192 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and A. Noakes on 



Underside with more uniform ground-colour and reduced white 

 markings. 



$. Upperside paler than in noorna; outer marginal border of 

 forewing narrower, being about 3 mm. broad. Discocellular spot 

 evanescent posteriorly. Hindwing without any dark suffusion 

 along outer margin except a faint scaling at apex. 



Underside marked as in noorna but paler. 



A series obtained. 



Specimens in collection of Joicey from Mefor agree with 

 the above form. 



26. Acca venilia albopunctata, subsp. nov. 

 Nearest psevdovenilia, Fruh., from Dutch N. Guinea. 



(J. Upperside of forewing with blue median area reduced, the 

 two upper spots being narrowly margined. The edges of median 

 spots are straight instead of rounded. Submarginal dots smaller 

 than in venilia. Band on hindwing narrowly margined with 

 blue. Underside of hindwing with band not edged with grey 

 distally, and marginal spots absent. 



$. Upperside with dead white markings without any trace of 

 blue, the place of this colour being taken by a slight grey scaling. 

 On forewing the median spots are larger, and on hindwing the 

 band is broader with a straighter distal edge. 



Underside with white markings and similar to ^. 



3 J c?, 6 ? $ obtained. 



27. Neptis shepherd! gregalis, subsp. nov. 



(Plate XXVI, fig. 5, ^.) 



Allied to the form damia, Fruh., from N. Guinea, late 

 German Territory. 



(J. Upperside with all spots on the forewing larger than in damia. 

 On the hindwing the discal band narrows posteriorly and all the 

 spots are separated by the black veins. A postdiscal row of 6 

 white spots and parallel to them a submarginal row of faint white 

 dots. 



Underside with darker ground-colour than in damia, spots as 

 above. Hindwing with a pale subcostal streak; a small spot in 6 

 forming anterior end of discal band; a pale but distinct discal 

 line; postdiscal spots larger than above; a well-marked sub- 

 marginal line and a thin marginal one. 



