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PSEUDERESIA. By Dr. C. Aueiyillius. 
osheia. Nor is the description of Ps. osheba Holl. indicative of being a correct guide, but it is presumably 
the most closely allied to Ps. minium Ham. Druce. The description runs thus: ,,Head and body above black; 
border of booth wings undulate, and the fringes between the ends of the veins narrowly grey. Forewing broad 
black with a small red spot near the base and a larger, similar spot at the posterior margin; hindwing red, 
uniformly bordered with black, in some specimens the black colour is narrower at the proximal margin; a 
number of small black spots at the base. The under surface is brown with a lead-coloured lustre and few black 
spots at the base of both wings; the red spot on the posterior margin of the forewing appears also beneath and 
is anteriorly accompanied by a small red spot; at the base of the hindwing there are some few red dots and 
a curved transverse band of red dots traverses the middle of the wing which is darker there than it is otherwise. 
The $ in fact only deviates from the $ by the apex of the forewing being obtuser. Expanse of wings: 27 mm.“ 
Gaboon on the Upper Ogowe River. 
mildbraedi. Ps. mildbraedi A. Schultze. ,,Forewing above entirely black; hindwing above glaringly brick-coloured 
red, the proximal margin and a posteriorly unnoticeably narrower marginal band of an average width of 4 
mm are black; of the same colour are: the sharply defined base strewn with some small red scales, a transverse 
spot in area 1, continued anteriorly by the black base of area 2, and another one in the middle and at the end 
of the discal cell. Under surface sooty black; forewing with a violettish-grey basal third of a silky lustre, 
and a similarly coloured margin of 2 mm width; in the areas 1 to 5 one blurred, black discal spot each (those 
in area 4 and 5 more towards the base), one spot each of the same colour in the middle and at the end 
of the discal cell, of which the former is distinctly scaled red. On the hindwing the violettish-grey colouring 
is still more extensive, since the marginal band of an average width of 3 mm being expanded posteriorly flows 
together with the grey basal half at the proximal margin; the black discal spots are indistinct in 4 to 6, in the 
other areas rather large and filled up with red; besides there are two large basal dots each in 1 c and in 
the cell. $ unknown/ 1 South Cameroon, near Sangmelima. •—- It is presumably only a form of the following 
species. 
rutilo. Ps. rutilo Ham. Druce (63 e) <$. Forewing above unicolorously black without markings; hindwing 
above black with an orange-red area, reaching the costal margin, distally bent and bordered by the black mar¬ 
ginal band of almost 2 mm width, proximally bordered by vein 2, and forming three small red spots in the 
area 1 c; it reaches the base, covers the whole discal cell and is there decorated with a black dot in the cell and 
at the cell-apex. Both wings beneath sooty black, at the base and margin violettish-grey; hindwing with a 
red dot at the apex of the cell and with some indistinct, red, small spots at the base. $ unknown. Cameroon, 
near Bitje. 
phacochiton. Ps. phaeochiton Griirib. (63 e) <$. ,,Forewing above quite black; hindwing with an extensive, red 
spot proceeding from the base and bordering on the costal margin; proximal margin and border broadly black; 
the interior margin of the spot with irregular, black indentations. Under surface blackish-grey with very indi¬ 
stinct, blurred, spot-like, darker shades; hindwing in the middle scaled reddish-brown, close behind the cell 
with a transverse row' of rather indistinct red dots in the areas 1 b to 4; a red dot at the base of the cell 
and 2 in the middle of the cell only faintly indicated. Expanse of wings: 23% mm.“ £ unknown. Spanish 
Guinea: Macomo. •—- Also this form seems scarcely to differ from Ps. rutilo. 
gordoni. Ps. gordoni Ham. Druce (62 g) <$. Forewing above black, at the posterior margin in area 1 a with 
an orange-yellow longitudinal streak reaching neither the base nor the margin and exactly fitting the reddish- 
yellow colour of the hindwing. Hindwing above orange-yellow with a black marginal band and a black proximal 
margin reaching vein 1 b. Forewing beneath dull blackish-brown, at the margin lighter; two red spots in the 
cell and a rather broad, red transverse band behind the cell from the costal margin to vein 4. Hindwing beneath 
from the base to beyond the middle with interrupted transverse bands of orange-yellow alternating with brown ; 
the ground-colour behind the middle at first darker and then lighter at the margin. $ unknown. Benin Coast. 
bakeriana. Ps. bakeriana Cator is unknown to me, but it seems to be allied to the preceding species. $. Fore¬ 
wing above black, at the proximal margin with an orange-yellow longitudinal streak extended somewhat beyond 
vein 1, but reaching neither the base nor the margin. Hindwings above orange-yellow with very broad, black 
posterior margins; the marginal band quickly tapers off towards the costal margin. Both wings beneath blackish- 
grey, hindwing somewhat lighter; forewing at the costal margin speckled red with a red costal-marginal spot 
behind the apex of the cell; this spot coheres with a red striation extended to the anal margin; in the red colour¬ 
ing a short, black streak. Hindwing beneath with three irregular, interrupted, reddish transverse bands; 
the third transverse band is distally bordered by a broad black band, then follow red striae, a black band and 
finally again reddish striae, as far as the border. In the $ the more roundish forewing above and beneath exhibits 
a large, orange-yellow spot on the posterior margin; hindwing above like in the A, beneath also almost like 
in the but lighter and without any red. Expanse of wings: 30 to 32 mm. Sierra Leone during the dry period. 
dinora. Ps. dinora Ky. (62 g) is a species very peculiarly-marked, particularly beneath. Forewing above 
black with a very large, orange-yellow spot of the posterior margin, reaching vein 6 and the anal angle, of 
about 9 mm width at the posterior margin and also forming a transverse spot in the cell, by which the large, 
