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PARDALEODES. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
sator. 
incerla. 
her Hits. 
reichenowi. 
torensis. 
aurivillii. 
hide. 
xanthope- 
plus. 
arid. 
P. sator Dbl. cb Hew. (= pusiella Mob.) (79 cl) is very similar to edipus, and was formerly taken 
to be the $ of it. There are, however, and $$ of both species before me. By the marks stated in the review 
of the species, sator is at once discernible from edipus. Ashanti to Congo. 
P„ incerta Snell. (= diluta Robbe, murcia Plotz ) (79 e) is particularly distinguished by the much larger 
and thereby united, not hyaline yellow spots of the forewing above; thereby two black longitudinal streaks 
in the basal part of the areas 4 and 5 are generally completely separated from the black marginal band and 
often also from the costal margin. Congo District as far as Ruwenzori and the Rut churn plains. 
P. herilus Hopff. (79 e). The spots above are deeper yellow and smaller than in the preceding, and 
the spots of the discal cell are separated from the others. Portuguese and German East Africa. 
P. reichenowi Plotz (= festus Mab.) (79 c) is in the male recognizable by the large, unbroken, yellow 
area on the hindwing above reaching the margin at least in 1 c, but otherwise it is very similar to P. sator 
(79 d). The $, however, is so very much like that of sator , that it seems only to differ by its larger size. —- 
torensis B.-Bak. ,,Both wings dark brown with remarkable orange-yellow areas; forewing at the base brown, 
in the centre as far as vein 1 orange-yellow, into which the brown colour penetrates at the end of the discal 
cell and at the costal margin; the discal cell at the end with two, almost oval, yellowish, transparent spots; 
the basal half of the areas 2 and 3 yellowish and transparent, so that the latter spot extends longer towards 
the margin than the former, above the spot in 3 a small orange-yellow spot; a larger orange-yellow spot is 
nearer to the costal margin and nearer to the discal cell. Hindwing between the veins 2 and 6 light orange, 
which colour also penetrates a little into area l c; margin narrow brown. Expanse of wings: 39 mm.“ ,,This 
form may be the eastern race of P. reichenowi. 1 ' 1 ' East Africa: Toro. — aurivillii Reuss. ,,Forewing dark brown, 
at the base dusted with a greenish yellow. The centre of the wing is crossed by a broad orange band which 
appears semi-transparent in the central areas between the veins, whereas at the costal margin and in area 1 b 
it is normally pigmented; near the base there is in 1 b a small, normally pigmented orange-yellow spot, and 
in the apical area there are three more small, semi-transparent spots; fringes brown. Hindwing brown like the 
forewing, along the proximal margin with yellow hair; between the narrow brown marginal line and the discal 
cell there is, between the veins 1 b and 6, a large orange spot which is crescent iformly indented before the anal 
angle, and within the discal cell there is beside it another small orange spot; fringes orange-yellow. Under 
surface: the forewing exhibits a lighter reproduction of the marking and colouring above, but the costal margin 
and apical area as well as the distal margin as far as down to vein 2 are dusted with yellow; a chain of small 
brown marginal lunae follows the margin as far as vein 2, and the apical spots are of a whitish lustre; the 
fringes are yellow instead of brownish. Hindwing brown, but so intensely dusted with yellow that the brown 
colour appears more as a marking. Between the proximal margin being of a pure yellow in its whole length, 
and the discal cell there remains a brown patch in which two pairs of oblong silvery spots are conspicuous, 
and a brown cloud is in the distal angle with a small silvery spot at the inner border below vein 6. A chain 
of brown marginal lunae follows the distal margin as far as vein 2, between the latter and vein 1 b there is 
a larger crescentiform spot a little more remote from the margin, followed by the above-mentioned silvery 
spots in the brown area towards the base. Between the marginal lunae and the discal cell, though somewhat 
nearer to the margin, a chain of small brown spots extends to vein 2, and two brown ring-spots in the yellow 
ground below the costal margin being bordered with brown and finely with yellow indicate the ends of two 
more brown transverse bands, the first of which is in the centre of the wing as a brown line connecting the 
two above-mentioned brown patches in the shape of a Z, looking from the proximal margin or costal margin, 
whilst the second p a r t s the discal cell and bends as a brown line distalwards at the upper vein (ODC), 
bordering it as far as vein 4. The yellow area of the discal cell being thus encompassed shows a faint silvery 
lustre. Fringes yellow. Abdomen brown, with yellow hair. Antennae above brown, below lighter, yellowish. 
North Cameroon.“ The differences between this form and P. reichenowi have not been mentioned, and I cannot 
make out from the description in what way the two forms can be kept asunder. The hindwing beneath, however, 
seems to show somewhat more variegated and distincter markings. 
P. bule Holl. (= makala B.-Bak.) (79 d, e). The figures and the description in the review are 
sufficient for recognizing the two sexes of this species. Cameroon to Central Congo and the Rutchuru plains. 
P. xanthopepius Holl. (79 e). It also suffices to refer to the figures and the review of the species. 
French Congo, in the Ogowe Valley. 
P. ariel Mab. I have not been able to examine this species and therefore do not know whether it 
agrees with Pardaleodes in the structure of the veins. In the marking of the forewing above it almost entirely 
corresponds with P. herilus (79 e), but it differs by the much greater extent of the yellow colour on the hind¬ 
wing above not forming a narrow transverse band as in herilus, but being more ($) or less rounded off. The hind¬ 
wing beneath is lighter yellow with few black, sharply defined dots. In the $ the yellow discal area of the hind¬ 
wing above is in 1 c interrupted by a black longitudinal ray. Madagascar. 
