TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
LONDON 
For THE YEAR 1898. 
I. On some new or little-known Species of African Butter- 
jlies. By RotanD TRIMEN, F.R.S., F.LS., Pres. Ent. 
Soc. Lond. 
[Read November 8rd, 1897.] 
PuatE I. 
THE butterflies here described are the following, vid. :— 
ACREINA. 
Acrexa hypoleuca, sp. 0. 
LYCHNID&. 
Lycena gigantea, sp. n 
Desmolycena (g. n.) mazoensis, sp. n. 
Aphnexus erikssoni, Trim., g. 
Lolaus alienus, sp. n. 
Durbania pallida, sp. n. 
Mimacrea marshalli, sp. n. 
HESPERIIDZ. 
Pyrgus delagox, sp. n. 
The Lyczenide are all natives of Mashunaland, and have 
been sent to me by Mr. G. A. K. Marshall. The actual 
locality of the Acrxa is not known; the unique ~ example 
TRANS, ENT. SOC. LOND. 1898.—PARTI. (APRIL.) 1 
