328 Mr. G. T. Bethune- Baker on new 
This species, which is not uncommon, flying from January 
to March in Sierra Leone, is near M. adelgunda, Staud., 
but differs in that it has three spots in the cell in both wings 
and one beyond it; this is quite constant in all the specimens 
before me. Both primaries and secondaries are also broader 
and fuller than in Staudinger’s species. 
I dedicate this species to Mrs. Cator, who captured the first 
few specimens, thus discovering its locality, around which it 
appears to keep very closely. 
Phytala elais Catori, subsp. n. 
3. Upperside: both wings pale somewhat shining blue. 
Primaries with a broad, velvety black, apical area and poste- 
rior margin, extending as a wedge-shaped patch along the 
costa to a third its length ; the posterior margin decreases in 
width rapidly from the third median vein, where it is widest, 
to the inner angle; a large wedge-shaped patch, terminating 
in a quadrangular one, invades the blue of the wings along 
the upper margin of the cell, extending well beyond it; at 
the base of the inner margin is a large sex-mark, the sub- 
median vein in the sex-patch being considerably swollen ; 
the costal base of the wings is black. Secondaries with a 
very broad brown costa, the posterior margin being much 
narrower and tapering to little more than a broad line; the 
inner margin is broadly brown. Underside as in P. elais, 
Doubl. 
?. Entirely dull brown, with a very pale mauve oblique 
patch beyond the cell extending from the costal to the third 
median vein. Underside similar to the male, but duller, 
paler, much more ochreous, and it is without any lustre. 
Exp. alar. 70 millim. 
This species is, I believe, a local race of elazs, Doubl., but 
may be recognized at a glance by the large black patch in- 
vading the blue area beyond the cell, which is quite absent 
in Doubleday and Hewitson’s species. In this form it is quite 
constant. 1 have five specimens before me, whilst Mr. Cator 
has caught many more since his return; he tells me the 
black patch is markedly present in all. It flies from 
December to March. 
Phytala leonina, sp.n. 
3. Primaries velvety black, with two or three small ill- 
defined blue transverse spots beyond the cell; the area 
between the cell and submedian vein bright palish blue, and 
half of the area between the first and second median veins the 
