1896.] BUTTBEFMEa OF THE FAMILY HBSPBRIIDjE. 21 



say that we are dealing hero with two distinct species. " Lufceous " 

 is muddy yellow, and nothing is commoner among the Hesperiidso 

 than the change of the white markings of the abdomen into 

 yellowish by greasing and other accidents. I am reluctant to 

 differ from ray learned friend Dr. Butler on any point, but after 

 studying the specimens before me with the figures and descriptions 

 given by himself and Westwood, 1 am still of the opinion that 

 Mr. Trimen's original identification was correct, and that the 

 separation of the form known to Trimen from that described by 

 Westwood is an unnecessary refinement. 



00. A. BiSMAUKi, Karsch. 



Abantis InsmarJci, Karsch, Enfc. Nachv. xviii. p. 228 (1892) ; 

 Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. p. 242, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1893). 

 Hab. Togoland. 



67. A. BicoLOR, Trim. 



LeucocJiitonea bicolor, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) vol. ii. 

 p. 180 (18G4); Ehop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. p. 307, pi. 6. fig. 1 

 (1860). 



Sapmi bicolor, Ploetz, S. B. Z. vol. xl. pp. 177, 179 (1879). 



Abantis bicolor, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 340 (1889); 

 Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 63. 



Hab. S. Africa. 



68. A. VBifosA, Trim. 



Abantis venosa, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 339 (1889) ; 

 P. Z. S. 1891, p. 105, pi. ix. fig. 24. 



Leucochitonea umvtilensis, Sharpe, Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist. (0) 

 vol. vi. p. 348 (1890). 



Hab. South Tropical Africa and Transvaal. 



69. A. BLEGANTULA, Mab. 



Abantis elegantula, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. Prance, 1890, p. 32 ; 

 Novit. Lepidopt. p. 23, pi. iii. fig. 6 (1891). 

 Hab. Sierra Leone. 



70. A. EFUiiENsis, sp. nov. (Plate V. fig. 12.) 



(J . Allied to A. elegantula, Mab., from which it differs by the 

 entire absence of the discal spots on the primaries. The second- 

 aries are white, with the basal third, the outer angle, and the 

 inner margin clouded with dark brown, shading on the costa into 

 orange-red. The white outer area is intersected by the veins, 

 which are black. 



On the underside, the primaries are much paler than on the 

 upperside and are slightly tinged near the base and on the costa 

 with ochreoua. The secondaries are pure white, except on the costal 

 margin and the outer angle, where they are laved with pale brown 

 shading into ochraceous. The veins on the underside are not black 



