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ttiargin, and includes tbe greater part of extremity of cell, then turning again to 

 its previous direction. Marginal border black and beavy, narrowing somewhat as 

 it approaches posterior angle. All central portion of wing brilliant orange-scarlet. 

 A small black streak runs from the base beneath subraedian nervure nearly half-way 



to posterior angle. Hindwing : base dusky black, including nearly half cell ; 



central portion of wing orange-scarlet, shading to yellow toward inner margin, 

 which is paler near the base. A black spot at. the upper part of extremity of 

 cell. Distal marginal border broad and black, but does not follow shape of wing, as 

 its inner edge makes nearly a right angle in tiie space between last subcostal and 

 radial nervules. 



Underside. Forewing : no black at the base, central red area as on upperside 



but rather duller in colour. Costa dusky yellow, apical bar buff-colour, apex greyish 



yellow, with black nervules and red-brown internervular streaks. Hindwing : 



basal and discal areas pale buff'. A black spot at base of cell, another at \ipjier part 

 of its extremity. A red patch above the costa surrounding the precostal nervure. 

 A red streak above extremity of cell, bounded proximally by a black streak and 

 distally by three confluent spots. Filling space between median and submedian 

 nervures for two-thirds of distance to distal marginal border is a red streak, with two 

 spots situated in its middle, and bounded by a row of four black spots, extending 

 from median nervure to distal margin, of which the central two are confiueut. 

 Between this red streak and distal margin a small black streak along base of 

 'nternal nervure and three small spots. The broad distal marginal border the same 

 shape as the upperside, and edged internally by a narrow black line ; the nervules 

 are black edged on each side with grey, this being in its turn outlined with 

 black, drawn to a point at the edge of the wing. The intervening spaces filled 

 with brick-red streaks, widening out at edge of wing into nearly triangular 

 jiatches of a pale yellow colour. 



Fringe, forewing black, hindwing yellowish. 



Expanse, 43 mm. 



3 cj c? from Dedza, Angoniland. 



Collected in April and June 1903 by H. A. Byatt, B.A., of Lincoln College, 

 Oxford, after whom the species is named. 



8. Acraea oreas Sharpe f. albimaculata nov.f. 



This form of oreas only differs from typical specimens in having white spotted 

 forewings. 



4 <?<?, Tiriki Hills, March 1903. 



NYMPHALINAE. 



9. Neptis conspicua spec. nov. (PI. I. f. 15). 



(S ? . Brownish black, with white bands. 



Upperside. Forewing : beyond the cell a slightly curved white band, 



extending from costa to second median nervule, divided into six spaces by crossing 

 nervules ; the space immediately beneath the costa very small. On inner margin 

 a little before the end of band a semicircular spot, crossed by submedian nervure. 



