AFRICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 325 



Contributions to a Knowledgo of the LEPIDOPTERA 

 of West Africa. 



BY REV. W. J. HOLLAND, M.A., PH.D. 

 PAPEE I. 



I propose in a series of papers to present the results of the study 

 of a large body of interesting material received by me during recent 

 years from the Western Coast of Afi-ica, for much of which I am 

 indebted to my friend, the Rev. A. C. Good, whose many excellences, 

 both as a Christian minister and as an enthusiastic observer of nature, 

 are forthshadowed by his patronymic. In the following pages I 

 present descriptions of three species of diurnal Lepidoptera which 

 I believe to be new to science ; and I also present descriptions of 

 the females of three species hitherto only known in the male sex. 

 In all cases figures are given, and if I have been inadvertently led 

 into creating synonyms, those of larger knowledge than myself will 

 quickly detect the fact by means of the plates. In that event I shall 

 be happy to have my error pointed out to me. 



List of Species. 



1. Lachnoptera Laodice, Cram. 9 • 4. Euryphene Goodii, n. sp. % 



2. Ergolis Actisanes, Hew. 9 • •''• Charaxes Ogovensis, n. sp. % 



3. Crenis Amulia, Cram. 9- 'J- Charaxes Talagug^, n. sp. 'J, 



Subfamily NYMPHALIN^, Bates. 



Geuus EACHKOPTERAs Doiibleday. 

 Issoria, Hiibner. 



The males of this genus, of which but two species are as yet known, 

 are i-emarkable for the large patch of dark hair-like scales near the 

 costal margin of the posterior wings. With the exception of the 



* The generic name given by Doubleday in the " Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera" 

 is undoubtedly more felicitous than that bestowed by Hiibner, being in a measure 

 descriptive, yet the name given by Hiibner has the priority, and is set aside by 

 Doubleday without assigning a reason so far as I have observed. Nevertheless, 

 inasmuch as Trimen and Butler both accept the name given by Doubleday I 

 hesitate, at least for the present, to restore that of Hiibner. 



