^880.] NEW RHOPALOCERA. 185 



(Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. xiv. p. 155, 1877) as A. buxtoiii. The name 

 had, however, been previously used by Mr. Butler (Ann. & Mag 

 Nat. Hist. (4) vol. xvi. p. 395, 1875). This probably having reached 

 Hewitson's knowledge subsequently, induced that author to suppress 

 his species, for it does not appear in Mr. Kirby's catalogue of his 

 collection, its place only being indicated by' a record of four 

 undetermined specimens from Zanzibar. We have examined these; 

 they are without any specific label or indication, but are clearly refer- 

 able to the species here described. 



Precis actia. Distant, n. sp. (Plate XIX. fig. 7.) 

 2 . Above allied to the West-African form of P. amestris, but 

 apex of fore wing and apical angle of lower wing more produced 

 and pointed. The colour above is much paler; the six submarginal 

 spots are all red, and have not the upper two white as in P. ameslris ; 

 the lower three of these spots are inwardly margined with three 

 black spots with very obscure white pupils, and are fused in the 

 discal transverse bluish-green fascia ; the three upper ones are 

 preceded by three white spots, of which the first is very indistinct. 

 Lower wing with the red spots more regular and fused into a regu- 

 larly curved fascia, inwardly margined by a row of six black spots 

 also regularly arranged. 



Underside dull ochreous ; both wings crossed by a transverse 

 fuscous line, somewhat paler outwardly, curved at costa of fore 

 wmgs, but becoming straighter at upper subcostal nervule, and 

 carried regularly across lower wing to anal angle, where it is slightly 

 curved; a faint waved submarginal line; two of the white sub- 

 apical spots are visible below, and the black spots of the upper surface 

 are also obscurely discernible. 



$ . Exp. wings 2yV inches. 



Hah. Masassi, East iifrica. 



Besides the above-mentioned differences on the upperside, the 

 uniform ochreous colour of the underside and the absence of mottled 

 markings thereon are sufficient to separate this species from Precis 

 amestris. 



EXPLANATION OP PLATE XIX. 



Fig. 1. Banais formosa, p. 183. 



2. Fhyscaneura 2none, p. 183. 



3. , under side. 



4. Acrcea chilo <? , p. 184 



6. 5. 



b msignis, p. 184. 



7. Precis actia, p. 185. 



