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PARNARA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
(3. Wings above uni-coloured dark brown or blackish-brown without hyaline spots or other markings. 
*, Fringes of hindwings white or whitish. P. palocarnpta. 
P. maranga <$. 
**. Fringes of hindwings coloured like the margin or dark grey. 
o. Hindwing above from the base to far beyond the centre densely clothed with yellowish- 
brown hair; the hairy part therefore distinctly contrasts with the blackish costal and distal 
margins. Large species, 38 to 39 mm. P. sinnis. 
oo. Hindwing above in the basal part not clothed with long hair of a colour different from the 
ground-colour. Smaller species, 26 to 33 mm. 
1. Both wings beneath at least with traces of a broad, darker marginal band. P. htgens 
2. Wings also beneath without a marking. 
a. Larger species, about 33 mm. P. noctula. 
b. Smaller species, about 26 to 27 mm. P. Ursula 
P. dolens. 
B. Discal cell of the forewing always with two white hyaline spots, one at the costal margin, oposite vein 
10 or 11, and one at the posterior margin, opposite the base of area 2; these spots are nearer at the 
base than the spot in area 2; the two cellular spots are sometimes united into a transverse spot. 
a. Hindwing above without markings or with some light discal dots not being united into a band. 
*. Hindwing above without a white spot at the end of the discal cell. 
§. Hindwing beneath with a monotonous ground-colour. 
+ . Ground-colour of the bindwing beneath greyish-brown, yellowish-brown, or yellowish - 
grey, with or without light discal dots. 
/\ . The white spots in the discal cell of the forewing are separate. 
o. Forewing above with 3 white subapical discal clots (in 6 to 8). 
1. Forewing above in area 1 b in the $ with a blackish mealy spot, which 
is parted by a fine, white, slanting line, and in the $ with two yellowish, 
not transparent spots, one of which is larger and at vein 1, while the 
other, smaller one is generally punctiform and situate at vein 2 behind 
the discal spot 2. Forewing with discal spots in 2 and 3 and a small 
discal dot in 4 and sometimes also in 5. P. mathias. 
2. Forewing above in the <$ without a mealy spot and with a small white 
discal spot in area 1 b. 
a. Forewing above with a discal spot in 4. Hindwing above with 2 
white dots in 4 and 5, beneath without a spot in the discal cell. 
P. fallax. 
b. Forewing above without a discal spot in 4. Hindwing above with two 
small white spots, one each in 2 and 3, and beneath with a light 
spot in the discal cell. P. mabea. 
oo. Forewing only with three white discal dots, one each in 2, 3 and 6. 
P. bauri. 
'/A /\ . The white spots in the discal cell of the forewing are united forming a centrally 
strangulated transverse spot. Forewing with discal spots in 2 to 4 and subapical 
dots in 6, 7 (and 8). Hindwing above with two white discal dots. 
P. argyrodes. 
+ +. Hindwing beneath with a violettish-grey or lustrous violet ground-colour. The spots 
in the discal cell of the forewing are separate. 
1. Hindwing beneath w ith two transverse rows of whitish spots proximally bordered 
with black, one before and the other behind the apex of the discal cell. Forewing 
above with small discal spots in 2 to 4 (or 5) and subapical dots in 6 and 7. 
Hindwing above without any marking. P. saxicola. 
2. Hindwing beneath lustrous violet, on both sides with light dots in 2 and 3. Forewing 
with discal spots in 1 b to 3 and three subapical dots arranged in a straight line 
in 6 to 8. P. larea. 
