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POLIA. By M. Gaede. 
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■mesonlauca 
spci/eri. 
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grey inside. Ring-macula and reniform macula milky white, centred dark, the reniform macula somewhat 
triangidar. Exterior line faded black. Submarginal line brownish ochreous, with blackish-brown spots inside. 
Hindwing white. $ 34 mm. East Africa. 
P. atrivena Hmps. (5 k). Thorax dark red-brown, abdomen lighter. Forewing red-brown. Interior line 
double, dark, uniformly bent. Coniform macida absent. Ring-macida and reniform macula blackish, the latter 
edged with white. Exterior line formed of a double dark dentate line, scarcel}’ recognizable. Submarginal line 
shadow-like. Hindwing greyish-brown, whitish hyaline at the base. 32—40 mm. East Africa. 
P. dipterigidia Hmps. (5 k). Thorax dark brownish-red, abdomen lighter. Forewing like the thorax. 
Interior line blackish, double, angled in the middle, and there a short streak basad. Ring-macida and reniform 
macula edged with black, inside with some yellow scales. Exterior line light, bordered inside with black spots. 
Submarginal line of ochreous dots, the lowest of wJiich is remarkably large. Marginal dots black and yellow, 
hindwing greyish-brown, hyaline at the base. 35—40 mm. Cape Colony, Nyassa Land. 
P. deprivata E. Provt is very closely allied to dipterigidia. Ground-colour more reddish without yellow 
shadows in the interior aera, without a pale spot in the anal angle. Reniform macula more distinct, with a 
reddish centre, dark brown at the lower end. The ring-macula is a dark ring, the coniform macrda is absent. 
Lines doid^le, dark, filled with reddish-yellow. Submarginal line pale, dentate, edged with dark inside, with 
dark streaks outside. Hindwing white, darker at the apex, with traces of a dark exterior band. 44 mm. S. Thome. 
P. mesoglauca Hmps. (5 k). Thorax dark reddish-brown, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing dark 
reddish-brown, the median area whitish. A fine black streak below the base of the cell as far as the interior 
line which is somewhat double, black, filled with white. The large coniform macula and the two others are 
edged with black, filled with white. The space between the latter can be darker. The exterior line behind the 
cell is inserted semicircidarly, widely convex above and below it, incurved again in the submedian fold. Sub¬ 
marginal line ochreous, bordered inside with dark spots. Hindwing dark brovn, lighter at the base. $ 35 mm. 
Soiith Africa. 1 E tke Berlin Museum is much lighter, brownish ochreous, somewhat similar to the European 
Mam. trifoUi Eotf., whereby the basal streak is very distinct. 
P. speyeri Fldr. (6 a). Thorax lustrous brownish black, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing more or 
less violettish-ldack, mostly brownish ochreous at the inner margin. Interior line double, black, bent forward 
below the cell, projecting pointedly above the inner margin. Coniform macula large, black. Ring-macula small, 
edged with black. Reniform macida narrow, yellow, with a brown ring inside, edged with black, its whole sur¬ 
roundings deep black. Exterior line double, black, dentate, from the edge of the shadow around the reniform 
macuda to the inner margin. Submarginal line yellow, very dentate, with a black spot inside behind the cell. 
Hindwing purely white, brownish at the costal margin. In dark specimens the whole marking may disappear 
except the light reniform macula. 40—46 mm. South Africa. 
P. maura Saalm. (6 a) resembles a small sjieyeri. Thorax deep brownish black, abdomeii light brownish, 
the hair on the first segment whitish. Forewing deep brownish black with a scarcely prominent black marking. 
Interior line double, undulate, straight, obliquely outward, adjoining the deep black coniform macula. Ring- 
macula edged with black, somewhat pointed outwardly. Reniform macula edged with wood-colour, open or 
pointed above. The dentate exterior line is followed inside by an anteriorly broader black band. A submarginal 
line is hardly traceable. Fringe black. Hindvdng white in both sexes, brownish at the apex. 28—32 mm. 
Madagascar. 
P. cuprescens Hmps. (6 a). Thorax dark copper-red, abdomen greyish-brown. Forewing lighter copper- 
brown, darker only in the median area. Interior line black, oblique. The coniform macida is a black streak to 
the exterior line. Ring-macula and reniform macula large, edged with black, filled with copper-brown. Exterior 
line dentate, black, slightly compressed behind the cell. Submarginal line light, light red-brown before it, darker 
behind it. Hindwing white. E m^i. Mashona Land. 
P. mesomelana Hmps. (6 a). Thorax reddish black, abdomen brownish ochreous. EoreAving brownish 
ochreous, the costal margin as far as the exterior line and the distal margin dark brown. Interior line indistinct, 
double, undulate, filled with light. CLniform macula absent. Ring-macida and reniform macula large, edged 
with blackish. Exterior line dentate, slightly inserted hehind the cell, lighter behind it. Hindwing white, darker 
in the $. 32 —34 mm. South Africa. 
P. geraea Hmps. Body and forewing greyish-white, dusted brown. The veins with fine dark streaks. 
A bent black streak below the base of the cell. A double interior line is traceable, angled at vein 1. Coniform 
macula narrow, edged with black. Ring-macula and reniform macula with fine white rings, edged with black, 
the former elliptic. The exterior line begins with 2 hlack dots at the costal margin, then it is replaced hy black 
streaks on the veins. The suhmarginal line is formed by fine brown dentate spots. Behind it also hroAvn. Hind¬ 
wing white, brownish at the margin, with dark veins. ^ 32 mm. East Africa. 
P. fulvilinea Hmps. (6 a). Thorax and forewing light cliocolate, the veins somewhat grey. Interior line 
oblique, slightly excurved in the mifldle, greyish-white, edged with dark outside. Coniform macula absent, the 
