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occurs also farther north and east, there lieiug an example from Mpwapwa iu the 

 Berlin Museum which comes very near t3-pical luticiiictus. 



b^. Ch. pelias satumus ah. (loc ?) brunnesceus Rothsch., ab. nov. 



The basal area of the wings aborc brownish black, more chocolate near base, 

 disco-postdiscal liand deeper yellow than in ordinary satnniKS, the admarginal 

 spots of the forewing small and much shaded with brown, much darker than the 

 postdiscal interspaces both above and below, hindwing rather shorter than in 

 ordinary satumus, the admarginal interspaces larger than in pelias pelias, but 

 not thicker than the heavy, black, marginal line, interspaces R- — M- shaded with 

 blue ; discal band of hindwing scarcely reaching W, only 4 mm. wide at SC-. On 

 underside the white discal band of the hindwing is narrower than in ordinary 

 satumus, and the black marginal line is heavier. 



This form, which resembles somewhat joe/«'as joe/e'as, occurs in northern Angola. 



Hab. Ch. pelias satumus occurs from Natal to the Congo, Victoria Nyanza, 

 and the coast regions of British East Africa ; it is a rather common species in 

 Nyassaland. In the Tring Museum 31 SS, 6 ?? from: Natal; Delagoa Bay; 

 Likoma, Nyassaland, caught in June, July, August (Rev. Button) : Bandawe, 

 Nyassaland, March (Watkinson) ; Parumbira, October (Dr. Ansorge) ; Mombasa ; 

 Angola ; Congo. A .specimen said to be from Uganda was given to Dr. Ansorge 

 by Capt. Williams, 



Congo individuals are rather large ; the blue submargiual spots of the 

 npperside of the hindwing are often large, but not always larger than in individuals 

 from other places ; the base of the forewing above is sometimes as bright tawny 

 orange as in Nyassaland specimens. 



Dr. Trimen, I.e., says that " in Damaraland, where Mr. J. A. Bell found it 

 rather abundant, the butterfly was commonly found on the droppings of the larger 

 animals. In Natal it would appear to be rare. Col. Bowker having sent me only 

 an example, which was taken on an orange-tree at Pinetown, and another <? 

 captured at the same place in April 1883." 



b. Ch. pelias pelias. 



Pupilio Eques .ichivus pelias Cramer, I.e. ; Goeze, Ent. Bei/tr. III. 1 p. 82. n. 46 (1779) ; Herbst, 

 Natiirs. Schmelt. IV. p. Q2. n. 1.53. t. 6.^. f. 5. (!. (1790) (syn. ex parte ; " Guioea " loc. err.). 



Erihoea pelrijjiii (!) Hiibner, ]'erz. belc. Schmelt. p. 47. n. 424 (1810-27). 



Nyiiijihdlis peliiig, Godart, Em\ MM. IX. p. 351. n. 2 (1823) (Cap. b. sp.) ; Doubl., Westw. & Hew., 

 Gen. Diiini. Lej). II. p. 309. n. 20 (1860); Trimen, R/mp. .\fr. Aiislr. I. p. 175. n. 101. II. p. 340 

 (1862) (pt.) ; Kirby, Oil. Dmrn. Lep. p. 207. n. 4 (1871). 



Chriraxes peli<is, Butler, Proc. Zonl. Soc. Loud. p. 024. n. 4 (186.")) (Cap. b. sp.) ; id., Lep. Ex. p. 25. 

 n. 1. t. 10. f. 5. ? (1809) (Cap. b. sp.) ; Staud., Exni. Ta,//. p. 108 (1880) ; Trim. & Bowk., 

 .S. Afr. Bull. I. p. 331. n. 109 (1887) (Cape Colony, western distr.) iid., /.-■. III. p. 407 (1889) 

 (Febr.) ; Butl., Joiirn. Linn. Soc. Lo/id. XXV. p. 335. n. 12 (1890) ; Auriv., Kongt. Sr. ]'el. 

 Ak. Handl. XXXI. 6. p. 232. n. 5. (1899) (Cape Colony). 



c? ? . Wings abore basal area blackish brown. Forewing : postdiscal pale 



ochraceous interspaces smaller than the black discal bars resp. spots at their 



proximal side ; cell-liar 4 large and sipiare. Hindwing shorter than in .safurnits, 



admarginal interspaces smaller, widely separated, thinner than the heavy, black, 

 marginal line. 



