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  (AFRICAN). 
  135 
  

  

  anterior 
  wiugs 
  the 
  large 
  suboval 
  dark 
  orange 
  jiatch 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  

   represented 
  by 
  a 
  rectangular 
  band 
  j'laced 
  rather 
  obliquely, 
  which 
  terminates 
  on 
  

   the 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervule, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  orange 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  are 
  much 
  darker, 
  without 
  the 
  costal 
  and 
  

   submarginal 
  pale 
  areas, 
  and 
  the 
  cellular 
  and 
  discal 
  red 
  bands 
  which 
  cross 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  of 
  Ps. 
  Catharina 
  are 
  narrower 
  and 
  more 
  obscure. 
  On 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  is 
  more 
  regularly 
  irrorated 
  with 
  red, 
  

   without 
  silvery 
  grey 
  in 
  the 
  space 
  outside 
  the 
  discal 
  series 
  of 
  spots. 
  

  

  Hal). 
  Warri, 
  May, 
  1896 
  (Dr. 
  Eoth). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Eothschild. 
  

  

  II.— 
  lEIDOPSIS 
  ANSOEGEI. 
  Figs. 
  10, 
  11. 
  

  

  Iris 
  Ansorgci, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologicfe," 
  Vol. 
  Y., 
  p. 
  354 
  

   (1898). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1| 
  inches. 
  

  

  Upperside 
  closely 
  resembles 
  I. 
  rn-dita, 
  Kirby, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  

   the 
  purple 
  area 
  is 
  divided 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  streak, 
  extending 
  

   partially 
  down 
  the 
  discocellular 
  nervules. 
  

  

  Underside 
  differs 
  from 
  /. 
  I'l-rdita 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  pale 
  

   gi'ey 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  and 
  being 
  less 
  rufous 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  metallic 
  edging 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  green 
  but 
  slightly 
  metallic 
  silvery 
  grey. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  very 
  

   much 
  more 
  grey, 
  the 
  central 
  band 
  being 
  metallic 
  silvery 
  grey 
  edged 
  with 
  dark 
  

   rufous 
  markings 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  submarginal 
  rufous 
  area 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  con- 
  

   tiguous 
  silvery-grey 
  lunules 
  on 
  the 
  margin. 
  In 
  colouration 
  the 
  underside 
  

   approaches 
  I. 
  Incredihilis, 
  Stgr. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Sierra 
  Leone. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Eothschild. 
  

  

  III.— 
  lEIDOPSIS 
  EXQUISITA. 
  Figs. 
  12, 
  13. 
  

  

  Iris 
  Exqiiisita, 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologicae," 
  Vol. 
  V., 
  p. 
  353 
  

   (1898). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1^ 
  inches. 
  

  

  3Iale. 
  Upperside. 
  Most 
  brilliant 
  metallic 
  purplish 
  blue, 
  with 
  the 
  costa 
  

  

  