274 [May, 



DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW WEST AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES 

 FROM THE COLLECTION OP HENLEY G. SMITH. 



bt w. c. hewitson, f.l.s. 



Harma Harmilla. 



TTpper-side : $ . Dark brown. Both wings crossed by a zig-zag 

 snb-iiiarginal band of black, bordered below with white. Anterior 

 wing crossed within the cell by four zig-zag black lines ; crossed at 

 the middle by a narrow band of dark brown, surmounted by five 

 pyramidal white spots ; the zig-zag sub-marginal band bordered above 

 with white, surmounted by a series of dark brown hastate spots. 

 Posterior wing crossed at the middle by a white baud. 



Under-side : both wings crossed at the middle by a common 

 linear, nearly straight, band of black, surmounted on the anterior 

 wing by five white pyramidal spots ; both wings with the basal half 

 pale brown ; the cell of the anterior wing crossed as above by black 

 lines, the cell of the posterior -ndng marked by an 8-like spot ; crossed 

 below this by a curved line of black ; both wings with the outer half 

 white, crossed by a series of pale brown pyramidal spots, and near 

 the outer margin by a pale brown linear band forming pyramidal 

 spots, the apex of each spot marked by a black linear spot. 



Exp. 3t"s inch. £[ai. : West Africa (Cameroons). 



Harma Heliada. 

 Upper-side : ^ . Orange-yellow. Both wings with the outer 

 margin rufous ; both with a sub-marginal continuous series of lunular 

 black spots. Anterior wing with the base rufous, two zig-zag black 

 lines in the cell, and a brown spot at the apex. Posterior wing dark 

 brown from the base to beyond the middle ; the cell, which is paler, 

 marked by an 8-like spot ; the costal margin pale yellow, with three 

 spots of yellow near its middle. 



Under-side : rufous-yellow, clouded with red-brown. Both wings 

 crossed at the middle by a common, nearly straight, red-brown, narrow 

 band, surmounted on both wings by pyramidal spots continuous on 

 the anterior wing, at the apex only of the posterior wing ; both wings 

 crossed beyond the middle by a double series of pyramidal rufous 

 spots. Anterior wing Avith a small black spot, and a red-brown spot 

 (with a smaller spot below it) in the cell. Posterior wing with an 

 8-like spot in the cell, and a smaller spot below it. 



Exp. 2to inch. Hah. : Cameroons. 



Oatlands, Weyhridge : 



April, 1874. 



