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CHARILINA; PAIDA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
ambiiftia. 
melanura. 
amabilis. 
intercisa. 
accra. 
nyassica. 
abyssinica. 
pulchra. 
ansorgei. 
dage short, ti’UDcate, Avith a very curious ring-shaped edge which is someAvhat less than 1/3 as wide as the frons. 
Femora and tibiae clothed with long bristling hair, in the cj also the middle and hind tarsi and the spurs; 
the 5th segment of the tarsi of ^ naked underneath, but armed with a few .spines, in $ Avith S-shaped 
hair at the sides, and at the middle Avith a double roAV of spines. In both wings the cell short; the 2. sub¬ 
costal nervule on the forewing arising from the areole, 3 and 4 Avith a short stalk, the upper median from near 
the apex of the cell, the 1. subcostal mucli closer to the base than the loAver median. 1 species from Mada¬ 
gascar. 
A. ambusta Mah. (3 e). Orange yellow, antennae, the last segment of the palpi and a sjAot on the 
2 . segment, the extremity of the abdomen ($) or a spot before it ((J) as well as the outer tvA'o fifths of the 
liindAAung black; foreAvings Avith black fringe, before the margin a faded brown band, which is but faintly indi¬ 
cated in the ^; on the under surface the foreAving of the J with a narroAV, of the $ with very broad submar¬ 
ginal band, AApich in the $ usualty comes right to the border. Many have the abdomen uniformly yelloAv 
AAdthout black tip ( $ fa. ambusta Mah.)-, $$ Avith black tip I name $ fa. melanura form. nov. — Madagascar; 
in the Tring Museum a series from MorondaAAUx. 
G. Geinis: Cliariliiia iF^r. 
Palpi Avith segments 1 and 2 covered Avith long hair beneath, the scale-hau’ unusually long at the ex¬ 
tremity of the 2. segment; segment 3 very long and thin, feebly clubbed, Avith sharp-pointed apex. Antennae 
of d' and $ fine, almost threadlike, in the d' fli® fine hair on the underside rather long. Frons of (d much 
narroAA^er than of $, strongly produced, Avith very distinct, raised ring-shaped edge, Avhich seen from front, is 
in id as a rule about “/s and in $ about 1/2 broad as the frons itself, although varying greatly. The d 
has all the tibiae, the $ only the foretibiae clothed with long hair; the 5. segment of the tarsi Avith a naked 
central streak beneath. On the foreAvings the Irst subcostal nervule placed closer to the base than the 2nd 
median, the 2 nd suhcostal arising from the secondary cell, the stalk of the 3rd and 4th subcostal short. In 
both Avings the tAvo median nervules are at the cell much farther apart than at the border. 1 African species. 
Ch. amabilis Drury (3 e). YelloAv-orange. Antennae, tips of the j)alpi, tarsi and tibiae (particularly 
the middle ones) as Avell as the base of the abdominal segments black. ForeAvings red Avith pale yelloAV 
blotches, as seen in our figure. HindAvings orange, Avith black border and discocellular spot. Pander surface 
of the foreAvings black and orange. The sexes are in markings and colouring alike. The species varies greatly, 
Avithout, hoAvever, developing geographical forms. In f. amabilis Drury (= alienataP.) the spots on the fore¬ 
Avings are edged Avith black, the interspaces red. In f. intercisa Fldr. the interspaces are yelloAv or yelloAvish- 
Avhite. From Abyssinia and Senegal. If the black lines Avithin the pale yelloAV spots are replaced by red lines, 
Ave have f. accra Strand, quite common at Gold Coast and on the Niger. In f. nyassica Strand (3 e) the forcAving 
has 5 spots not intersected by lines. From Nyassa Land and (in less typical specimens) also from other locali¬ 
ties. f. abyssinica Strayid has the pale yelloAv subbasal spot at the costa connected Avith the median area. 
Underneath Ch. amabilis varies especially in the extent of the black markings of the foreAving; rarely there 
occurs a short black longitudinal stripe beloAV the cell in the hindAving. From Senegambia to Erithrea and 
soutliAvard to Natal. 
7. Genus: l*ai<la Jord. 
Palpi very long, porrect, the 2. segment covered Avith short hair, the 3rd about as long as the 2nd, 
smoothly scaled. Antennae distinctly thickened distally. Frons Avith a trifid or conical projection. Hind 
tibiae covered Avith rough hair and, betAveen both pairs of spurs, Avith spines on the outside, middle tibiae AA’ith an 
outer roAv of spines. On the forewing the 1. subcostal nervule placed closer to the base than the loAA^er median, 
the upper median near the angle of the cell. 3 species, greatly diffei’ing in structure and colouring. 
P. pulchra Trim. (S = gordoni Btlr.) (3e). As seen in the figures the sexes differ greatly in the colouring 
of the hinclAvings. S with the liindAving on both sides and the foreAving beneath a faded ferruginous and yel- 
loAv, $ orange Avith very sharp black markings. In the S fh® posterior half of the hinclAvings and the under sur¬ 
face of the foreAAungs covered AAuth short Avoolly hair. The jirojection of the frons ti’ifid the centi’al point being 
the longest. On the foreAving the 2. subcostal arising at the secondary cell. — From Natal nortliAvard to 
Transvaal and German SoutliAvest Africa. 
P. ansorgei Jord. (4a). S- Body orange-yelloAv, abdomen banded AAuth black, thorax aboAm striped AA'itli 
black and yelloAv. ForeAAungs rusty red, finely edged Avith black, Avith an elongate sock-shaped blotch beyond the 
middle of the cell, and an 8-shaped discocellular spot, both black, Avith metallic scales; almost parallel Avith the 
termen a black discal line and, quite close to it, marked Avith metallic scales and not entirely complete betAA’een 
