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his Stethotrix heterogyna, and that C. adelica is really distinct 
from C. pilaana, or it may be that C. pilaana is the wet 
phase of the species and C. adelica the dry. A male of what 
I take to be Kedestes? lentiginosa, Holland, has the trans- 
parent brand on the secondaries and general character of 
Parosmodes Morantiiv; I think it belongs to that genus. 
Two Hesperiide are new to science. 
The following is a list of the species :— 
Melanitis solandra, Fadr. Argiolaus menas, Druce. 
Monotrichtis safitza, Hew, calisto, var., Hew. 
milyas, Hew. Zeritis amine, Buti. 
Charaxes epijasius, Reiche. Syntarucus telicanus, Lang. 
achaemenes, Feld. Azanus moriqua, Wlg7. 
— Kirkii, Buti. Catochrysops cyclopteris, Butt. 
—— varanes, Cram. Chilades alberta, Bud. 
Precis boopis, Z7%m. trochilus, Preyer. 
clelia, Cram. Neolycena cissus, Godt. 
— amestris, Drury. Mylothris chloris, Fadr. 
antilope, Fersth. Teracolus opalescens, Butl, 
Catacroptera cloanthe, Cram. Catopsilia florella, Fadr. 
Neptis agatha, Cram. Sarangesa synestalmenus, var., 
Hypolimnas misippus, Linn. Karsch. 
Hamanumida deedalus, Fadr, Abantis nigeriana, sp. n. 
Lachnoenema bibulus, Fadr. Caprona adelica, Karsch. 
Axiocerses amanga, Westw. Pyrgus machacosa, Buti. 
Pilodeudoryx cerulea, Druce. Parosmodes lentiginosa, ¢, Holl, 
Virachola livia, Kiug. Kedestes protensa, sp. n. 
Hypolyceena philippus, Fabr. 
Descriptions of the new Spectes. 
Abantis nigeriana, sp. n. 
Allied to A. zambeziaca, A. paradisea, and A. plerotica: 
primaries smoky brown, veins darker; hyaline white spots as 
in A. plerotica, also a white dash below the extremity of the 
costal vein between the first and second subcostal branches, a 
white spot near the base of the cell, and two white dots at the 
base of the wing: secondaries creamy whitish, with the base, 
veins, and outer border, including the fringe, dark brown, the 
pattern being nearly as in A. paradisea: thorax spotted much 
as in A. paradisea, but the patagia very long, each with a 
white spot below the collar, a central white spot, and a deep 
orange tip; tufts at sides and extremity of thorax tawny 
orange; abdomen smoky grey at base and tip, silvery white 
in centre, with blackish dorsal stripe; anal tuft blackish at 
base, otherwise bright golden-orange; antenne black, with 
the club creamy white below. Wings below with pattern as 
above, but the internal three fourths of primaries white, 
