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PARNARA. By Dr. C. Aurivillitjs. 
a. Fore wing above at least with 2 or 3 light hyaline spots (in 2 to 4). 
*. Both wings above from the base almost to the margin densely clothed with brownish-yellow 
scales. Discal cell of forewing without spots. 
1. Discal spots of forewing above yellow or orange-yellow, not transparent, only present in 2 
and 3 or also marked in 6 to 8. Forewing beneath at the posterior margin and hindwing above at 
the costal margin broadly blackish. Hindwing generally on both sides with 4 or 5 small, 
indistinctly defined, yellow dots. P. micans. 
2. Discal spots of forewing white and transparent, in (1 b) 2 to 4, 6 to 8 present and distinct. 
Hindwing with 2 to 5 yellow punctiform spots. P. auritincta. 
**. Both wings above dark brown or blackish-brown without brownish-yellow scales, but in the 
basal part often clothed with greenish or brown hair. 
+ . Forewing above without a light hyaline spot in the discal cell, 
o. Forewing above with a discal spot in area 1 b. 
-. Hindwing above in the centre between the veins 1 b and 6 with a transverse 
band of white hyaline spots. P. melphis. 
-. Hindwing above without hyaline spots. 
1. Discal spot 1 b of the forewing above white and transparent. 
a. Under surface of both wings monotonously brown or blackish-brown 
without distinct yellow scales. 
a'. Smaller, 28 to 30 mm. Forewing beneath at the posterior margin 
somewhat lighter. Hindwing beneath dark blackish-brown with or 
without traces of a still darker submarginal band. P. alberti 
b'. Larger, 35 to 37 mm. Forewing beneath at the posterior margin darkened, 
blackish. Hinclwing beneath dark brown with 3 or 4 light (black-ringed) 
discal dots in 2, 3 (5) and 6. 
a". Hindwing beneath in the centre at the cell-end lighter grey. 
P. fatuella. 
b". Hindwing beneath of a monotonous brown. P. cafjraria $. 
b. Wings beneath of a bright red-brown; forewing beneath at the posterior 
margin broad black. P. ferruginea. 
2. Discal spot 1 b of the fore wing above not transparent and yellowish. Under 
surface of forewing along the costal margin and of the hindwing almost entirely 
densely clothed with large, oblong, yellow scales; hindwing besides with white, 
black-ringed discal dots in 2, 3, (4, 5) and 6. P. borbonica. 
oo. Forewing above without a discal spot in area 1 b, but invariably with hyaline spots 
in 2 and 3. 
-. Hindwing above uni-coloured without dots or spots. 
/\ . Forewing above with three distinct subapical hyaline dots in the areas 
6 to 8, of which that in 7 is always situate nearer to the base than the 
others. 
f. Forewing beneath at the posterior margin just as dark or darker than 
at the costal margin. 
1. Hindwing beneath in the centre at the end of the cell lighter grey; 
the indistinctly defined grey area is formed by large grey scales; 
besides with 3 or 4 light, dark-ringed discal dots in 2, 3 (4, 5) and 6. 
P. fatuella. 
2. Hindwing beneath dark blackish-brown or dark grey without a 
lighter part in the centre. 
a. Larger species, 34 to 35 mm. P. caffraria <$. 
P. maranga $. 
b. Smaller species, about 30 mm. P. Ursula §. 
ff. Forewing beneath at the posterior margin distinctly lighter grey. 
1. Hindwing beneath with a dark submarginal band. P. lugens P. 
2. Hindwing beneath monotonously dark brown without markings. 
P. alberti 
P. entebbea. 
? P. xylos. 
/5 /\. Forewing above without subapical hyaline dots or only with 1 or 2 such 
dots in 6 and 7, or only in 6. 
