1895.] THE COUNTRY WEST OF LAKE XTASA. 631 



with blackish subbasal Hue followed by a whitish stripe : body 

 blackish. Under surface mouse-grey, ^^•ith markings somewhat as 

 in Z. lysimon, but the primaries with pale-edged black reniforra 

 discocellular spot; discal series consisting of five whitish-edged 

 conspicuous black spots, the interno-median area being crossed by 

 two white lunules, to represent the lower spots of Z. lysimmi ; 

 submargiual and marginal markings normal : secondaries with only 

 three nearly equidistant subbasal pale-edged black spots, and only 

 the -first spot of the discal series black, but in the submarginal 

 series the sixth spot is centred with a black spot edged with 

 metalHc blue. Expanse of wings 23 millim. 



c? , Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, west of Lake Nyasa, Sept. 2nd. 

 1893. " Tiny Blue " (iJ. C). 



10. SCOLITANTIDES STELLATA ? 



Lyctma stellata, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1883, p. 349. 



Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, west of Lake Nyasa, Sept. 2nd, 

 1893. « Tiny dull Blue " (E. C). 



11. Zeeitis haepax. 



$ . Papilio Tiarijox, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. App. p. 829 (1775). 



$ , Deep Bay, 1500 feet altitude, west of Lake Xyasa, 

 March 11th, 189-1. •' Large Copper $ , with emerald-green legs" 

 (iJ. C). 



An unusually large example, and redder underneath than in the 

 majority of specimens. 



Ueanothatjma, gen. nov. 



Allied to Spindasis and Eyreiis : primaries \nth four subcostal 

 branches, the first emitted from halfway to end of discoidal cell 

 anastomosing with costal vein, the second at one-third distance 

 from end of cell, the third from halfway between cell and apex, 

 the fourth running to just before the apex : secondaries with one 

 rather long tail near anal angle ; costal margin slightly sinuous ; 

 neuration quite normal ; abdominal half of Things below clothed 

 with long hairs; abdominal margin densely hairy; ej-es, pectus, 

 and legs to end of femora densely hairy. Male with a large 

 velvety black patch on the upper surface of the primaries 

 immediately beyond the cell. 



Typical species, with the anal angle lobed and the tail emitted 

 from a second more prominent lobe : U. craivshayi. 



This genus will include Hyreus cordatus, E. M. Sharpe, from 

 Sotik, Kavirondo. 



12. TJeanothauma ceawshati, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. figs. 6, 7.) 

 c? . Eufous brown, shot with bright violet, excepting on the 



costal and abdominal borders of the secondaries ; fringes white, 

 spotted with black at the extremity of the veins, most heavily on 

 the primaries ; a large velvety black patch beyond the ceU of these 



