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PARNARA. By Dr. C. Atjrivillius. 
punctata. 
caesia. 
aequalis. 
subochracea. 
chambezi. 
mo nasi. 
mathias. 
mohopaani. 
(tlegans. 
lodra. 
umbrata. 
fallax. 
small spot of a bright yellow colour. On the hindwing near the centre there are one or two minute whitish dots 
which may also be quite indistinct. The ground-colour beneath is dark brown, both wings, except the posterior 
margin of the forewing, densely covered with dark ochreous scales; spots as above. Fringes greyish-brown, 
lighter towards the anal angle. Palpi light yellowish with some brown hairs. Antennae below light, above 
black. Abdomen above brown, beneath light yellowish. 30 to 34 mm. — The $ is similar to the <$, but lighter; 
generally with a subapical dot in area 8 of the forewing and with more distinctly prominent discal dots of the 
hindwing. Gold Coast: Addah and Uganda. 
P. punctata Auriv. Wings on both sides blackish-brown; hindwing without spots; forewing with a 
small, oblong, yellowish spot in 1 b almost at the centre of vein 1 (it is sometimes absent altogether) and with 
six hyaline spots, a punctiform one in the discal cell and one each in 2, 3, 6 to 8; of these spots that 
in 2 is large, square or rounded off, and that in 7 is situate a little more towards the base than those in 
6 and 8. German East Africa: Kilimandjaro. 
P. caesia Gaede is compared with P. cana and described to differ from it as follows: ,,0n the forewing 
there is but one minute white subapical dot in area 6, but there is another just as small white dot in the cell, 
which is not mentioned in cana. Forewing beneath somewhat lighter brown than above; costal margin, 
apex and distal margin only narrowly suffused with a greyish violet; beside the spots above there is another 
faded yellowish-white spot in the submedian fold. Hindwing suffused with greyish-violet, only at the anal 
angle of a purer brown; a median band of about 5 faded brown spots between the veins 2 and 7 is feebly 
recognizable. 29 mm.“ German East Africa: Madibira. 
P. aequalis Gaede „is very similar to the preceding species. Grouncl-colour above also violettish-brown. 
On the forewing the three white subapical dots are arranged in such a way that the central one is more inwardly 
removed; the dot in the cell is prolonged and forms a streak; the almost quadrangular discal spots are as 
in the preceding species, and besides there is another faded white dot in area 1 b; hindwing without 
markings. Ground-colour beneath different from that in caesia , of a purer yellowish brown without a violet 
reflection; the forewing shows beside the spots of the upper surface another fine subapical dot in area 5; the 
spot in 1 b is larger and more yellow than above; on the hindwing the central row of brown spots is very 
indistinct; but there are 2 white dots which are absent in caesia, one in area 4, the other in 5 at the transverse 
vein.“ German East Africa: Madibira. 
P. subochracea Holl. (78 f) is easily recognized by the figure and the marks in the review of the species. 
Ogowe Valley. 
P. chambezi Neave is allied to the preceding species, but smaller, 26 to 28 mm, and with more distinct 
spots on the hindwing above; fringes of the wings yellowish, at the base narrow black, and towards the apex 
of the forewing more or less darkened; on the forewing beneath the black colour of the posterior margin extends 
almost over the whole discal cell. It is probably only a race of subochracea. In the $ all the spots above are 
larger, more elongate, and a narrow streak in the area 1 b of the forewing is sometimes present. Rhodesia 
and Ruwenzori. 
P. monasi Trim. Forewing with a longish hyaline spot in the discal cell, two subapical dots (in 6 
and 7), and three discal hyaline spots, one each in 2, 3, and 4; the latter is minute. Natal. 
All the following species are distinguished by the discal cell of the forewing exhibiting two separate or united white 
hyaline spots, whereby they are at once discernible from all the preceding species. 
P. mathias F. (= inconspicua Bert., micipsa Trim.) (Vol. I, plate 88 f, g) is widely distributed and 
easily recognized by the marks stated in the review. Hindwing beneath normal with a white dot in the 
cell and similar discal dots in 2 to 6. In the whole Ethiopian region. — ah. $ mohopaani Wallengr. 
Hindwing on both sides without spots or beneath only with two indistinct minute dots. Caffraria. — elegans 
Mab. (= octofenestrata Saalm.) is the form occurring in Madagascar. It differs from the type only by its 
somewhat smaller size and by smaller spots on the forewing; the hindwing above is often without spots, beneath 
covered with grey, with distinct dark-ringed discal dots. - — lodra Plotz only differs by its somewhat smaller 
size, the darker ground-colour of the under surface, and lighter, almost white fringes. Cameroon, Gabun. 
P. umbrata Btlr. seems to be closely allied to the following species, fallax, though without the mealy 
spot of the <$. ,,Allied to P. borbonica from Madagascar, dark smoke-brown, with a bent discal row of white 
hyaline spots; the three foremost are only separated by the subcostal veins; the largest at the base of area 2, 
the G with two white hyaline dots in the discal cell; palpi laterally white; anal pencil white, at the tip black; 
centre of the chest and ventrum white. Hindwing beneath with a white dot in the discal cell and 4 or 5 dots 
in a bent transverse row midway between the cell and the margin. The $ has broader and somewhat shorter 
wings than the d'.“ Comoros: Jane Island. 
P. fallax Gaede <$. Wings above blackish-brown, at the base less densely clothed with greenish yellowish 
hairs; these hairs occur on the forewing only in 1 a and 1 b. Forewing with two separate hyaline spots in the 
