144 Mr. n. II. Druce on some African Butterflies 



A rg io laus Tr imen i. 



lolaus Trimeni, Wallgr. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fcirh. p. 87 (187o) ; 

 Trimen, S. Afr. Butt. ii. p. 129, pi. vii. lig. 4 (1887), 



Hah. Transvaal. 



I have not seen this species. Judging from Mr. Trimen'.s 

 figure it is perfectly distinct. 



Argiolaus lulcahas. 



lolaus hikahii^, II. II. Druce, Ann. & Ma?. Xat. Hist. ser. 0, vol. v. 

 p. 30(1890). 



Ilah. Gambia {Sir A. Moloneij) : Mus. Druce. 



The type specimen is the only one I have seen. It is 

 ap])arentiy allied to A. Trimeni, but has a row of four dis- 

 tinct black spots on the outer margin of hind wing above, and 

 is without the black and yellow lines on the underside. 



Argiolaus lekam'on, sp. n. 



(J . Allied to A. lul-abas, miiii. U))perside purer and 

 rather darker blue ; fore wing with the apex and outer mar- 

 gin more broadly black ; hind wing with the shining patch 

 and the anal fold darker and with the blue extending to the 

 outer margin, and without the black spots ; lobe orange. 

 Underside as in A. lulcahas, hnt the orange spot on hind wing 

 between the median nervules large and distinct. The patch 

 of hairs on underside of primaries as in A. lukahas. 



Abdomen black above, white below; legs white; palpi 

 black above, white below. Antenna3 black. 



Expanse HJ inch. 



Hah. Sierra Leone : Mus. Druce. 



We have two males of this species which do not dilVor and 

 can at once be separated from the allied species. 



Argiolaus lulus. 



lolaus inlus, Hew. 111. Diuru. Lep., Supp. p. 0, pi. iv. ti::s. 41-4:3 



(1869). 

 lolaus iulus, var., C. Oberthiir, Etudes d'Ent. iii. p. 22 (1878). 



Hah. Sierra Leone : Muss. G. & S. and Druce. Sher- 

 borough Island: Hew. Coll. Zanzibar {Ohert/tiir). 



We have two males from Sierra Leone which are identical 

 with Ilewitson's type in the British Museum ; but in a female 

 in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection the red on the 

 hind wing is replaced by pale yellow on both surfaces. It i.s 



