460 Mr. A. G. Butler on some African 



P. antheus ; markings of the secondaries above as in P. antheusy 

 excepting that the band which crosses the cell from costa to 

 anal spot is broad, as in P. policenes^ and the submarginal 

 grej patches are broader. Wings below pale silky greyish 

 brown ; the green markings paler than above, and for the 

 most part bordered internally with black : secondaries crossed 

 near the base by two equally broad brown bands parallel to 

 the abdominal margin ; no black spot in the cell j a red- 

 bordered subcostal black spot as in P. antheus ; no pale green- 

 ish spot below the carmine subanal bars, as in P. policenes • 

 the grey patches broader and with narrower black borders. 

 Expanse of wings 3 inches 9 lines. 



Lake Nyassa. Type, B.M. 



This and P. po7'thaon seem to be the commonest butterflies 

 of the district. 



Heterocera. 

 5. Chcerocampa indistincta^ n. sp. 



Primaries above whity brown, with a slightly deeper cloud 

 over the lower half of the discal area ; the whole wing irro- 

 rated with blackish scales, which become dense and linear to- 

 wards outer border ; a black dot at the end of the cell ; three 

 parallel oblique pale brown discal lines from inner margin to 

 second subcostal branch, whence they appear to form an abrupt 

 angle inwards to costa, but become very indistinct ; a short 

 apical dusky dash, secondaries smoky brown ; costal area 

 silky whitish ; anal angle whitish ; external border narrowly 

 greyish white, irrorated with brown : head and thorax oliva- 

 ceous, bordered with white ; abdomen pale pinky brownish or 

 sordid flesh-colour, whitish at the sides. Primaries below 

 sordid flesh-colour, the basal area, excepting the costa, dusky ; 

 the remainder of the wing irrorated with blackish ; a broad 

 pale outer border ; a black subcostal spot towards apex : se- 

 condaries flesh-colour, whitish towards abdominal margin, 

 irrorated with greyish atoms ; traces of two central parallel 

 transverse lines, the outer one indicated by black dots upon the 

 nervures : body below pinky whitish. Expanse of wings 

 4 inches 2 lines. 



Rockhampton, Queensland. Type, B.M. 



The primaries above, when looked at from the side, have a 

 silky greyish- appearance, but from the front they have a sandy 

 tint ; the outer border is broadly but very indistinctly paler. 



This species is most nearly allied to G. gonograpta ; it is 

 also allied to G. deserta and G. punctivenata : in the absence 

 of the lateral black spot at base of abdomen it agrees best 

 with G. deserta. 



