132 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON BUTTERFLIES [Jan. 14, 



101. HALPE XIGERBIMA. 



Halpe nigerrima, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 672. 



Kambwiyi, Lower Nyika, Jan. 2nd, 181)5. 



" Dark green Skipper (speckled with white)''' (R. (?.). 



102. HALPE AMADHU. 



Pampliila amadJw, Mabille, Coinptes lleudus Soc. Ent. Beige, 

 p. Ixxviii (1891). 



Kambvviyi, Lower Nyika, Jan. 21st, 18U5. 



" Greenish Skipper "' (B. 0.). 



These species of Halpe never seem to come to hand in numbers, 

 one or two examples in a large collection are all that we ever 

 receive. 



103. PERICHARES ALBICORNIS, sp. n. (Plate VI. fig. 8.) 



<5 . Primaries sericeous olive-brown, sometimes suffused with 

 purplish, the basi-costal area more or less suffused with cupreous ; 

 interno-basal area clothed v\ith olive-green hairs, fringe whity 

 brown ; two yellowish-white superposed spots within the end of 

 the cell, sometimes connate ; a small more or less triangular spot 

 at the base of the second median interspace, a transversely oblong 

 spot below the latter and crossing the first median interspace ; 

 two or three small and yellower hyaline spots, separated by the 

 subcostal branches, tow r ards apex, and an opaque bright yellow 

 oblong or oval spot just above the middle of the submedian vein : 

 secondaries deep sericeous olive-brown, central area occupied by a 

 slightly paler patch having a someu hat reddish tinge ; base clothed 

 with green hairs, abdominal area with greenish and bronze hairs ; 

 fringe whity brown : upper surface and front of palpi, head above, 

 and patagia chocolate-brown ; antenna pure white, emitted from 

 a whitish tuft on the vertex of the head. Primaries below with 

 the costal border and a eubapical patch golden copper-brown, the 

 central area greyish black, the internal area paler with a large 

 central diffused whitish spot ; hyaline spots necessarily as above ; 

 external border from apex to first median branch rosy greyish 

 brown : secondaries golden copper-brown, slightly darker on the 

 costa and in a small subapical patch bounded by two black dots ; 

 three ill-defined brown spots in a triangular position across the 

 basal area, a black dot on the upper discocellular and a small black 

 spot beyond ; a dust-grey interno-median stripe commencing in a 

 point at base and gradually expanding to outer margin ; an 

 irregular purplish-grey streak edged with blackish crossing the 

 disc from the interno-median streak and tapering to apex ; outer 

 border paler than the remainder of the wing, bounded internally 

 by an ill-defined brownish line and enclosing two or three 

 triangular grey marginal dots : palpi below dull straw-yellow ; 

 antennae white, with a grey patch on the club ; neck and edges of 

 eyes white ; pectus densely covered with dull tawny hair, venter 

 rufous brown. Expanse of wings 40 millim. 

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