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Euphaedra cyparissa Cram. 

 The remiijuits of a specimen, the hind wings of which appear to have 

 been bitten off by a bird or a dragon iiy, Freetown. 

 Hamanumida daedalus Fabr. 

 A piece of a specimen, Freetown. 



Palla varanes Cram. 

 A perfect female, Freetown. 



Harma caenis Drury. 

 One male specimen, St. Paul de Loanda. 



Family SATYRIT).?^. 



MycAlesis vulgaris Butl. 

 One male specimen, Freetown. This species is widely distributed 

 from Senegambia southward into the region of the Congo. 



Mycalesis eliasis Hew. 

 Three specimens, St. Paul de Loanda. 



Family LYCJENID^. 



Lycaena lyslmon Huebn. 

 One female, St. Paul de Loanda, and one female captured on board 

 ship between St. Vincent and Sierra lieone.* 



Lycaena baetica Linu. 

 Two examples, St. Helena, and one male specimen, Ascension. 



Family HESPERID.^. 



Tagiades flesus Fabr. 

 One specimen, Freetown, and one specimen, Elmina. 



Pamphila mohopaani Wallengreu. 

 One female example, Congo (Banana Point). 



Pamphila u. sp. ? 



St. Paul de Loanda. 



One specimen, in poor condition, which I can not refer satisfactorily 

 to any of the species known to me, but which comes very near P. 

 fatueUm Hopfter, from which it differs mainly by having two spots at 

 the end of the cell of the anterior wing; in this respect being like 1*. 

 mohoj)(umu though otherwise, especially upon the under side, reveal- 

 ing great differences. 



^ It is quite a common occurrence for specimens of Lepidoptera and other winged 

 insects to be taken at sea off the western coast of Africa, and numerous references 

 to such phenomena are found in the literature of travel. The writer has in his pos- 

 session some specimens of Lyvccna cissus Godt., and of the common Pieris rapw Linn., 

 which were taken at sea 75 miles off Cape Palmas. The power of sustained flight of 

 such insigniticant and apparently weak creatures is simply marvelous.— W. J. H. 



