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parapetrcla. P. parapetreia JRbl. deviates from petreia by the following marks: costal-marginal band on the forewing 
above very broad, covering almost the whole discocellular; both wings without a discal dot; marginal band of 
the hindwing broader; forewing with a basal dot in 1 b; under surface very dark. German East Africa: Uluguru 
dercma. Mountains. — In ab. derema Strand the marginal band on the hindwing above is not broader than in petreia. 
Usambara. 
paucipunc- P. paucipunctafa Ky. (01 f). Ground-colour pale ochreous-yellow; forewing above at the costal margin 
narrowly speckled dark and in the with a black apical spot ending pointedly at vein 3 and being 3 mm broad 
at the apex, besides only with one discal dot and a dot in the cell; the $ is without the apical spot; hindwing 
above without any other markings but a black discal dot; beneath the hind wings are everywhere and the forewing 
at the costal margin and apex finely striated dark, and beside the discal dot they usually have some basal 
lunar is. and discal dots. Cameroon and Congo District. — lunaris Weym. has on the hindwing above a crescentiform, 
blackish-brown marginal band beginning at the middle of the costal margin, ending at vein 1 and being 5 mm 
broad at the apex of the wing; forewing with 6 basal dots, 5 in the ceil and l in area 2; hindwing with a 
cydaria. basal dot in 7: both wings beneath with discal dots. Sierra Leone. — cydaria Sm. deviates from lunaris only by 
the entire absence of the basal dots and by the discal dots beneath being developed only on the hind wings. 
tropica Its. P. tropicalis Bsd. (61 f ). Wings ochreous-yellow, above with a discal dot and sometimes also with 
1 or 2 basal dots; <$ forewing above with a black marginal band which, however, is posteriorly broken up 
into separate marginal and sub marginal dots; wings beneath with basal, discal and submarginal dots. This 
species has been known the longest of all the species of the genus and occurs in South Africa from Natal to 
the Delagoa Bay and the Manica District. 
lasti. P, last! Sm. <£• Ky. (61 g) deviates from tropicalis only by both wings showing above distinct discal 
dots and the liindwings besides also above separate (in the figure unfortunately confluent) submarginal dots; 
the basal dots are well developed; it also greatly recalls P. mombasae (61 f) from which it chiefly only differs 
by the absence of the dark marginal band on the hindwing above and the narrower marginal band on the fore¬ 
wing. British East Africa. 
occidcntali- P. occidentalium Auriv. (61 g) has a bright orange-yellow ground-colour and large, distinctly pro- 
lim ■ minent discal dots; both wings above without a marginal band and only with small streaks at the ends of 
the veins; apex of the forewing sometimes above with some black striae; forewings on both sides, liindwings 
beneath with numerous basal dots: wings on both sides with discal dots, only beneath with submarginal dots. 
immaculata. Cameroon. — ab. immactilata Suff. is without the discal dots on the forewings above. Cameroon. 
laura. P. laura Ky. (61 g) is white with a black apical band of a width of 4 to 5 mm on the forewing above, 
reaching vein 3 or 2 ; forewing besides at the costal margin speckled black with a black median dot and discal 
dots in 2 to 6 or at least in 2 and 3. beneath also with submarginal dots. Hindwing above with a median dot, 
basal dots in 2 and 7, 2 to 6 discal dots and small marginal dots, beneath also with some submarginal dots; 
under surface somewhat yellowish. Lagos. 
hewitsoni. P. hewitsoili Sm. <£■ Ky. (61 g) has, like laura, on both wings above distinct discal dots which. 
however, are here much larger than in laura , but it deviates by the broad blackish-grey marginal band on the 
forewing above; this band reaches the posterior angle and entirely or almost entirely encloses the discal dots; 
liindwings above with large marginal dots and usually also with submarginal dots. Old Calabar and Cameroon. 
linibata. — limbata Hall, deviates by the marginal and submarginal dots of the hindwing above being united into a 
marginal band. Gabun and Ogowe. 
purdalena. P. pardalena Ham. Bruce (63 a, b) recalls the preceding species, but it is without the discal dots on both 
sides; ground-colour yellowish-white; all the black dots very large; forewing above with a broad, blackish- 
grey marginal band reaching the anal angle and enclosing the large submarginal dots; hindwing above with a 
white-spotted marginal band formed by the marginal and submarginal dots being united. Cameroon. 
Christina. P. Christina Suff. (61 h) has, like pardalena, a light-spotted, black marginal band of about 2 mm 
width on the hindwing above, and differs from it only by all the black dots being smaller and the undersurface 
of the liindwings being striated dark. Cameroon. 
catori. P. catori Baker is unknown to me, but according lo the description it belongs probably near Christina. 
head, antennae and thorax black; metathorax brownish; posterior body ochreous-yellow; both wings straw- 
coloured; forewing at the costal margin almost to the costal vein dark brown; this colour flows together with 
the very broad black apex and marginal band; a black dot in area 1 1 and behind it one in the cell; these dots 
sometimes indistinct ; a black spot at the apex of the cell. Hindwing with a black dot above the middle of the 
cell and one at the apex of the cell; margin broadly brown from vein 6 to vein 3. Under surface with the 
spots and markings showing through from above, and besides with a basal dot in area 2 of the hindwing 
and a curved row of 7 submarginal dots showing faintly through above. -— V similar to the <$. but whiter; 
