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Congo ; PeiUila hiendleinmjeri Dew., mimicked by Mii)ialelis 

 reducta Prout, from Upper Congo and Semliki ; Powellana 

 cottoni B.-Bkr., taken on an oil palm in company with an 

 Epitola sp. ? ; the Powellana is conspicuous on the wing but 

 nearly invisible when it rests with wings folded; Upper 

 Congo; Char axes kahldeni Dew., with its form ehmeckei Dew., 

 taken feeding together, Ituri River; Melinoessa (Rhamidava) 

 sp. nov. (Geometrid), mimicked by Larinopoda emilia SufE., 

 from Upper Congo; Neptis ocJiracea Neave, taken together 

 with Acraea disjuncta Gr.-Sm., which it very closely resembles 

 in flight and colour, in thick forest bordering long grass. A 

 scarce species, not more than one being usually seen at a 

 time; Papilio dardanus P f. niobe Auriv., very heavy of flight 

 and easily caught, it resembles a large Acraea when flying; 

 inconspicuous when at rest and resembles a brown leaf; 

 Vanessula milca, often found flying with Acraea uvui Gr.-Sm., 

 for which it may be mistaken both in flight and colouring; 

 Telipna sp. ? near semirufa Kirby, found flying with Acraea 

 honasia Fir., for which it may be mistaken; at the same place 

 was also accompanied by another Telipna sp. ? with broader 

 bands ; Powellana cottoni B.-Bkr., found in more open part of 

 forest on oil-palm; conspicuous on the wing, but almost 

 invisible at rest with wings folded; taken on the same tree 

 with Epitola sp. ? ; Char axes kahldeni Dew., taken with the 

 form ehmeckei Dew., feeding on dung; Euxanthe crossleyi, 

 which has habits similar to the Liptenids, flies high and fond 

 of resting on dry twigs at right angles to stem, or occasionally 

 on the bark of a tree; Papilio dardanus trophonissa, not 

 known from L. Kivu; Papilio dardanus nidbe, not known 

 from Ituri Dist. No Planema f . taken in this Dist. ; Papilio 

 jacksoni, not known south of Ruwenzori ; Pseudacraea 

 eurytus, f . hobleyi, not known from Ituri Region before ; 

 Papilio mackinnoni, not known before from S.E. Congo, but 

 recorded from Kivu; Acraea disjuncta, not known from the 

 Ituri; Acraea butleri, the only form of johnstoni found in 

 Kivu Dist. Amaurina ellioti, hitherto only known from 

 Ruwenzori ; Harpendyreus reginakli, only known from Ruwen- 

 zori; Dovania poecila, only known from one d* type. Central 

 Angoniland. 



