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Mr. H. J, Elwes on a 



6000 ft. in the Cordillera. The sexes in this species are 

 much more alike than in cythcris, and resemble the 

 female of the latter in colour, but may, I think, be 

 distinguished by the shape of the wings. 



A. modesta is a small species confined to the higher 

 mountains, and quite distinct on the under side from 

 the other two. 



The species which I have named A. ha?i7iingtoni is 

 one of the most remarkable of the whole genus, both on 

 account of its locality, which is widely separated from 

 that of any other Argynnis, and on account of its peculiar 



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A. hanningtoni. 



appearance, but I can see nothing in its venation, which 

 I have here figured, or in its structure to separate it 

 from the genus. The types are three males, taken in 

 the forests of Taveta, near Mount Kilimanjaro, in Africa, 

 by the late Bishop Hannington in March, 1885, and are 

 in the collection of the British Museum. 



A. hanningtoni, n. sp. — <? . Above, dull fawn-colour, 

 with the base and border of wings blackish, near the mar- 

 gin a line of white spots, and inside them a line of black 

 spots on both wings. Some more black spots in the 

 interspaces and cell. Below, with no black border or 

 base, one basal spot, a line of transverse spots, and 

 marginal lunules dull silvery, all surrounded by reddish 

 brown. 



