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PSEUDERESIA. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
graeseri. 
schubotzi. 
transverse band of the forewing being here also broken up into a spot of the posterior margin and a subapical 
band. Expanse of wings: <$ 50 to 53, $ 44 mm.“ Congo at the Stanley-Pool. 
M. graeseri A. Schultze (63 d) ,,is very closely allied to the preceding, but it differs, beside the 
much smaller size, by the deviating colouring of the hindwing. The latter is black with a well-defined median 
band, being dentately extended at the veins. Expanse of wings: 39 mm.“ Congo at the Stanley-Pool. 
M. schubotzi A. Schultze (62 d) ,,is likewise very closely allied to fulvaria from which it differs merely 
by the transverse band of the forewing being broken up into a spot on the posterior margin and a subapical 
band. Expanse of wings: 51 mm. This form must perhaps be combined with the preceding as a local form.“ 
South Cameroon in the primeval forest near Yukaduma. 
The three last species are, as is shown by the figures and as is also now admitted by Dr, A. Schultze himself, the 
most closely allied to M. landbeclci Drucc. 
8 . Genus: Pseuderesia Btlr. 
This genus was established by Butler already in 1874, and later on circumstantiated by Roeber. The 
forewing has 12 veins, of which 2 to 4 rise separately, 4 from the posterior angle of the cell; 5 rises much nearer 
at the apex of the cell than at vein 4, whilst 6 emerges far behind the cell-apex from the footstalk of 
7, 8. 9, and the veins 10 (usually) and 11 separately from the anterior margin of the cell. In the hindwing 
vein 4 rises from the posterior angle of the cell, vein 5 near the cell-apex and veins 6 and 7 on a joint 
footstalk from the apex of the cell; the discal cell is of a normal size and reaches at least the middle of the wing. 
Thereby Psenderesia is immediately discernible from Mimacraea. 
Kirby and Grose-Smith were deceived by the colour and marking and described many species as 
Pseuderesia in fact belonging to Liptena. From the latter we may at once distinguish the Pseuderesia- species 
by vein 6 rising from the footstalk of 7 to 9. 
All the species are above black with red or reddish-yellow spots, or reddish-yellow with a black apex 
of the forewing, black margins and some black dots. The sexes are above very different, the $$ being more 
black with smaller reddish-yellow spots, and the $$ by far more reddish-yellow. 
As to the stages of development nothing has as yet been published. 
The habits of the butterflies are described by D. Cator, as follows: They need to be closely looked 
for, since they live in shady places, and they are difficult to capture when flying, firstly owing to the dark 
colour of their under surface and the small extent of the light colour above, so that they are only momentarily 
visible in their flight, and secondly because, in case they are not taken in the first attempt, they are easily 
chased away and fly off. If they are, however, discovered, when they rest, they are easy to capture; but one 
must closely look for them; they settle down on leafless branches and tendrils. 
The species are still little known, and of many only one sex has been described. In order to facilitate 
the ascertaining of the species, I therefore supply a special review for each sex. 
Review of the Males. 
I. Both wings above with an area or spot changing from red to yellow. 
A. Hindwing beneath red or with spots or dots changing from red to orange-yellow. 
a. Hindwing beneath of a red ground-colour and with a black marginal band spotted whitish-grey, 
of a width of 2 mm. The red spot of the posterior margin of the fore wing above is large, 
reaching vein 4. 
Ps. libentina. 
(3. Hindwing beneath of a groundcolour changing from greyish-yellow to dark, and with red spots or 
dots; without a light-spotted marginal band, but sometimes with dark bows at the margin 
between the veins. 
*. Forewing above with a large, light spot on the posterior margin, reaching at least vein 3. 
§. Forewing beneath with a red subapical band. Hindwing beneath with a postmedian, curved, 
red discal band. 
1. The subapical band of the forewing extends from vein 3 to vein 7, and the discal band 
of the hindwing from the area 1 c to area 7; both are proximally and distally bordered 
by black. 
a. The spot on the posterior margin of the forewing reaches vein 5. 
Ps. moreelsi. 
b. The spot on the posterior margin of the forewing reaches vein 3 at most. 
Ps. tessmanni. 
