1885.] ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM KILIMA-NJARO. o37 



5. A List of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston 

 during his recent expedition to Kilima-njaro. By 

 F. D. GoDMAN, F.R.S., &c. 



[Eeceived May 14, 1885.] 



Mr. Johnston's collection of Lepidoptera contains 61 specimens, 

 including examples of 27 species ; of the latter there are 21 species of 

 Rhopalocera and 6 of Heterocera. Of theRhopalocera I have described 

 three species as new, and a fourth, a Chrysophanus, of which only one 

 specimen of a female is in the collection, remains unnamed, though 

 it too is probably new. This small collection therefore contains 

 nearly twenty per cent, of novelties, which must be considered a 

 high proportion. 



But so small is the series that I do not think any comparison of 

 the Lepidopterous fauna of this region with that of the rest of 

 Africa can be entered upon with advantage. Suffice it to say that 

 by far the majority of the species are widely distributed African 

 one.s ; that there is a northern element, as shown in Colias edusa, 

 and perhaps the Chrysophanus ; and that there is barely a trace of 

 the Abyssinian fauna in the materials before tne. But these 

 suggestions may all be set aside whenever a really representative 

 collection is made. Of the 27 species no less than 19 are represented 

 by single specimens. 



Rhopalocera. 



\. Danais dorippus. 



Euplcea dorippus, Klug, Sjmb. Phys., Insecta, t. 48. f. 1-5. 



Kilima-njaro, rocky, wooded, and cultivated country and grassy 

 downs, at 4000-5000 feet, July. 



Four examples (2 c?, 2 $ ), 



None of these specimens have any white on the secondaries, and 

 agree best with fig. 5 of King's plate. D. dorippus is a common 

 East-African species. 



2. AcR^A jOHNSTONi, sp. nov. 



Alls anticis ntfis, apicibus et marginibus externis (introrsum valde 

 sinuatis) 7iigro-fuscis ; posiicis ad basin et marginibus externis 

 late nigrescentibus, area discali albida venis fuscis divisa ; 

 subtus anticis fere omnino ritfis ad marginem externum canes- 

 centibus, venis nigris et inter eas striolis /uscescentibus j posticis 

 ut supra, limbo externa canescente, venis et striolis inter eas diviso ; 

 maculis quibusdam ad basin nigris; palpis,femoribus interne, 

 abdomine infra, et maculis costalibus, rufis ; capita et thorace 

 maculis albis notatis. 



Kilima-njaro, clearing in forest at 5500 feet, September. 



A single male specimen of this apparently very distinct species. 



