342 NOVITATES ZOOLOOIOAE XXV. 1918. 



Neptis neavei sp. nov. 



(J. Ground-colour sooty black without any traces of darker intranervular 

 streaks as in exaleuca ; forewing with 2 white dots in cell and 3 beyond it, 

 remainder of white markings as in exaleuca but the patches on each side of vein 

 3 more oval, and those on each side of vein 1 very small ; on the hindwing the 

 white band only reaches to vein 6. Below forewing as above but basal half of 

 costal and subcostal area rufous chestnut ; hindwmg rufous chestnut, white 

 band has above vem 6 a round white dot, white band bordered each side with 

 heavy black line, terminal margin black. 



Length of forewing : 27 mm. Expanse : 58 mm. 



Habitat. Mlanje, Nyassaland, May 1913, 1 3. 



Neptis incongrua oecidentalis subsp. nov. 



(J. Ground-colour greyer than in inc. incongrua. Differs on forewmg by 

 all the spots in the ])ostmedian white band being wantmg except those on each 

 side of veins 1, 3, and and these are much smaller. The band on the hind- 

 wing is narrower. Both above and below it also differs in having intranervular 

 darker streaks. Below the disc of forewing and outer fifth of hindwing are 

 much deeper rufous. 



Habitat. Forest 90 km. west of Lake Albert Edward, 1,000 metres = 3,250 

 ft., February 1908 {R. Grauer), 1 (J. 



Crenis pechueli rhodesiana subsp. nov. 



S $. Above much bluer less lavender-coloured than p. jieck iieli Dew. Differs 

 below in the brighter orange less rufous forewmg and in the narrower orange 

 bands enchcling the postmedian row of black spots on the hindwings. 



Habitat. Fort Rosebery, Rhodesia, 2^3. 



Crenis boisduvalii omissa subsp. nov. 



Professor AurivUlius makes boisduvalii occur from Sierra Leone to Angola 

 and Natal, and from the Congo to East Africa ; but the Natal $$ are much 

 less rufous and the o 3 generally smaller. Below the Natal siiecunens are much 

 duller and the markings less distinct. 



In the Trmg Museum are tlie followmg specimens : 



C. b. boisduvalii, 57 33, 44 $? Natal, Cape Colony, Pondoland, Transvaal 

 and Delagoa Bay. 



C. b. omissa, 46 33, 7 ??, Angola, Congo, Cameroons, Tore, Unyoro, and 

 Uganda. 



Crenis trimenii angolensis subsp. nov. 



3 9. Differ from t. trimenii Aur. in bemg much paler and much brighter 

 yellow . 



Habitat. Fort QuUenges, Benguella, January 1905 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 3 ; 

 Combo Coquenje Bihe, Angola, October 1904 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 3 ; Bigondo 

 Bihe, Angola, October 1904 (Dr. Ansorge), 4 $? ; North Bailundu, Angola, 

 September 1901 (Pemberton), 9 ^ij, 1 ? ; Bilie, Angola (Pemberton), 1 3, 2 $?. 



