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  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Kirby 
  on 
  new 
  African 
  Nymphalida?. 
  

  

  markings 
  in 
  the 
  cell 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  

   irregular 
  bluish-white 
  markings 
  beyond 
  across 
  all 
  the 
  wing? 
  ; 
  

   some 
  whiter 
  oblique 
  markings 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  ante- 
  

   rior 
  wings 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  varied 
  with 
  bluish 
  white 
  towards 
  

   the 
  anal 
  angle. 
  

  

  Female 
  tawny 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  brown, 
  

   an 
  irregular 
  white 
  blotch 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  and 
  a 
  subraarginal 
  row 
  of 
  bluish-white 
  spots, 
  the 
  

   larger 
  ones 
  centred 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  re- 
  

   placed 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  submarginal 
  

   row 
  of 
  dusky 
  markings, 
  followed 
  within 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  obsolete 
  

   dusky 
  spots. 
  Underside 
  pinkish 
  grey, 
  with 
  some 
  indistinct 
  

   annular 
  markings 
  in 
  the 
  cells, 
  and 
  the 
  light 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  

   upperside 
  reproduced 
  ; 
  a 
  pale 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  ante- 
  

   rior 
  wings, 
  from 
  below 
  which 
  a 
  brown 
  band 
  curves 
  inwards 
  

   to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  and 
  outwards 
  across 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  E. 
  phranza, 
  plautilla, 
  and 
  elpiuice, 
  Hew. 
  

  

  Cymotlioe 
  serpentina. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  2f 
  in. 
  

  

  Female 
  brown, 
  with 
  irregular 
  zigzag 
  and 
  annular 
  markings 
  

   in 
  the 
  cells 
  ; 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  white 
  spots, 
  only 
  

   separated 
  by 
  the 
  nervures 
  running 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  more 
  than 
  

   half 
  across 
  the 
  wing, 
  followed 
  by 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  sagittate 
  white 
  

   spots 
  rilled 
  up 
  with 
  darker, 
  and 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  less 
  distinct 
  white 
  

   markings 
  beyond 
  ; 
  posterior 
  wings 
  traversed 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   middle 
  by 
  a 
  connected 
  row 
  of 
  shallow 
  lunules 
  j 
  beyond 
  this 
  

   is 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  conical 
  blackish 
  spots 
  bordered 
  within 
  with 
  

   paler; 
  the 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  nervuies 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  

   are 
  marked 
  with 
  tawny. 
  Underside 
  purplish 
  grey, 
  paler 
  

   towards 
  the 
  margins, 
  the 
  dark 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  bounded 
  by 
  

   a 
  line 
  beyond 
  the 
  transverse 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  spots 
  ; 
  nearer 
  the 
  

   base 
  are 
  many 
  annular 
  and 
  serpentine 
  brown 
  markings, 
  and 
  

   one 
  zigzag 
  line, 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  inner 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  wings, 
  is 
  continued 
  across 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  wings 
  also 
  ; 
  the 
  pale 
  marginal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  is 
  

   crossed 
  by 
  two 
  irregular 
  zigzag 
  lines, 
  the 
  inner 
  brown, 
  the 
  

   outer 
  (which 
  is 
  incomplete 
  towards 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  wings) 
  shaded 
  with 
  chocolate. 
  

  

  Femora 
  white 
  (hind 
  femora 
  black 
  above), 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  

   the 
  legs 
  and 
  the 
  palpi 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Cameroons. 
  

  

  