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of the following species by having the white median band of the hindwing very distinct, rectilinear and very 
sharply defined against the dark basal area. Sierra Leone. 
P. macarioides differs in both sexes from macaria in having the hindwing above dirty yellow-brown 
to beyond the middle without a distinct boundary-line between the somewhat darker basal part and the me¬ 
dian band. The transverse band of the fore wing in the A is somewhat lighter and narrower than in the A of 
macaria. —- macarioides Auriv. ( = rabuma Suff.) (57 f, 58 e and 58 f, as umbra $) is larger and has in the A macarioides. 
the basal part of the forewing at least in the cell blackish; the dark distal part of the hindwing above is broader 
and more distinctly defined. Cameroons. — hewitsoni Auriv. is smaller and differs in the male in having the base hewitsoni. 
of the fore wing above light chestnut-brown as far as the transverse band; the band either immediately adjoins 
the brown colour or is separated from it by blackish spots; the female of this form is unknown to me. Ashanti. 
P. alcinoe differs from the two preceding species in having spots 1 b and 2 of the transverse band 
of the forewing distally rounded or cut off transversely, occasionally in the $ with a narrow fissure between 
them; the transverse band of the forewing covers the extreme tip of the lower angle of the cell and also in 
the $ usually the base of cellule 3; in the A the basal part of cellules 1 a and 1 b of the forewing above 
is brown-yellow and this colour shades into the transverse band without any dividing-line; in the $ the me¬ 
dian band of the hindwing is white and sharply defined. — alcinoe Fldr. (=godmani Btlr.) (57 f). The dark alcinoe. 
marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing is narrower, about 6 mm. in breadth, and less sharply defined 
proximally; in the A the cell of the forewing is entirely or for the most part yellow-brown. Sierra Leone 
to Gold Coast. — camerunica Auriv. (= salvini Btlr.) (58 e, f) has the dark marginal band on the upperside of camerunica. 
the hindwing in both sexes broader, 9—11mm. in breadth, and more sharply defined proximally; in the A 
the cell of the fore wing above is entirely or for the most part black. -— Larva unicolorous dark red with black 
spines and black head. Pupa light-coloured with black markings and on the upperside of the abdomen on 
each segment from 2—5 with a pah’ of very long, slender, black spines with yellow-red base and the tips 
curved into hooks; those of the second segment are longer than the rest and directed forwards, those of the 
fifth segment the shortest; the head with two divaricating horns. Sjostedt bred this form in numbers in the 
Cameroons and thus the identity of the sexes at least here has been definitely established; the specimens show 
only quite unimportant variations inter se. Niger to the southern Congo region. 
P. umbra Drury (58 f, called A but certainly a $) is a species not yet quite accurately known, which umbra. 
closely approximates to the preceding. It was described by Drury from a $ from Sierra Leone, in which 
the basal part of the forewing is dark yellow-brown and the transverse band is entirely absent; also the basal 
part of the hindwing is dark brown-yellow to beyond the middle with the usual black dots at the base. The 
$ here figured as “A” thus agrees very exactly with Dritry’s figure and description. Another $ form, fasciata fasdata. 
ab. nov., which occurs in the Cameroons, differs in having the base of both wings still darker smoky brown, whilst 
the forewing bears a white transverse band, very narrow and almost broken up into spots; on the upperside 
this transverse band only occurs in cellules 2—6, is only about 2 mm. in breadth, forms in 2 and in 3 two 
free or almost free triangular spots and is placed far beyond the apex of the cell, so that the base of cellules 3—6 
is broadly black; thus this $ differs entirely from those of the preceding species. A specimen of this form was bred 
by Professor Sjostedt; the larva was entirely light red, somewhat inclining to violet, with black spines; the 
pupa is whitish with black markings and on the back of the abdomen (on segments 3—5) armed with three 
pairs of long, thick spines, hooked at the tips; these spines are yellow-red at the base and the tivo last are 
longer than the rest; the head bears two long, divaricating horns, distally armed with a small tooth. — A form 
very similar to P. alcinoe is usually regarded as the A of umbra , but differs in its larger size, the narrower or 
indistinct transverse band of the fore wing and the narrower dark marginal band on the upperside of the hind¬ 
wing; as the transverse band of the forewing touches the apex of the cell, fills up the base of cellule 3 and 
has undivided spots in cellules 1 b and 2, it seems improbable that this A belongs to a $ which differs in all 
these characters. 
All the following species have a transverse hand on the forewing, which is placed beyond the apex of the cell and in both 
sexes leaves the base of cellule 3 free. Occasionally the transverse band touches the cell and entirely or almost entirely fills up 
the base of cellule 3; but in this case the band is very broad and reaches the distal margin or the hinder angle, which never 
occurs in any of the previous species. 
a) The basal part of the hindwing beneath red to red-brown or black-brown, much darker than the light median band, the 
division between the two sharp and almost rectilinear. The discal dots are placed at the distal margin of the basal part. 
P. montana Btlr. (58 d ) A- forewing above blackish with a narrow orange-yellow transverse band only about montana. 
5—6 mm. in breadth, which is proximally incised especially in cellule 3, reaches vein2 and is accompanied by a usual¬ 
ly free spot in cellule lb; the hindwing above at the base narrowly black-brown, then with broad orange-yellow 
median band and sharply defined blackish marginal band about 6 mm. in breadth; the under surface only 
differs in the somewhat paler ground-colour and the sharply defined red-brown basal part of the hindwing. The $ 
is larger with white transverse band, 8—10 mm. in breadth, on the forewing, which, as in the Ay is deeply incised 
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