LepiiJopf era from Abyssinia. 483 



Lampides amarah^ Gudr. 



Lampides sifjiUaUi^ ii. sp. 



$ . Allied to L. jndchra., smallei- : wings above lilac, with 

 a broad brown outer border ; fringe of secondaries white : 

 primaries below silvery pale grey, a basi-subcostal brown 

 streak ; a spot in the cell, a second below it, a discocellular 

 lunule, a subapical obli(|ue series of live contiguous sj)ots, an 

 oblicjue litura on first median interspace, an interrupted sub- 

 marginal line, and a series of seven submarginal dots black, 

 bordered with white : secondaries white ; an oblique basal 

 dash, a spot on abdominal margin, two close to costa, a small 

 one subcostal, a large one in the cell, three forming a triangle 

 below the first median branch, one on first median interspace, 

 three beyond the cell, the discocellulars, a submarginal inter- 

 rupted irregular line, and seven or eight small submarginal 

 spots black ; spots at anal angle crossed by a metallic blue 

 line. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



? . Pale brown above, shot with lilac at the base ; pri- 

 maries with a white spot crossed by a brown discocellular spot; 

 secondaries with two subanal blackish spots. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 1 line. 



This species also occurs at the White Nile. 



Lampides pidchra, Murray. 

 This agrees with Natal examples. 



Lampides cyclopteris^ n. sp. 



(^. Wings above dull shining lilac, with a rather broad 

 dentated brown outer border ; primaries with the discocel- 

 lulars blackish ; secondaries with the costal area brown ; 

 fringe pale brown, a brown marginal line ; five submarginal 

 spots, the fourth black, edged outwardly with white and 

 inwardly with ochraceous, the others brown, edged with white: 

 wings below pale whity brown ; markings almost as in L, 

 osirigj pale brown, edged with white ; secondaries crossed 

 near the base by an oblique line of white-edged black dots ; 

 a white-edged subcostal black spot opposite to the end of the 

 cell ; only one large black submarginal spot with metallic 

 blue edge and broad orange lunule behind it, all the other 

 submarginal spots pale brown edged witli white. Expanse 

 of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



Nearest to L. osiris, but the wings much more rounded, 

 broadlv brown-bordered, with only one blue-edged spot below. 



