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 about the list was the predominance of the Xeptis-hke 

 Euryteline, A 7 ", ophione. Considering the overwhelming 

 numerical superiority over all the species of Neptis except 

 melicerta — and this contributed Itut little over half the 

 number of ophione — together with the existence in Hayti of 

 an allied Euryteline with a somewhat similar pattern, Pro- 

 fessor Poulton, in opposition to his former view (Trans. Ent. 

 Soc, 1902, p. 468), was inclined to think that the patterns of 

 African species of Neptis had been influenced by Xeptidopsis. 

 There was no doubt about the resemblance between the two 

 genera on the wing. In support of this conclusion Professor 

 Poulton exhibited a specimen of ophione taken by Mr. C. F. M. 

 Swynnerton, April 18, 1911, on the outskirts of Chirinda 

 Forest (3,800 ft.), in South-east Rhodesia. The " paper " bore 

 the note "'Taken for A. saclava on the wing. Mistake not 

 discovered till in the net. — C. F. M. 8." Mr. W. A. Lamborn 

 had also written as follows on the same subject : — 



"Oni Camp, Sept, 19, 1911. 



"When writing of Neptis last week 1 might have said 

 that I always find it difficult to distinguish large forms on 

 the wing from Xeptidopsis, and I still catch Neptidopsis under 

 the impression that it is Neptis, from time to time. Both 

 have the same floating and apparently leisurely flight, but 

 it is quicker than one thinks, and 1 find both equally elusive 

 and difficult to catch." 



Comparing the patterns of the species in this combination 

 from Entebbe, at first sight, agatha appeared to present the 

 nearest approach to ophione. On the other hand, the mark- 

 ings of agatha differed in their purer white from those of 

 Ophione, which were faintly tinged with yellow, as in saclava, 

 nemetes, and other species of Neptis. The two first-named 

 species, especially sachiva, also resembled ophione in the 

 prominence of the black submarginal markings on both 

 surfaces of the hind wings (see also above). Among the 

 other species, metella was an evident mimic of melicerta, 

 although an even closer one of those species of Neptis — 

 unrepresented in the exhibit — in which the white stripe 



