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ring-macula and reniform maciila oblique, oblong, arranged V-like, open above, edged with white. Exterior 
line indistinct, edged with dark inside, almost parallel to the distal margin like the light snbmargina! line, too. 
Hindwing white, more ($) or less (cj) browirish at the margin. 32—35 mm. iSouth Africa. 
P. viridirufa Hmps. Thorax pale red-brown, abdomen lighter. Forewing whitisli, tinged with golden riridlrufa. 
green. Interior half at the base red-brown. Interior hire red-brown, undulate, interrupted, indistinct. Dark 
brown from the centre of the costal margin to the submarginal line and downward to vein 2; a similar spot in 
the middle of the inner margin. Ring-macula and reniform macula white, centred somewhat red-brown in 
the dark brown area. Exterior line indistinct, white. Submarginal white dots, edged with red-brown outside, 
the row being excurved at veins 3 and 4. Hindwing copper-brown, lighter at the base. $ 32 mm. East Africa. 
P. poliastis HrnjJS. (6 a). Thorax and forewing white with a greenish reflection. Black spots at the poliastis. 
base. Interior line comj^osed of large white limae, edged with dark outside. Exterior line black, sharply notched, 
very much incurved in the submedian fold. The whole median area is often blackish; if it is light, there is a 
black patch in the submedian fold. Only the reniform macula is present as a black Inna, with a distinct white 
dot below. A black streak outside at veins 2 and 5, thick black marginal dots. Hindwing white, brownish at 
the margin, browmer in the $. 28—30 mm. South-West and East Africa. — In capensis Strd. the otherwise capensis. 
green places are light browm. 
P. renisigna Wkr. (= praetermissa Wkr., depulsa Wkr., inculta Wkr., ficita Wkr., contracta Wkr., renisigna. 
servilis Wkr.) (6b). As the species is rather variable, it has been given six more names by Walker; another 
synonym is submoesta Mdschl. enumerated by Hampson among the “unrecognised species”. Thorax dark red- 
browm, abdomen lighter. Forewing dark red-browm. Interior line double, black, very convex, somewdiat lighter 
before it. Coniform macula deep black, broad, sometimes almost touching the ring-macula. The latter and 
the reniform macula oblong, placed V-like, light, mostly with a darker brown centre, in a dark area wdiich ex¬ 
tends from before the ring-macula to the exterior line. Reniform macula below with a short sharp inward point. 
The median area narrows dowm towards the inner margin. The yellow submarginal line is fine, interrupted, 
with dark spots on its inside, the area as far as the exterior line mostly lighter, excepting a dark blotch between 
veins 3—5, sometimes very light below it. Margin dark red-brown. Hindwdng dark brown, fringe light. 28—30 mm. 
South and East Africa. 
5. Genus: Ocloiitestra Hmps. 
Frons wdth a rounded projection and a small horn-plate below it. Palpi somewhat longer than in Polia. 
Abdomen only tufted on the first segment. Forewdng short and broad. Veins 6 -j- 7 or 3 + 4 may be stalked 
in the hindwing. Type; vittigera Hmps. 
0. vittigera Hmps. (6 b). Thorax violettish-black, abdomen somewhat lighter. Forewing violettish- vittigera. 
black at the base, lighter behind it as far as the double, slightly incurved interior line. Coniform macula long, 
narrow', edged w'ith black. The ring-macula is a yellowish-wdiite dot. Reniform macula large, yellowdsh-w'hite, 
w'ith a brown centre, the surroundings very dark. The middle third at the inner margin is whitish. Exterior 
line of black lunae, edged with yellow outside. A white sidmiarginal line only at the apex, long black sagittae 
below it between the veins, bluish-grey before them as far as the exterior line. Hindw'ing white, browuiish at 
the costal margin, quite brownish in the $. 30—32 mm. South Africa. 
0. conformis Hmps. Body greyish red-brown. Forewing leaden grey w'ith red-brown. Interior line coaformis. 
reddish-white, edged wdth blaekish-brow'n outside. Coniform maerda large, dark red-browui, edged wdth black. 
Ring-macula and reniform macula grey, large, edged with black, the former oblique, the latter open above. 
Exterior line indistinctly double, the interior part of it black, dentate. A submarginal row of white dots, edged 
wdth blackish-browm inside. Hindwdng pale red-browur. $ 38 mm. Cape Colony. 
0. albivitta Hmps. (6 b). Thorax dark chocolate brown. Abdomen brownish ochreous. Forewing choco- atbivitta. 
late-brow'ii. Interior line yellowish, straight, fine. Coniform macula large, black, a broad w'hite stripe above 
it at vein 2 almost to the margin. The ring-macula is a yellowdsh-white dot or absent. Reniform macula edged 
wdth white, with an inward dent below. Exterior line cpiite indistinct. White submarginal dots with broAvn 
spots inside. The space before and behind the reniform macula is darker. Hindwing whitish ochreous, some¬ 
what darker at the margin. 30 mm. East Africa. 
? 0. mixta Pagenst. (6 b). Thorax olive browm, abdomen yellowish-white. Forewing also yellowdsh- mixta. 
W'hite. Interior band olive brown, uniformly bent. Median band broad at the costal margin, pointed at the 
inner margin, incurved in the cell. Before it a row of olive browm dots, behind it a strongly notched line. Mar¬ 
ginal area olive brown with an interrupted yellowish-white submarginal line. Blackish marginal lunae edged 
with light inside. Hindwdng whitish, darker at the margin. $ 28 mm. Madagascar. 
0. avitta Fawc. (6a). Body and forewing pinkish-browm, nut-brown in the median area. Interior line avitta. 
black, excurved in the middle. Coniform macula short, thick, black. No wdiitish ochreous band at the centre 
