On a collection of Lepidoptera from Bangala*). 



By Euiily Mary Sliarpe. 



The following- is a list of the Butterflies collected by 

 Mr. Herbert Ward at Bangala on the River C'oiigo. Mr. ■\\'ard, 

 as is well known. was oiie of the officers of the Rear Guard 

 of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, and as was the case 

 with Mr. Janieson his ofiicial duties left him but iittle leisure 

 for natural history studies. 



I have referred especially to the following- books and 

 papers which deal with the Lepidoptera of the Congo Region, 

 and other parts of West. Africa. 



Voijage de IM. Cli. Allmud dans le territoire 

 d ' A s s i n i e (A f r i q u e o c c i d e n t a 1 e) en juillet et aoüt 

 1886. 4e Memoire (1). 



IJpklopÜrcs a Y e c des n o t e s s u r quelques 

 a u t r e s e s p e c e s d ' A f r i q u e. Par M. Faul Malnllc, Ann. 

 Soc. Ent. France, (6), X, pt. I, pp. 17—33, 1890. 



Cataloqne des Upidopteres de la cote occidejitale d'Afrique. 

 Par. U Faul MihiUe, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, I, pp. 194—203, 

 1876. 



Jameson, 7. S. Storii of the Fear Cohimn of the Emin Fasha 

 JEdpedition. I^epidoptera Fhopalocera. Bij I. Z). Godman, F. F. ■'^. 

 and Oshert Salvin, F. R. S. pp. 426—445, 1890. 



^1 list of the Butterflles collected by Mr. William Boiuii/ on 

 the journey Avith Mr. Stanley from Y a m b u y a o n t h e 

 A r u w i m i River through the great Forest of Central 

 Africa; with Descriptions of nine new Species. By //. Grose 

 Smith, F. Z. S. P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 463—473. 



*) Bangala liegt im Coiigostaat, am nördlichen Ufer des Congo, 

 etwa unter 2" n. Br. 



