From the ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY, 

 Ser. 6, Vol. xvi., July 1805. 



Description of a new Species of Butterfly of the Genus 

 Amauris obtained by Mr. Scott Elliot in East Central 

 Africa. By ARTHUR G. BUTLER, Ph.D., F.L.S., &c. 



Two examples of a very distinct species of the A. echeria 

 group were obtained, both males one taken at Ruwenzori, 

 5000-6000 feet alt., the other on the way from Salt Lake to 

 Wawamba Co. 



Amauris Elliotij sp. n. 



$ . Form of A . echeriaj larger : primaries black, slightly 

 brownish towards the base ; all the markings deep ochreous, 

 as follows : a broad oblique spot across the middle of the 

 discoidal cell and a second (slightly larger) before the middle 

 of the first, or lower, median interspace, a small elongated 

 spot above the upper extremity of the discoidal cell, a quad- 

 rifid spot beyond the cell, its two upper divisions smallest, 

 the third division largest, a bifid subcostal spot towards apex 

 and two small spots (the upper one larger than the under) 

 obliquely below it ; three conspicuous nearly equidistant oval 

 spots, one below each median branch towards outer margin 

 and three nearly marginal points towards the middle of the 



