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4. Papilio nandina sp. nov. (PI. IX. f. l.^c?). 



(J. Body black, somewhat olive, with grej' hairs ; underside creamy buflf, breast 

 with oblique buff streaks, palpus buff, head aud pronotum with the usual pale dots. 



"Wings, above, black, with a large, light area, which is very pale primrose- 

 yellow, with a greenish tint, scaled. Forewing : the light area consists of a long, 



broad jiatch in the cell, aud a complete series of patches round the cell, besides 

 a small mark in upper angle of cell, the patches rounded or slightly acuminate 

 distally, excejit patch SC^ — SC''\ which is sinuate ; a small submarginal dot 



SC'^ — R' of the same colour. Hindwing : extreme base and abdominal margin 



black, the pale area not quite extending to end of cell ; but there are two small 

 spots, B' — R^, beyond the end of the cell ; a series of geminate submarginal spots 

 of the same colour, but much shaded with black ; fringe pale primrose-yellow, 

 more or less black at the very tips of the veins ; tail spatulate, bordered with buff 

 distally, the border ill-defined. 



Underside dark cinnamon brown, more blackish in costal and posterior discal 



regions of forewii.g. Forewing : pale area nearly as above, a series of indistinct, 



pale, geminate, submarginal spots. Hindwing: pale area more white than above, 



three cinnamon lines in cell, discal spot R' — R- large ; submarginal spots enlarged, 

 last one behind M- small, geminate. 



Length of forewing : 



Hab. Escarpment, British E. Africa, 6.500 to 9OU0 ft., Oct. and Nov. 1900 

 (W. Doherty), 2 S6. 



5. Delias schbnbergi isabellae subsp. nov. 



cj. IJppermle of the wings as in sch. sclwnbergi, except that the disc of the 

 forewing is less extended blackish. Underside : both wings more yellow, the black 

 area proximally sharply defined, that of forewing not entering apex of cell, the 

 upper white submarginal spots shorter ; on the hindwing, the red patches much 

 smaller, the black border of the wing broader. 



?. Proximal area of both wings, aboci\ paler than in scli. schonberyi, the 

 whitish scaling extending on the forewing to outer margin at and in front of inner 

 margin ; the latter, as well as fold (SM') nearly white ; the red patches of the 

 underside less shining through above. On the underside the ? differs like the c?. 



Hah. Isabel, Solomon Islands, 4. vi. to 0. vii. lOul (A. S. Meek), a series of 

 both sexes. 



0. Danaus weiskei (PI. X. f. 1. S). 



Described on ji. 218 of this volume. 



7. Charaxes nandina sp. nov. (PI. IX. f. 3. 6). 



6. A careful description will be given in the appendix to our Monograph of 

 Charaxes. The pale blue patch in the centre of the hindwiug is not prominent 

 enough in the figure, nor is the series of six purplish pale blue discal spots of the 

 same wino- distinct enouo-h ! the admarginal bars are ochraceous, shaded with blue. 

 Underside resembling that of cithaeron. 



Hab. Escarpment, British E. Africa, 650U to 9u00 ft., September to October 

 1900, and early in 1901 (W. Doherty), 'i iS- 



