﻿Sjyecies 
  of 
  African 
  Butterflies. 
  125 
  

  

  mineous 
  ; 
  two 
  grey 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  lowest 
  median 
  nervules 
  

   near 
  the 
  margin. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  pale 
  creamy 
  white 
  ; 
  base 
  

   of 
  costa 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  creamy 
  white, 
  apical 
  

   third 
  more 
  broadly 
  black 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  two 
  grey 
  

   streaks 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  

   deeply 
  dentate 
  ; 
  base 
  and 
  basal 
  two 
  thirds 
  of 
  costa 
  dark 
  grey. 
  

   Posterior 
  wings 
  brighter 
  creamy 
  white 
  ; 
  a 
  marginal 
  row 
  of 
  

   grey 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  veins, 
  densely 
  irrorated 
  between 
  

   the 
  spots 
  towards 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  up 
  

   to 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  grey. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  creamy 
  white, 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  

   buff; 
  a 
  few 
  indistinct 
  grey 
  spots 
  across 
  the 
  disk 
  near 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  buff. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  1% 
  inch. 
  

  

  Near 
  to 
  Lasti. 
  

  

  Gallosune 
  anax. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Upperside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  white 
  with 
  black 
  veins, 
  

   except 
  the 
  subcostal 
  and 
  median 
  nervureand 
  the 
  upper 
  disco- 
  

   cellular 
  nervule, 
  which 
  are 
  brownish 
  white 
  ; 
  apical 
  third 
  with 
  

   a 
  large 
  iridescent 
  mauve 
  patch, 
  in 
  some 
  lights 
  iridescent 
  blue, 
  

   broadly 
  bordered 
  with 
  black 
  all 
  round, 
  especially 
  towards 
  the 
  

   inner 
  angle 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  oblong 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  

   basal 
  area 
  grey. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  white, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  

   of 
  the 
  veins 
  black, 
  tipped 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  with 
  rather 
  large 
  tri- 
  

   angular 
  black 
  spots. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  white, 
  with 
  partially 
  black 
  

   veins, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  upperside, 
  tipped 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  outer 
  margin 
  

   black, 
  the 
  mauve 
  colour 
  in 
  the 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  upperside 
  showing 
  

   faintly 
  through, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  which 
  between 
  the 
  veins 
  is 
  

   a 
  curved 
  row 
  of 
  five 
  triangular 
  black 
  spots, 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   triangles 
  pointing 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  spot 
  beneath 
  the 
  second 
  

   subcostal 
  nervule, 
  the 
  middle 
  spot 
  the 
  largest, 
  a 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  creamy 
  white, 
  with 
  brown 
  

   veins, 
  tipped 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  disk 
  is 
  a 
  row 
  

   of 
  black 
  spots 
  between 
  the 
  veins, 
  the 
  first 
  below 
  the 
  costa, 
  

   rather 
  beyond 
  its 
  middle, 
  the 
  largest, 
  the 
  three 
  next 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  first, 
  the 
  three 
  lowest 
  following 
  the 
  curve 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  cell 
  crowned 
  with 
  orange 
  ; 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  

   margin 
  orange. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  wings 
  

   with 
  apical 
  third 
  black, 
  internally 
  dentate 
  towards 
  the 
  inner 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  basal 
  third 
  irrorated 
  with 
  black 
  scales, 
  the 
  apical 
  patch 
  

  

  