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hind margin near the anal angle white, relieved by three dusky spots 

 situated between the nervules, the middle spot being almost obsolete. 

 Under side similar to that of 0. faiinus, but the yellow transverse 

 band slightly narrower. Expanse, 1"1 in. 



? . Fore wing : Ground colour smoky brown, with a bluish grey 

 patch near the centre extending from the inner margin to the discoidal 

 cell. Hind wing : General colour smoky brown, relieved by a bluish 

 grey patch near the base ; a large white patch near the anal angle, 

 extending to the discoidal nervule ; this white area relieved by three 

 dusky inter-nervular spots as in the male ; the tails and cilia white. 

 Under side : Similar to that of the male above described. Expanse, 

 1-1 in. 



Hah. Entebbe, Uganda; May, 1900 {H. B. Rattray). 



Aphn^us rattrayi, sp, n. 



Allied to .4 orcas, Drury, but distinguished from that species 

 by the much darker colouring of the under side. 



(? . Both wings similar to those of A. orcas, as regards colour and 

 markings. Under side : — Fore wing : The yellow ground colour much 

 more dingy than in A. orcas; the silver markings heavily encircled 

 with deep crimson, a line of this colour being visible along the hind 

 margin and terminating in a minute silver spot near the apex. Hind 

 wing : Ground colour dingy yellow, the silver spots and bands sur- 

 rounded with deep crimson ; the crimson submarginal border relieved 

 by two small silver spots. Expanse, 1'2 in. 



Hah. Tore ; November-December, 1900 {H. B. Rattray). 



HYPOLYCiENA UGANDiE, Sp. n. 



Allied to H. hatita, Hewits., but differing in the lighter mark- 

 ings on the under side, which may be compared with those of 

 H. huxtoni, Hewits. 



$ . Fore wing: Similar to that of H. hatita, but with the blue 

 area not quite so vivid in colour as in the above species. Hind wing 

 blue, the whole of the inner margin greyish white ; the white area on 

 the anal angle more pronounced, with a second white spot above this 

 anal marking. Under side : Both wings entirely white, the yellow 

 transverse bands narrower and not so strongly pronounced ; the prin- 

 cipal band on the hind margin not united to the submarginal line on 

 the anal angle as in H. hatita. Expanse, 1-2 in. 



$ . Ground colour smoky brown, relieved on the inner margin by 

 a suffusion of bluish grey. Hind wing : Smoky brown, with a bluish 

 grey tinge near the base ; the hind margin and discal area from below 

 the discoidal nervule white, relieved by a thin smoky brown line and 

 three dark spots, the central spot being the smallest. Under side : 

 Does not differ from that of the male described above. Expanse, 1 iu. 



Hah. Entebbe, Uganda; October, 1900 {H. B. Rattray). 



lOLAUS HEMICYANUS, Sp. 11. 



Allied to I. iasis, Hewits., but distinguished from that species 

 by the larger black area on the fore wing. 



