African Species of the Genus Neptis. 551 
nemetes obtusa. 
Messrs. Rothschild and Jordan’s description of this form 
is as follows :— 
Costal margin of f.-w. shorter than in nemeles nemetes, the wing 
appearing more obtuse. The white band in both wings much 
narrower, the inner edge of the band of the h.-w. crossing vein M 
just at point of origin of M1. Length of f.-w. 21 mm. 
nemetes f. carpenteri. 
There is no quite constant difference between the upper- 
side of this form and that of nemetes nemetes, though in 
the latter the f.-w. spots in 2 and 3 tend to be longer. 
Beneath, the ground-colour and all the light markings, 
except the large white bands and spots, are more yellowish, 
thus bringing the dark rounded spots into greater promi- 
nence. The principal difference, however, is in the base of 
h.-w. cell beneath, which is not banded with white, but 
is of a yellowish ground-colour with more or less well- 
defined black spots. 
There is no recognisable difference between the armatures 
of the typical form and f. carpenteri. 
Except for the variability of the width and extent of the 
white markings nemetes is a fairly constant and easily 
recognised species. The only species likely to be confused 
with it is N. poultoni, which, however, can at once be 
distinguished by the conspicuous curved white costal band 
at base of h.-w. beneath. The form carpenteri seems to 
be the only one at Kakindu. Wherever it occurs it appears 
to be accompanied by metella, a fact which suggests a 
mimetic approach to that species in the pattern of h.-w. 
base beneath. 
8. NEPTIS PouLToNI. Pl. XX, fig. 8; Pl. XXV, figs. 7, 8. 
Hltr., Ent. Mo. Mag., Ser. 3, vol. vii, p. 26 (1921). 
- Ucanpa (Chagwe, Mabira Forest). 
** Expanse 38-42 mm. Ground-colour dark sepia, with white discal 
markings. F.-w. with an inner marginal patch in la and 1b the 
proximal edge of which forms a straight line continuous with that of 
the h.-w. discal band. In 2 and 3 are large contiguous spots forming 
a subovate patch of regular outline. In area 4 a minute white dot 
placed distally. In 5, 6, and 10 contiguous spots forming a large 
subapical patch. Distal to the white markings and roughly following 
their contour a line somewhat paler than ground-colour, followed by 
