460 Mr. A. G. Butler on some African 



P. antheus ; markings of the secondaries above as in P. antketiSj 

 excepting that the band which crosses the cell from costa to 

 anal spot is broad, as in P. poh'cenes, and the submarginal 

 grej patches arc broader. Wings below pale silky greyish 

 brown ; the green markings paler than above, and for the 

 most part bordered internally with black : secondaries crossed 

 near the base by two equally broad brown bands parallel to 

 the abdominal margin ; no black spot in the cell ; a red- 

 bordered subcostal black spot as in P. antheus ; no pale green- 

 ish spot below the carmine subanal bars, as in P. policenes ; 

 the grey patches broader and with narrower black borders. 

 Expanse of Avings 3 inches 9 lines. 



Lake Nyassa. Type, B.M. 



This and P. porthaon seem to be the commonest butterflies 

 of the district. 



Heterocera. 

 5. Choerocampa indistincta^ n. sp. 



Primaries above whity brown, with a slightly deeper cloud 

 over the lower half of the discal area ; the whole wing iiTO- 

 rated with blackish scales, which become dense and linear to- 

 wards outer border j a black dot at the end of the cell ; three 

 parallel oblique pale brown discal lines from inner margin to 

 second subcostal branch, whence they appear to form an abrupt 

 angle inwards to costa, but become very indistinct ; a short 

 apical dusky dash, secondaries smoky brown ; costal area 

 silky whitish ; anal angle whitish ; external border narrowly 

 greyish white, irrorated with brown : head and thorax oliva- 

 ceous, bordered with white ; abdomen pale pinky brownish or 

 sordid flesh-colour, whitish at the sides. Primaries below 

 sordid flesh-colour, the basal area, excepting the costa, dusky ; 

 the remainder of the wing irrorated with blackish ; a broad 

 pale outer border ; a black subcostal spot towards apex : se- 

 condaries flesh-colour, whitish towards abdominal margin, 

 irrorated with greyish atoms ; traces of two central parallel 

 transverse lines, the outer one indicated by black dots upon the 

 nervui'es : body below pinky whitish. Expanse of wings 

 4 inches 2 lines. 



Rockhampton, Queensland. Type, B.M. 



The primaries above, when looked at from the side, have a 

 silky greyish appearance, but from the front they have a sandy 

 tint ; the outer border is broadly but veiy indistinctly paler. 



This species is most nearly allied to C. gonograpta ; it is 

 also allied to C. deserta and C. punctivenata : in the absence 

 of the lateral black spot at base of abdomen it agrees best 

 with C. deserta. 



