48 ME. R. TRIMEN ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Jan. 16, 



lower .slightly scaled with metallic blue. Cilia as on upperside, 

 but with darker base. 



2 • Discal area in both wings whitish, with a pale-blue scaling 

 from base over cell and along inner-marginal area. Fore wing : 

 terminal discocellular marking very much broader than in male, 

 reniform. Hind wing : 3rd and 4th spots of discal series of 

 underside reproduced, fuscous ; hind margin more or less whitish- 

 bordered throughout ; fuscous spots near anal angle much en- 

 larged. Underside as in male. 



The male and the two females above described were all taken 

 at Christmas Pass on 11th February ; the male is in good condition, 

 but the females are greatly worn and faded. Only these three 

 examples were seen, they were flying slowly on an open hiU-side. 



The large and very irregularly disposed deep black discal spots 

 of the underside readily distinguish this Lycmia from all its 

 congeners known to me, with the exception of one very near ally 

 discovered in the adjacent district of Mashunaland by Mr. Selous, 

 which is described below \ 



77. Lyc^na cissus (Godt.). 



Polyommatm cissus, Godt. Encycl. Meth. ix. p. 683. n. 210 

 (1823). 



One specimen from Umtali, five from Christmas Pass, and one 

 from the Mineni Valley. 



78. LtCjEna mahallokocena, WaUengr. 



Lyccena mahallohocena, Wallengr. K. ISv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 

 1857— Lep. Ehop. Caffr. p. 41. n. 16. 



Two examples from Christmas Pass, and one from the Mineni 

 Valley. Until the receipt of these Manica specimens, the most 



' Lyc«na mashuna, n. sp. 



Exp. al.(S)l in. 5-6 lin. ; ( $ ) 1 in. 6-8 lin. 



Nearly allied to L. exclusa. 



(S . Very pale violaceous-blue, shot with pink ; iieuration distinctly blackish ; 

 a strongly-marked hind-marginal black edging streak ; discal spots of underside 

 faintly shottmig through; terminal discocellular mark distinct, slender, and 

 angulated in both wings. Fore wing : immediately before hind-marginal black 

 edging a very faint tinge of ochry-yellow, preceded by a very faint difFuse 

 greyish fascia. Hind wing : an extremely faint diffuse greyish border immediately 

 before hind-marginal edging ; a rather small and faint blackish spot close to 

 hind margin, between 1st and 2nd median nervules, immediately preceded by 

 some very faint ochry-yellowish scaling.; no tail. Underside. — Ochre-yellow, 

 with conspicuous black, very thinly white-edged discal spots arranged just as in 

 L. exclusa; two series of very faint submaryiiial white Itmules. Fore wing: 

 field of wing much paler than costal and hind-marginal border ; 5th spot of 

 discal series greatly reduced and but little before 4th, and 6th spot wanting. 

 Hind wing : hind-marginal black spot darker than on upperside, ochre-yellow 

 immediately preceding it darker than ground-colour. 



5- Pale-htue field much more limited than in male, the costal, apical, and 

 hind-onarginal border being in both wingsbroadly brownish grey ; ochry-yellowish 

 hind-marginal stain much tnore developed, and in fore wing usually conspicux)us 

 between 2nd median nervule and posterior angle, while in some specimens it is 

 also diffusedly present in hind tving. Fore wing : discocellular terminal 



