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species, but the arguments brought forward in favour of their identity 

 are not conclusive. Mr. Tiimen regards all three as varieties of 

 M. scifitza, and adduces the fiict that Hopffer himself marked his 

 M. eusirus as synonymous with M. safitza, as conclusive evidence ; 

 unfortunately naturalists are but human, and it is astonishing what a 

 difference abundant material will make in a man's views as to the 

 distinctness of species. 



10. Samanta perspicua. 



Mycalesis perspicua, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1873, 

 p. 104, pi. 1. fig. 3. 



Tobbo, 21st May, 1883. 



11. Ypthtma pupillaris, sp. n. 



Allied to T. doleta ; smoky brown ; wings above with pale external 

 borders bounded internally by a darker stripe and traversed by 

 two slender marginal lines ; primaries with a large oval bipupillated 

 ocellus, with blue pupils and yellow (dead-golden) iris, beyond the 

 cell ; secondaries with a smaller unipupillated ocellus on first median 

 interspace and a very small double ocellus near anal angle : Under 

 surface apparently similarly coloured but greyer, but actually (when 

 seen tlirough a lens) sandy brown, densely striated with dark olive- 

 brown, with a stripe towards outer margin and a submarginal line 

 dark brown ; a marginal black line ; fringe tipped with dark brown ; 

 ocellus of primaries rather brighter than above : secondaries with 

 three oceUi, the first subcostal near apex ; the second and third small, 

 rounded, answering to those of the upper surface, but more equal in 

 size and shape ; the subanal ocellus, however, is bipupillated. Ex- 

 panse of wings, S 38 millim., $ 36 millim. 



$. "On the River Dangu," 14th June; S- " Ganyese Tambu 

 (Sandel)," 15th June, 1883. 



The female is a little paler and greyer than the male. 



12. Ypthima simplicia. 



Tpthima simplicia, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. vol. 

 xviii. p. 481 (1876). 



Wadelai, 30th July, 1885 ; 9th April, 1887. 

 Originally received from Abyssinia. 



13. Ypthima itonia. 



Tpthima itonia, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, vol. ii. p. 287. 

 n. 11, pi. 18. fig. 13 (1865). 



Kangasi, 17th July; Stazione Bauri, September 1883. 

 Only two much-damaged examples were obtained. 



14. Ypthima albida, sp. n. 



"Wings above silvery white ; primaries with the base, costa, apical 

 area, and external border suffused with smoky greyish brown ; a 

 partially obscured oval bipupillated subapical ocellus of the ordinary 

 type : secondaries with a rather broad brown external border tapering 



