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median area pale blue, interrupted and succeeded by a macular 

 bright orange discal band consisting of five spots, of which that 

 above the anal margin is bifid ; a submarginal series of prominent 

 black spots with white outer edges ; marginal line of all the vvings 

 black ; the fringe with its basal half smoky-grey, its outer half 

 snow-white ; tail black with white tip : underside as in the male. 

 Expanse of wings 27 millim. 



? , Machako's, 10th July, 1898. 



Mr. G-rose-Smith has kindly identified this very pretty species 

 for me. 



28. Cacyretjs lingeus Cramer. 

 2 , Machako's, 3rd July, 1898. 



29. Zeritis harpax Fabr. 



6 c? , Machako's, 3rd, 7th, and 20th June ; Machako's to ISTaugia, 

 13th July, 1898. 



30. Chrxsophanus abbotti Holland. (Plate XXV. fig. 1.) 

 6 , hills near Machako's, 26th June, 1898. 



" I have not observed this species in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood of Machako's, but in the adjoining hills." (R. C.) 



31. Lachnocnema bibulus Fabr. 

 2 , ISTaugia, 3rd October, 1898. 



32. ViRACHOLA aktalds Hopffer. 



d" , Machako's, 26th June ; 2 , Machako's to Naugia, 14th July, 

 1898. 



" S , several seen playing about a clump of bush, but nowhere 

 else"; " 2 ; emerald -green ova." (B. C.) 



The female has the margins of the markings below bright rust- 

 red. I have never before seen an example so vividly coloured. 



Var. ? The male is paler on both surfaces, less piu-ple above, and 

 has the lines much more regular below, the subanal markings on 

 the secondaries silvery green (not golden green) ; the female is 

 distinctly lavender-blue above with well-defined dusky borders ; 

 the markings outlined in stone-grey ; no black spots towards the 

 base of secondaries. Altogether this is a smaller form than typical 

 V. antalus : it is a common West-African butterfly. 



2 , Machako's, 10th July ; d , Machako's to Naugia, 4300 feet, 

 22nd September, 1898. 



33. Stugeta bowkeri Trimen. 



c? 2 , Machako's, 28th May, 1898. 



The female was " taken on a bush just as she had nearly finished 

 depositing her ova, grass-green in colour." {R. C.) 



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