%l\t Canadian ^ntomolagbt 



VOL. XXV. LONDON, JANUARY, 1893. No. 1. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW WEST AFRICAN 



BUTTERFLIES. 



BY \V. J. HOLLA.ND, PH. D., PITTSBURGH, PA. 

 EURYPHENE, BOISD. 



/. E. castanea, sp. nov. 



6*. The form of the wings is exactly like that of Senegalensis, H -S. 

 Upperside. — The ground colour is rich chestnut-brown, marked by 

 broad black series of spots and bands. Upon the primaries these 

 markings are as follows : — In the cell a longitudinal basal streak, a trans- 

 verse line, a figure 8, a twice curved transverse line, and a broad bar at 

 the end of the cell constricted in the middle ; below the cell there is a 

 short basal band curving inwardly ; beyond the cell there is a wide band 

 running from the costa toward the outer margin as far as the lower radial, 

 and then abruptly turning and extending to the middle of the inner margin ; 

 beyond this is a broad band of diffuse spots, wide on the costa, narrower 

 beyond the end of the cell, and gradually widening as it approaches the 

 inner margin ; beyond this is a submarginal series of very black round 

 spots. The outer margin is black. All of these lines are continued upon 

 the secondaries parallel to the outer margin, and in addition there is a 

 narrow, submarginal black line. In the cell of the secondaries there is a 

 round spot at the base, a figure 8, and a constricted annular mark at the 

 end. Underside. — The prevalent colour on the underside of the wings 

 is pale fuscous, shading into ashen grey upon the cells of both wings. The 

 markings of the upper surface scarcely reappear upon the lower side, 

 except the submarginal band of round spots, which reappear upon the 

 primaries as faint blackish marks, and upon the secondaries as ocelli with 

 pale ashen margins. In both wings there are in the cell a black basal dot, 

 a figure 8, and a narrow constricted annular mark at the end. In addition, 

 upon the primaries the costa near the base is white, and there are a couple 

 of small white marks at the apex ; upon the secondaries there is a narrow 

 white bar extending from near the middle of the costa to the first subcostal 

 nervule. 



Expanse 58 mm. Habitat Kangwc, Ogove Valley. 



