416 Dr. A. G. Butler on 



divided into two equal parts, the apical half smoky blackish 

 the basal half bright orange-tawny; the blackish inner 

 edging, however, is always faintly, and sometimes strongly, 

 represented : the secondaries are quite distinct from those of 

 P. alcinoe, the basal spots being small and more restricted 

 upon a reddish-tawny ground ; beyond them is a diffused 

 band (traversed by the dark veins and internervular streaks), 

 its centre golden orange, its extremities whitish ; the external 

 area smoky brown, paler internally, sometimes becoming 

 almost white as it merges into the central band. The female 

 has primaries like those of P. camerunica $ , but the basal 

 spots of the secondaries are more restricted and their outer 

 limit forms a straighter line than in P. camerunica^ whilst 

 the brown basal patch on which these spots are usually placed 

 is infringed upon by the broader white central belt ; the latter 

 is more regular and of more uniform width throughout. 

 Expanse of wings, $ 69-78 millim., ? 88 millim. 



Sierra Leone (B.M. and Salvin & Godman Colls.). 



We had long had a pair of this species in the Museum 

 collection as P. alcinoe. of Felder ; the latter, however, is 

 quite distinct, both sexes showing a well-defined and rather 

 narrow dusky border to the secondaries. We have a pair from 

 Accra. 



Planema indentata, sp. n. 



The male has smoky-brown primaries, similar to other 

 species of the P. alcinoe group, but the belt across the wing, 

 excepting that it is broader and golden orange, resembles 

 that on the primaries of P. elongata $ ; the secondaries are 

 like those of P. macaria, but much paler, the central area 

 being broadly pale yellowish, almost inclining to whity brown, 

 of course interrupted by the usual dusky veins and streaks ; 

 the female has the primaries marked somewhat as in P. came- 

 runica $ , but the broad white band has its inner edge nearly 

 straight, two small notches alone indicating the angular ex- 

 cavations which characterize this band in P. camerunica : the 

 secondaries are quite distinct, pale sandy yellow, the base 

 narrowly brown, so that all the outer black spots are thrown 

 into strong relief j the external border almost as narrow as in 

 P. alcinoe $, but emitting much more prominent internervular 

 blackish streaks to the middle of the wing. Expanse of wings, 

 $ 78 millim., $ 100 millim. 



One pair, Cameroons (Godman & Salvin Coll.). 



The female was taken by Dr. Preuss at Barombi. 



Quite recently Dr. Karsch has described a female Planema 

 from Uganda under the name of P. albicolor, which he says 



