252 Mr. H. Druce's Descriptions of 



Mycalesis haroldi, sp. nov. (Plate XIII, fig. 2.) 



<$ . Head, antennae, palpi, thorax and abdomen brownish-black, 

 under-side of the abdomen and the legs pale brown. Upper-side : 

 Primaries cream-colour broadly shaded with brown at the base, the 

 costal margin apex and outer margin dark brown, a small indistinct 

 ocellus close to the apex, a large ocellus nearest the anal angle, a 

 faint submarginal line extends from the apex to the anal angle. 

 Secondaries cream-colour, the base and inner margin clouded with 

 brown, the apex and outer margin dark brown with a faint sub- 

 marginal line extending from the apex to the anal angle. 



Under-side : both wings pale brown. Primaries crossed beyond the 

 middle of a cream-coloured band which widens out to the anal 

 angle, two large ocelli close to the outer margin, the first near the 

 apex, the second above the anal angle ; a marginal and submarginal 

 pale greyish band extends from the apex to the anal angle. Second- 

 aries crossed about the middle by a rather wide cream-coloured band, 

 a submarginal row of six ocelli extending from the apex to the anal 

 angle, the first large, second and third very small, four and five large, 

 six small. The marginal lines the same as on the primaries. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hal>. North-western Rhodesia. 

 LYCENIDyE. 



Amongst the Lycsonidse are many interesting species, 

 showing an admixture of Western and South Tropical 

 forms. The collection contains Alssna oberlhnri, Auriv., a 

 species with uniform black hind-wings on the tipper-side, 

 a good series of Pcntila amenaida, Hew., showing consider- 

 able variation as regards the richness of colour and the 

 number of black spots ; Mimacrsea marshalli, Trimen, in 

 fine condition ; a large series of the little-known Terias- 

 looking Liptena homeyeri, Dewitz.* A $ specimen agree- 

 ing exactly with Dr. Trimen's figure of Epamera trimeni, 

 Walleng., which if this is the true Trimeni makes one 

 doubt whether the insects from the Transvaal referred by 

 Mr. G. A. K. Marshall to this species are correctly deter- 

 mined or whether Dr. Trimen's figure really refers to 

 Trimeni or some other unnamed form. Zeritis sorhageni, 

 Dewitz, and Z. neriene, Boisd., agreeing exactly with 

 Boisduval's figure, and in my opinion quite distinct from 

 Dr. Butler's Z. amine. Aphnseus erilcssoni, Trimen. 



* Homeyeri, Dewitz, D. E. Z., 30, p. 429, t. 2, f. 5, 5a, 56, 5c. 



