( 537 ) 

 47. Neptis melicerta melicerta. 



Paj)ilio Nymi,l,a!ls Phaleralus melicerta Drury, lllusl. Ex. Lis. ii. p. 34. t. 19 f. 3. 4. and Index 



(1773) (Sierra Leone). 

 NeptiH nieliverin, Aurivillius, /..•. p. 169. n. 24 (1.S99). 



Only two cJcJ from Soheko, 27. iv. Ol, which agree fairly well with West 

 African "examples, ililfering from the East African melicerta yoorhi in the white 

 elongate spot in the cell of the forewing being complete. 



Pseudacraea lucretia. 



Papllio NymphaliH PhaUratus lucretia Cramer, Pup. E.r. i. p. 71. t. 4.5. f. c. D. (1775) (Guinea). 



The insects described as ajiatiiroidex, comorana, walensensis, lucretia, protracta, 

 etc., etc., belong all to the same species. We distinguish six subspecies : 



a. Pseudacraea lucretia npataroides from Madagascar. 



i. jj „ comorana „ the €omoro Islands. 



(._ , „ ' walfiisensis „ Somaliland and Abyssinia. 



d. „ „ lucretia „ AVest Africa. 



g. J „ tarquinia „ South Africa. 



f. J, „ expansa „ East Africa. 



The name heliogenes refers to orange specimens of expama, and protracta to 

 partly ochraceous ones of lucretia. The yW/w/t; sex is dichromatic (everywhere ?), 

 one form being white as the S usually is, and the other having the markings of 

 the upperside partly or all ochreous. Sometimes the hiudwiug is pale ochraceous 

 and the forewing white (c? and ?). 



48. Pseudacraea lucretia walensensis. 



Pa7Lnpm walemensU Sharpe, Proc. Zunl. Sue. Lmul. p. 632. u. 31 (ISWl) (Walenso). 

 Pseudacraea apaturoides var. iralnisensiK, Aurivillius, I.e. p. 174. n. 2 (18U9). 

 Pseudacraea lucretia, Pagensteoher, I.e. p. 146. n. 1 (1902) (Gorobube, 20. iii. 1901). 



A variable subspecies, coming nearest to Uganda specimens. In some indi- 

 viduals the white band of the forewing is widely interrupted behind M^ as in ordinary 

 West Coast specimens ; in others it is complete, as described by Miss Sharpe. 

 The white subapical spots of the forewing are said by the authoress to be more 

 square than in apaturoides ; in all our specimens they are longer. The submarginal 

 dots of the hindwing, above, are in most specimens small but sharply marked. 

 The band of the hindwing is in the Somaliland individuals on the whole broader 

 than in those found farther west by 0. Neumann. In some of the latter specimens 

 the band is distinctly shortened behind. One ? from Scheko is yellowish on 

 fore- and hindwing. The forewing of the ? is rather more elongate than that of 

 the tJ in all subspecies of lucretia. 



13 cJcJ, ?? from: Gillet Mts., 19U0— 2200 m., 4. vii. 00; Walenso, 

 Gillet Mts., 2000 m., 9. vii. 00 ; Gara-Uaij, Abunass, 1900-2000 m., 10. vii. 00 ; 

 Madali, Abai U., 1. x. 00; Anderatscha, Katia, 12-19. iii. 01 ; Scheko, 27. iv. 01. 



49. Aterica galena incisa subsp. nov. 

 S. Upperside of wings : s])otH of forewing smaller than in West African 

 f/alem; ; the patch of the hindwing rather more rounded distally and somewhat 

 edged with tawny ; the inner siile of the patch straight, but dec^ply incised at the 

 cross-vein, the incision extending from E'^ halfway to W. On the umlrrside the 

 spots of the forewing as small as above; hindwing rather more bullish than m 



