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The speoimens from the Nandi countr)', collected by Dr. Ansorge at, Ran, 

 agree with sraajler individuals from Uganda, aud come also very close to the 

 individuals from British East Africa, east of the Ravine. 



The subspecies from British East Africa, wiiich we name 



P. westermanni suffusa subspec. nov., 



tijpe from the Kikuyu Escarpment, is distinguished by the following characters : 



$. Size small ; orange patch of forewing, above, broader and longer than 

 in west, ivcstermnniu, reaching to SC*"' and close to the base of M^ ; two or three 

 huffish subapical dots ; markings of underside of hindwing obsolescent, the sub- 

 marginal dots very small, or partly absent, the wing much dusted over with 

 brown, appearing freckled. 



? . Decidedly paler thau tlie individuals from the countries lying farther west. 

 Two forms, one huffish, the other orange, in both the jiale spaces of the apical 

 half of the forewing al)ove essentially of the same colour as the disc of the 

 hindwing. Underside of hindwing nearly uniform in colour, freckled, the markings 

 absent or obsolescent. 



n SS," ?? from: Kikuyu Escarpment, ix. x. lOiM.i (dry season), 

 i. Ul, iii. iv. Dl (wet season) (W. Doherty) ; Kikuyu, iv. 1894 (Dr. Ansorge). 



The six individuals from Western Abyssinia, collected by 0. Neumann, differ 

 again from mffusa in some details. We abstain from naming this north-eastern 

 subspecies, since we have no ? ? from that region. 



Tliese S S have the fringe of both wings more or less extended pale, as is 

 the case in some of our specimens from the Nandi country. The subapical dots 

 of the forewing, one or two in number, are nearly white. The markings on the 

 underside of the hindwing are rather more distinct than in sujfusa from Kikuyu, 

 but are widened and washed out, and the pale discal area which extends from 

 the abdominal margin to R- contrasts strongly with the median and costal areas ; 

 the submarginal dots are on the whole better marked thau in true sujfusa. 



Q 3S from : Koritscha to Tomata, ,Dara R., Godji, 24. sii. 00 ; Kankati to 

 Djibbe, Djimma, '^6. iii. 01 ; Godjeb to Bongo, Kaffa, 4. iv. 01 ; Scheko, 25. iv. 01. 



10. Precis sophia infracta. 



Jumnia in/mrta Butler, Proc. Ztml Snc. Loud. p. fi3. n. 3:i (1888) (Tobbo ^ ; Taveta ? ). 

 Precis mphia var. infrwla, Aurivillius. U: p. 136. n. 6 (1893) ; Pagenst., U. p. 140. n. 4 (1902). 



The black line extending in sophia sophia from the lower angle of the cell 

 of the forewing obliquely backwards is said to be absent from sophia infracta. 

 This distinction, however, does not hold good in all specimens, the line being as 

 heavily marked in some of the East Afrii-an examples as in West African ones. 



F. sophia sophiii occurs from Sierra Leone to Angola and the Aruwimi Forest. 

 Specimens from Torn and the neighbouring districts of the Congo Free State 

 are intermediate between infracta and sophia, possessing the oblique discal line 

 on the forewing as in sophia sophia, while the j)ale adniarginal linear inters])ace 

 on the underside of the hindwing is as narrow as in sophia infracta. 



In sophia sophia the sexes are similar in colour, the ground of the wing 

 being as a rule of an orange colour. White specimens are decidedly rare in West 

 Africa. We possess only one S, from Bopoto, Uiii)er Congo, of which the ground- 



