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SOME NEW AND SOME UNFIGURED LEPIDOPTERA. 



By KARL JORDAN, Ph.D. 



(Plates IX., X., XI.) 



PAPILIONIDAE. 



1. Papilio mackinnoni benguellae subsp. nov. 



c?. The jwsterior spots of the baud of thi; upperside of the fore wing, and the 



central spots of that band of the hindwiug larger than in East African specimens, 



the two additional spots placed distally to the apex of the cell of the forevving also 



larger, exceeding in size the three anterior spots of the band. 



Hab. Cuval River, Benguella, Angola, December 10, 1905 (Dr. W. J. 

 Ansorge). 

 1 cJ. 



ERYCINIDAE. 

 2. Abisara postalba (PI. XL fig. 7 <?, 8 ?). 



A. p. Rothsch. & Jord., Deutsche Ent. Zeitsehr. p. 192. n. 5 (1907) (Brit. New Guinea). 



SATYRINAE. 

 3. Platyptbima homocbroa (PI. XI. fig. 6 ? ). 



r. h. Rothsch. & Jord., Ix. p. I'JO. u. 1 (l',i07) (Brit. New Guinea). 



CASTNIIDAE. 

 4. Castnia marcus spec. nov. 



?. Upperside of head, thorax, and of the first abdominal segment dark green, 

 shot with blnish and purple, rest of body ochraceous rufous. 



Forewing metallic dark green ; distal margin strongly rounded before centre ; 



at middle of costal margin a large irregular creamy patch. Hindwing ochraceous 



rufous, but so densely suffused with purple-black that the ground-colour is distinct, 

 only before anal angle and in a small area in the cell, the wing having in certain 

 lights a blue gloss, changing into green at the base. 



Underside of forewing purple-black, with some ochraceous rufous scales along 



the submedian vein, at the costa and at the edge of the creamy patch. Hindwing 



ochraceous rufous, the veins as well as the distal and costal margins purjjle-black. 



Length of forewing : 42 mm. 



AGARISTIDAE. 



5. Schausia leona congoana subsp. nov. 



<?. The sub-basal patch of the forewing, on the upperside, wider in front than in 



.S. I. leona, its outer edge therefore more transverse ; the discal spot longer and 



more straight than in specimens from Sierra Leone ; the abdominal edge of the 



hindwing black. 



IJab. Kassai River, Congo Free State. 

 1 cJ. 



