438 ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 



Family Satyrid^. 

 Melanitis solandra. 



Melanitis solandra (Fabr.), Kirby, op. cit. p. 44 (187 1). 



Gnophodes parmeno. 



Gnophodes parmeno (Doubl. and Hevvits.), Kirbv, op. cit. p. 43 

 (1871). 

 Mycalesis dentata, sp. n. (Figs. 4, 4<7, 5 on plate, p. 66.) 



Both wings entirely dark brown on the upper side ; a dull 

 ochreous patch near the apical portion of the fore-wing, but not 

 very distinct ; two submarginal lines, one light brown and the 

 second much darker, strongly marked on the hind-wing. The 

 hind margin of both wings very much dentated, approaching 

 M. suassurri, Dewitz, in appearance. 



Under side : basal area very dark brown, ending in a wavy 

 line which extends from the costa to the inner margin of the 

 hind-wing, above the discoidal cell ; the marginal border lighter 

 in tint, suffused with ochreous yellow ; a slightly sinuated line 

 traversing the submarginal border, and a larger patch of the same 

 colour near the apex. Three distinct white-pupilled black ocelli, 

 with a yellow iris encircled with dark brown, the outer portion 

 again encircled with a violaceous gloss. Of the ocelli near the 

 apex, the lower one is very minute, the third being large and 

 between the first and third median nervules. 



Hind-wing very similar to the fore-wing, but with no ochreous 

 shading. A complete submarginal row of ocelli from the costal 

 margin to the submedian nervure, varying in size, the smallest 

 being between the second and third median nervules. All these 

 ocelli have the yellow iris surrounded with brown and a violaceous 

 gloss as in the fore-wing ; there is an additional ocellus, very 

 minute on the inner margin, just above the anal angle. 



Hab. $ Kavirondo. Nov.-Dec. 1889. Expanse, 1.7 inch. 



The female is very similar to the male, somewhat larger, and 

 paler in colour. The ochreous-yellow apical patch on the under 

 side is rather larger and a little deeper in colour (only one ocellus 

 being visible near the apex), and has a minute spot above and 

 below. The submarginal row of ocelli on the hind-wing are not 

 quite so large, and the two between the second and third median 

 nervules and the discoidal nervule are almost obsolete. 



Hab. $ Kikuyu. Aug.-Sept. 1889. Expanse, 1.9 inch. 



Types in Coll. F. J. Jackson. 



(My specimen was obtained in Embe on the Jambeni range. 

 —A. H. N.) 



Mycalesis caffra. 



Mycalesis caffra, Wallgr., Kirby, op. cit. p. 88 (187 1). 



