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91. Deudoeix c^bulea, H. H. Druce. 



(J 2 . Deudorix ccerulea, H. H. Druce, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 6, vol. v. p. '28 (1890). 



cJ. Deudorix obscurata. Trim. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 84. 

 n. 61, pi. ix. fig. 13. 



A single male, captured in the Mineni Valley on the 11th March, 

 and a female on the 13th. 



Mr. Druce pointed out the identity of my D. ohscurata with, his 

 previously described D. ccerulea in Ent. M. Mag, 1892, p. 65, and 

 reference to his description shows him to be right. His specimens 

 were from Lagos, Western Africa, while the type of my B. ohscurata 

 was from Omrora on the border of North Ovampoland. 



Genus Htpoltc^ena, Feld. 



92. HYPOLYCvEIfA C-ECULUS (Hopff.). 



lolaus cceculus, Hopff. Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855, p. 642. 

 n. 17. 



Four males and three females from the Mineni Valley, taken from 

 March 7th to 21st. These are the largest specimens that I have 

 seen, the male expanding 1 in. 4|-5| lin., and the female 1 in. 6- 

 6i Hn. AVhile the males do not incline to the more violaceous 

 tint of the upperside so noticeable in the examples recorded by 

 me from North Ovampoland (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 85), yet 

 both sexes resemble the latter, and differ from the usual East- 

 African specimens, in the much redder and decidedly broader 

 transverse streaks of the underside, though none has these markings 

 so strongly developed as in the supposed seasonal form figured by 

 me loc. cit. (pi. ix. fig. 14). It would thus appear probable that 

 on the eastern side the seasonal forms differ less widely than they 

 do on the western. 



93. HypoLYC^ENA PHiLiPPUS (Pabr.). 



Hesperia philippus, Pabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 283. n. 87 (1793). 

 Three specimens from Christmas Pass, and four from the 

 Mineni Valley. 



Genus Iolatjs, Hiibn. 



94. Iolaus srors. Trim. 



lolaus sidus, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. ii. p. 176 

 (1864). 



A single example of each sex from Christmas Pass. The female 

 is one of the largest I have seen, expanding 1 in. 5^ lin., and has 

 the red stripes of the underside much broader than in any other 

 specimen that has come under my notice. It was captured on 

 22nd February, settled on the same bush as the /. apJinviides 

 mentioned below. 



