BUTTERFLIES COLLECTED IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. 5 



yellow to a rich deep ochreous or tawny yellow ; in some speci- 

 mens the band is almost plain, being only very faintly and 

 sparsely sprinkled with dusky specks, while others have the 

 bands thicldy speckled and almost blotched with black, similar 

 to the North American form. The submarginal series of blue 

 spots vary much in size, and are of two distinct hues ; the usual 

 colour is a light, bright, and somewhat metallic blue, and in some 

 examples the spots are a clear metallic lilac. The ground colour 

 is liable to vary from deep purplish black to rich chocolate or 

 deep ruby brown ; in some the central portion of the primaries 

 is considerably darker than the rest of the ground colour, forming 

 an indistinct pattern. 



I should here mention that the above description of the larvae 

 is contrary to that given by Buckler, who states that the young 

 larvae are much more pubescent than when adult, and that 

 the naked spots on the back are green; and of the full-grown 

 larva : " The ventral prolegs are wholly reddish green, . . . the 

 anal pair black, with reddish-green feet." This description 

 must have been from an extraordinary variety of the larva, but 

 I find it copied in the most recent works on the British Butterflies. 



ON THE BUTTERFLIES COLLECTED IN EQUATORIAL 

 AFRICA BY CAPTAIN CLEMENT SYKES. 



By Emily Mary Shakpe. 



(Continued from vol. xxxv. p. 311.) 



Family Lemoniid.e. 



LlBYTH^INvE. 



99. LiBYTHEA LABDACA, Wcstiv. — a, b. Mai'ch from Usoga to 

 Nandi ; April, 1900. 



100. Abisara delicata, Lathy, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1901, 

 p. 28, pi. iii. fig. 4. — a March from Usoga to Nandi ; April, 1900. 



Family Lyc^nid^. 



101. Lachnocnema bibulus {Fabr.). — a,b, ^ ? . Wadelai ; 

 January-March, 1900. 



102. Oboronia PUNCTATus (Dezf^ii-?). — a. March from Usoga to 

 Nandi ; April, 1900. 



103. AxiocERSEs HARPAX (Fabr.). — a, <? . Wadelai ; January- 

 March, 1900. b, c, ^ 2 . March from Usoga to Nandi ; April, 

 1900. 



104. Chrysophanus abbottii, Holland. — a. March from Usoga 

 to Nandi ; April, 1900. 



105. Castaliuscalice (//oj)/'.).— rt. Lamogi; November, 1899. 



