144 Mr. H. H. Druce on some African Butterfliei^ 



Argiolaus Trimeni. 



lolaus Trimeni, Wallgr. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. p. 87 (187-5) ; 

 Trimen, S. Afr. Butt. ii. p. 129, pi. vii. tig. 4 (1887). 



Hah. Transvaal. 



I have not seen this species. Judging from Mr. Trimen's 

 figure it is perfectly distinct. 



Argiolaus lukahas. 



lolaus lukahas, H. H. Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. v. 

 p. 30 (1890). 



Hah. Gambia [Sir A. Moloney) : Mus. Druce. 



The type specimen is the only one I have seen. It is 

 ap])arently allied to A. Trimeni^ but has a row of four dis- 

 tinct black spots on the outer margin of hind wing above, and 

 is without the black and yellow lines on the underside. 



Argiolaus lehanion, sp. n. 



(J. Allied to A. lukahas, mihi. Upperside purer and 

 rather darker blue ; fore wing with the apex and outer mar- 

 gin more broadly black ; hind wing witli the shining patch 

 and the anal fold darker and with the blue extending to the 

 outer margin, and without the black spots ; lobe orange. 

 Underside as in A. lukahas, but the orange spot on hind wing 

 between the median nervules large and distinct. Tlie patch 

 of hairs on underside of primaries as in A. lukahas. 



Abdomen black above, white below ; legs white ; palpi 

 black above, white below. Antenna? black. 



Expanse iVh inch. 



Hah. Sierra Leone : Mus. Druce. 



We have two males of this species which do not differ and 

 can at once be separated from the allied species. 



Argiolaus iulus. 



lolaus iulus, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lap., Supp. p. 9, pi. iv. figs. 41-4.3 



(1869). 

 lolaus iulus, var., C. OberthUr, Etudes d'Ent. iii. p. 22 (1878). 



Hub. Sierra Leone : Muss. G. & S. and Druce. Sher- 

 borough Island : Hew. Coll. Zanzihav {Ohertkiir). 



We have two males from Sierra Leone whicli are identical 

 with Hewitson's type in the British Museum ; but in a female 

 in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection the red on the 

 hind wing is replaced by pale yellow on both surfaces. It is 



