks on the interneural folds. Uganda. -— theorini theorini. 
Auriv. Forewing above with black-grey ground-colour reaching the base and entirely without hindmarginal 
spot; hindwing above red-brown with black streaks between the veins and blackish marginal band about 
4 mm. hi breadth and indistinctly defined proximally. Cameroons. -—■ consanguinea Auriv. only differs from consan- 
theorini in having the entire basal half of the forewing to the apex of the cell and the middle of vein 3 yellow- 9 uinea - 
brown; there is no distinct hindmarginal spot; corresponds exactly to Planema consanguinea Auriv. (58 b). 
Cameroons. 
Ps. striata Btlr. (46 cl) is rather variable, but may be at once known^by the entire absence of the striata. 
subapical band of the forewing. Forewing above sometimes almost entirely black-grey, only before the distal 
margin somewhat relieved with yellowish between the black streaks, sometimes more or less red-brown in the 
basal part; hindwing above with a narrow ($) or broad ($) dark marginal band, the ground-colour red-brown 
or yellowish, often lighter in the middle (especially in the 2); mimics Planema vestalis (58 e). Sierra Leone 
to Angola. 
b. The following species have instead of the subapical hand of the preceding a median band, which usually touches 
the apex of the cell, posteriorly extends beyond vein 3 and is often joined to the hindmarginal spot and reaches the hind¬ 
margin; when the band does not touch the cell it is directed towards the hindmargin and reaches at least vein 2. 
Ps. conradti Oberth. is only known to me in the male and strongly recalls the cj of Ps. eurytus (46 c). conradti. 
The subapical band of the forewing touches the apex of the cell and has also a spot in cellule 2, but is well 
separated from the small hindmarginal spot, the latter be mg anteriorly bounded by vein 2; the upperside of 
the hindwing is blackish at the base and has a red-yellow median band about 10 mm. in breadth, slightly nar¬ 
rowed anteriorly and distally sharply bounded by the black marginal band, which is somewhat widened 
at the anal angle; the underside of the hindwing is broadly reddish at the base. German East Africa; Usambara. 
Ps. rogersi Trim, is perhaps only an aberration of the preceding species. In the the subapical band of rogersi , 
the forewing is joined to the hindmarginal spot and the latter is larger, almost reaching the base of cellules 
1 a and 1 b; the upperside of the hindwing is scarcely darkened at the base and its black marginal band has 
a uniform breadth of about 5 mm. The $ is very similar to that of imitator, but the subapical band of the 
forewing touches the cell and has also a spot in cellule 2 and the white median area of the hindwing is distally 
more strongly and more uniformly rounded. British East Africa and German East Africa: Usambara. (For¬ 
merly cited by me as ,,imitator“.) 
Ps. ruhama Hew. (46 c) is distinguished from the following species by having the median band placed ruhama. 
behind the apex of the cell, narrow and of almost uniform breadth, reaching vein 2 or even the hindmargin; 
