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marginal white stripe. Forewings have 4 black costal spots. 

 Underside orange-tawny. The female is much lighter. Expanse : 

 45-53 millim. 



It was caught in the Magwangvvara country, German East 

 Africa, on January 11 and 13, 1894. 



Paraeumelea conspersata, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Geometr^e ; and is allied to Parae- 

 umelea perlimbata Guenee, but that species has orange mark- 

 ings, and a row of long sub-marginal streaks in place of the 

 brown sub-marginal lines of Paraeumelea conspersata. 



It is pale yellow, thickly speckled with brown, with black 

 discoidal cell. Underside whitish. Expanse : 45 millim. 



It was caught at Port Alice in Uganda on June 24, 1898. 



(D) One butterfly (described by the Hon. Walter Rothschild). 

 Vide "Novitates Zoologicae," vol. iv. April 1897. 



Charaxes ansorgei, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Nymphalidae, and is allied to 

 Charaxes pollux, but the white band of the upperside of the 

 hindwing distinguishes this species at a glance from pollux. 



Forewing rufous chestnut, with marginal ochreous spots 

 rounded. Hindwing with a complete series of dark ochraceous 

 sub-marginal spots ; a milky white median ; wing outside the 

 band black, inside the band brownish-black. 



It was caught at Patsho, in the Nandi country of the Uganda 

 Protectorate, on December 11, 1896. 



(E) Two moths (described by the Hon. Walter Rothschild). 

 Vide " Novitates Zoologica?," vol. iv. August 1897. 



Ceranchia ansorgei, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Saturniidae. Differs from Ceranchia 

 mollis Butler, its nearest ally, especially in the presence of the 

 sub-marginal white band on both wings. 



Forewing hair-brown ; just before middle of wing there is 

 an almost straight transverse white band ; a second band runs in 



