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African Species of the Genus Neplis. 587 
illustrated by the multiple forms of Heliconius melpomene. 
For those who wish to arrange their collections as correctly 
as possible, I can only suggest that any form which does 
not present the distinctive characteristics of one of the 
better-defined species and of which the male armature is 
variable and not well characterised should be referred to 
nysiades, until longer series from many localities may 
perhaps enable us to revise these forms in a more systematic 
manner. 
38. NEPTIS LUGUBRIS. 
Rebel, Ann. des K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien., p. 241, 
pl. 18, f. 4 (1914). 
Since the above paper went to press I have discovered 
the description of this species. It is accompanied by 
a very poor photograph, from which it is impossible 
to derive much information as to affinity. It re- 
sembles a small example of agatha with much reduced 
white discal bands, and is described as having no white 
dot in f.-w. cell above or beneath. The state of the f.-w. 
submarginal lines is not described, but from the photograph 
they would appear to be continuous. The locality is_ 
given as Lake Tanganyika. Only one example was 
received, 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XX. ° 
Fic. 1. Neptis frobenia Fab. 3, Mauritius, Coll. Hew. (London). 
dumetorum Boisd. 2, Reunion (Oxford). 
mayottensis Oberth. 3, Mayotte I. (Oxford). 
comorarum Oberth. 9, Grand Comoro (Oxford). 
saclava marpessa Hopfi. 9, Taveta (Oxford). 
metella Doubl. 2, Lagos (Oxford). 
nemetes nemetes Hew. 3, Lagos (Oxford). 
»  poultoni Eltr. 3 (Type), Chagwe, Uganda (London). 
incongrua incongrua Butl. 9, Dabida Hills (Oxford). 
woodwardi Sharpe 9, Kenia (Oxford). 
.,  ochracea ochracea Neave 9, Chagwe, Uganda 
(Oxford). 
Ls . exaleuca exaleuca Karsch 3, SBitje, Cameroon 
(London). 
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