336 Mv. Roland Trimen o?i 



to be, for undoubtedlj it would readily be passed over as 

 as i^. Elgiva by many collectors. The great variation in 

 the underside colouring is a feature liigbly cliaracteristic 

 of the genus and of several allied groups. 



Hah. — Natal (Tunjumbili) ; Transvaal (Leydenburg). 

 — R. Trimen : T. Avres. 



Neptis Goocliii, sp. nov. 



Exp. 1 in. 4^ lin. — 1 in. 9 lin. 



Fuscous, with jiure-icliite hands and spots. Forewing : 

 a longitudinal white bar, di^^ded transversely about its 

 middle, occupying lower half of discoidal cell ; a small 

 spot immediately beyond extremity of cell ; sub-apical 

 costal bar broad, even, abruptly truncate on radial 

 nervule ; close to outer extremity of this bar a small 

 spot, in a longitudinal line with that just beyond ex- 

 tremity of cell ; large spot on disc between 3rd and 1st 

 median nervules about the same size as costal bar, but 

 less elongate and more rounded ; inner marginal marking 

 rather small, acuminate superiorly; five almost parallel, 

 thin, sub-marginal white streaks, of which the innermost 

 is indistinct and more widely separated from the rest, 

 more irregular, and the outermost also indistinct. Hind- 

 iciiig : central band broad, even, extending to inner-mar- 

 ginal edge, but not to costa, being abruptly rounded off 

 just below the 1st sub-costal nervule ; five sub-marginal 

 streaks much as in forewing, but more distinct, the inner- 

 most less irregular and more remote from the 2nd. 

 Underside. — Groiuid-colour much paler, almost grey; 

 markings corresponding with those of upperside, but sub- 

 marginal streaks broader and more conspicuous. Fore- 

 wing : cellular longitudinal bar not or but very indis- 

 tinctly transversely divided. Hindioing : basal portion 

 with 3 curved transverse white stripes (much as in 

 JV. Agatha, Cramer, but not nearly so conspicuous), of 

 which the first is on costal edge, and the third near 

 central band and less distinct than the others. 



This butterfly is allied to N. Melicerta, Drury (riec 

 Cramer), and to JV. Saclava, Boisd., but is considerably 

 smaller than those species. It agrees with the former 

 insect in possessing the longitudinal white bar in the 

 discoidal cell of the forewings (which character at once 

 separates it from Saclava, but differs markedly (1st) in 

 tlie short, compact, undivided costal har of the foreurings ; 



