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(J) Eleven butterflies (described by Mr. H. Grose Smith, B.A., 

 F.E.S., F.Z.S. &c.). Vide " Novitates Zoologicae," vol. v. 

 August 1898. 



Pinacopteryx heletia, sp. no v. 



It belongs to the family Pieridae. 



Upperside : both wings slightly greenish-white. Anterior 

 wings with an outer-marginal rather broad black band, broadest 

 at the apex ; costal margin narrowly black, and a small black 

 dot at the end of the cell. 



Underside : anterior wings white, with the apical area broadly 

 and outer margin more narrowly pale yellowish-green ; a small 

 black dot at the end of the cell. Posterior wings pale yellowish- 

 green, with a curved row of dusky lunular markings crossing the 

 wings in the middle of the disc. Expanse : i^ inches. 



It was caught at Kabras, in Kavirondo, in the Uganda 

 Protectorate, in December 1896. 



Acrcea dissociata, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Acraeidae. 



Upperside : anterior wings ashy grey, semi-hyaline ; a narrow 

 pink streak in the middle of the inner margin. Posterior wings 

 pink, except at the base, which is rather broadly dusky grey ; an 

 irregular row of black spots surrounds the cell ; a rather large 

 spot in the cell, and a cluster of spots near the inner margin 

 towards the base, some of which merge in the dusky basal 

 area. 



Underside : anterior wings pinkish dull brown, posterior 

 wings pale tawny ; the disc is traversed by a very broad chestnut- 

 brown band. Expanse : 2^ inches. 



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

 Protectorate, in December 1896. 



. AcrcBa unimaculata, sp. nov. 



It belongs to the family Acraeidae. 



Differs from Acraea quirina Fabr. in the absence of spots 

 on both sides of both wings, except on the underside of the 

 posterior wings, where there is one spot in the cell near the 

 base. On the upperside the basal tawny area is rather more 



