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Crenis trimenii major subsp. no v. 



S $. Differs from t. trimenii Aur. by its much larger size and more yellow 

 colour. 



Length of forewing : t. trimenii $ 25 mm., ? 29 mm. 



Expanse ,, „ ,, S 53 mm., $ 62 mm. 



Length of forewing : t. major $ 53 mm., ? 36 mm. 



Expanse ,, ,, ,, S 70 mm., ? 77 mm. 



Habitat. Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2,000 ft., April — May and October — 

 November 1910 (G. L. Bates), 5 SS, 4 ?? ; Stanley Pool to Lokolele, Congo 

 River, 1894 (Harrison), 1 (J, 1 $ ; Luebo, Kassai River, October 1903 (Landbeck), 



1 cJ, 7 ?? ; Luluaburg, Kassai (Landbeck), 1 S ; Kapulumbo, Kassai (Land- 

 beck), 3 $? ; Kassai River, 1 cj, 2 ??. 



Mesoxantha ethosia albeola subsp. no v. 



(J. Differs from e. ethosia Drury iii the yellow between veins 1, 2, and 3 

 of the forewings extending nearer to termen and in the black terminal band of 

 the hindwings being narrower. ?. Differs in the pale colour of the forewing 

 being white, the termmal band of hindwuig being narrower, and the yellow of 

 hindwing paler and more buffish. 



Habitat. Cameroons, West Africa, 1 3 ; Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, 2,000 

 ft., AprU — June and September — October 1910 (G. L. Bates), 2 SS, 6 $? ; Lake 

 Azingo, Gaboon, December 1907 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 (J; Lake Asebbe, Fernan-Vas, 

 Gaboon, February 1908 (Dr. Ansorge), 4 <JcJ, 2 22 ; Abanga River, Gaboon 

 October 1907 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 J, 8 ?? ; Ogowe River (Distant Coll.), 1 ? ; 10 and 

 15 days from Fort Beni, Congo, May 1899 (Dr. Ansorge), 2 $? ; 13 Luebo, Kassai 

 River (P. Landbeck), 1 cj ; Gallery Forest, Rutschuru River, 1,000 m. = 3,250 

 ft., February 1908 (R. Grauer), 1 <?. 



Mesoxantha ethosia reducta subsp. nov. 



$. Differs in having the white on forewing much reduced. 



Habitat. Port Alice, February 1897 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 3 ; Kampala, Uganda, 

 January 1897 (Dr. Ansorge), 2 <?<?, 2 $? ; Entebbe, Uganda, April 1900 (Colonel 

 H. B. Rattray), 4 S3 ; Monyonyo, Unyoro, March 1897 (Dr. Ansorge), 2 3S, 



2 $9; Delagoa Bay (Mrs. Monteiro), 1 3. 



Hypolimnas salmacis magniiica subsp. nov. 



(J. Differs in bemg much larger and the white bands on both wmgs much 

 wider and more extended. 



?. Much larger, the white bands of both wings much wider and more 

 extended ; the blue paler and more turquoise, less purple. 



Length of forewing : s. salmacis 3 48 mm., $ 52 mm. 



Expanse „ „ ,, ^ 101 mm., ? 109 mm. 



Length of forewing : .s. magnifica 3 53 mm., $ 63 mm. 



Expanse „ „ „ ^- m mm., $ 132 mm. 



Habitat. Port Alice, July 1894— January 1897 (Dr. Ansorge), 1 <J, 1 $ ; 

 Entebbe, Uganda, May— July 1900-1902 (Col. H. B. Rattray), 5 33, 5 ??. 



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