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PARALLELIA. By M. Gaede. 
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jicrc.i'curca- 
1a. 
yrupcraas. 
alfjlra. 
rccliria. 
crecta fa. 
crcdalella. 
adanra. 
viacrorh >/)i- 
cha. 
porphyres- 
cens. 
line. Exterior line white, straight as far as vein 6, where it projects far pointedly, then inward, slightly concave, 
ending near the median line. Apical spot dark outside; the dentate snbmarginal line with white points proceeds 
from it straightly to the inner margin. Hindwing somewhat lighter, with the beginning of a light submarginal 
line at the anal angle. — An aberrative specimen from the Berlin Museum shows a somewhat more projecting 
point of the exterior line at vein G and a slight oiitward bend in the submedian fold, nreifera which was described 
above seems to be a still more aberrative specimen of conjunctura. 36—40 mm. West and South Africa. Two 
specimens from East Africa are somewhat lighter. 
P. diffusa E. Proud. Body brown. Forewing more violettish brown, somewhat lead-coloured at the 
base, median area outside with a metallic greenish hue. Interior line somewhat oblique, almost straight. Interior 
and exterior lines dark red-brown, edged outside with flesh-colour. The obliqiie a])ical streak is dark brown, 
faded towards the base and wuarming into violet. Median line cpiite faded, forming the interior border of the 
exterior dark area, shaped as in proxima and p)udica. Exterior line almost rectangular at vein 6, as in proxima, 
Imt not undulate. Hindwing greyish brown with traces of a sid)marginal line. 38—40 mm. Clameroon. 
P. perexcurvata Hmps. Thorax light red-brown, abdomen greyish brown. Porewing chocolate brown 
Avith Avhitish scales, marginal area somewhat paler. Interior line doiible, wdrite, incurved in the cell, excur\nd 
beloAV it, oblique. Reniform macula edged with Avhite, slightly prolonged inward at the median vein, two white 
streaks above it at the costal margin. Exterior line wdiite, from behind the middle of the costal margin, behind 
the middle of the cell almost to the margin, ])rojecting once more at vein 2, then very obliquely inward. Hind- 
Aving dark greyish broAvn Avith a coppery gloss. Short Avhite streaks at the base. Exterior line Avhite, extra- 
angidar at vein 5, ending at the anal angle. (J 46 mm. Niger District. 
P. fulvoiaenia Gn. (Vol. Ill, pi. 61 d). This species is distribiited o\nr India, China, the Sunda Is. and 
Japan. One cj is mentioned from Natal; iinless it be a mistake, it might be an imported specimen at most. 
P. properans IT At. (29 b) is somewhat like conjunciura. Thorax and base of forewing reddish brown. 
Interior line blackish broAAn, slightly excurved below the cell. Median band pale pinkish brown, narroAver in 
the middle, dark broAA'ii behind it as far as the exterior line. Exterior line blackish, with white scales outside, 
extra-angular at vein 6, excurved at veins 4 and 1, incurved at vein 2, ending near the median line. Submarginal 
line dentate, straight, someAvhat hiAvard from the apex, greyer behind it. Hindwing greyish broAAn, AAuth a light 
band from the centre of the costal margin almost to the anal angle. 42—48 mm. South Africa. 
P. algira L. (Vol. Ill, pi. 61 a, b). This species has been.dealt Avith already in Vol. Ill, p. 329, and is 
also very common throiighout Africa. 
P. rectivia Hmps. (20 f) is quite isolated. Thorax and foreAving dark red-broAvn. A narroAv A\diite band 
from the middle of the costal margin to the anal angle, edged with black, broA\m inside, with tAvo black dots 
in it at the cross-vein; ontside the band is edged somewhat lighter. Traces of a dark submarginal line. Hind- 
AA’ing blackish broAvn, the Avith a reddish yelloAV spot at the margin above vein 2. 40—45 mm. Gold Coast. 
P. erectata Hmps. (29 c). Body greyish brown. Eorewing more reddish brown. Interior line black, 
edged light oiitside, straight, somewhat obliquely outward. A dark streak at the cross-vein. Median line feeble, 
])rojecting a little at veins 6 and 4, slightly concave between them, bent to the costal margin and sidAinedian 
fold, ending near the interior line; lighter before it. Exterior line as usual, extra-angular at vein 6, vertical 
from the submedian fold. Taa'o black intense spots beloAV each other behind it below the costal margin. Hind- 
Aving lighter or darker browm A\ith traces of light median and exterior lines. In erectatella Strd. the exterior 
half of the median area is paler, the black apical spots are smaller. — 39 - 35 mm. South and East Africa. 
P. adunca Proud is very similar to erectata (29 c) and may be a form of it. EoreAA'ing light ochreous, 
soineAvhat darker in the exterior median area, but less reddish than in erectata. Interior line intensified, except 
at the ends, steeper than in erectata. A dark lima at the cross-vein. Median line grey. Exterior line black, with 
an angle at vein 6, bent inward in the submedian fold, not so straight as in erectata, someAAdiat undulate. Hiud- 
Avdng someAvhat less distinctly marked. (^36 mm. Cameroon. 
P. macrorhyncha Hmps. is coloured like ereedada (29 c). Interior line black, oblique, slightly concave 
in the middle, a dark triangular s])ot before it in the sulnnediau fold. A dark streak at the cross-vein, close 
behintl it the little curved median line, turned outward towards the inner margin. Exterior line light, projecting 
long and pointedly at vein 6. Behind it at the costal margin a someAvhat darker spot, finely edged light, then 
continued obliquely imvard, inwardly bent at vein 2, somewhat outwardly angled at vein 1. Submarginal line 
light, dentate, someAvhat darker before it. Hindwing greyish browm, a light submarginal line from vein 3 to 
the anal angle. G 40 mm. Rhodesia. 
P. porphyrescens Hmps. (29 c). Violettish broAvn. Interior line dark liroAvn, straight, vertical. A dark 
streak or 2 dots at the cross-vein. Median line indistinct, dark, pointedly indented behind the cell, then den- 
tately inward, steeper from the snbmedian fold. Exterior line dark, outAvard as far as vein 6, a light apical 
spot behind it, a dark oblique shadoAV from the apex to vein 6, then undulately iuAvard as far as the submedian 
