1896.] BrTTBRFLIES OF TH3E FAMILY HESPKRIIDyE. 29 



Acleros leucojnjga, Mab. Grandid. Madgr. vol. xiii. p. 347, pi. liv. 

 figs. 3, 3 a (1887) ; Watson, P.Z.S. 1893, p. 76. 



JIab. Madagascar. 



This species may be distinguished from A. ploetzi, its near ally, 

 by the broader extent of the white markings upon the outer 

 margin of the secondaries, and the paler, more irregularly clouded 

 underside of the secondaries. There are two specimens in the 

 collection of Dr. Staudinger labelled as taken at Gaboon by 

 Mocquerys, which are almost identical with examples from 

 Madagascar. They were taken in September. (Are the locality- 

 labels correct in these cases?) 



108. A. PLOETZT, Mab. (Plate II. fig. 7.) 



Apaustus leucox^ygus, Ploetsi, S.B. Z. vol. xl. p. 360 (1879). 



Acleros phetzi, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (6) vol. ix. p. clsviii 

 (1889). 



Ilah. Aburi, Victoria, W. Africa (Ploetz) ; Gaboon, Cnmeroous 

 {Good). 



Mons. Mabillo has very properly suggested the name ploetzi for 

 this species, in view of the fact that the specific name leucopyr/a 

 had already, in 1877, been applied by him to a closely allied species 

 from Madagascar. 



109. A. MAC'KENii, Trim. 



Pampliila ? viaclcenii, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend. 1868, p. 95, 

 pi. vi. fig. 8. 



Ancyloxyplia mackenii, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 331 

 (1889). 



Hab. Southern Africa. 



This species is very closely allied to A. ploetzi, Mab. {leticopygus, 

 Ploetz), but may be distinguished by its somewhat larger size, and 

 by the fact that the underside of the primaries is much darker, 

 and by the two subtriangular spots of white standing out boldly 

 upon this dark ground near the inner margin. 



110. A. PLACiDUs, Ploetz. (Plate II. fig. 19.) 



Apaustus placidtis, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xl. p. 300 (1879), vol. xlv. 

 p. 157 (1884). 



Eab. Aburi (PZoefe). 



The figure of the type given in the plate accompanying this 

 article suggests that the original specimen is somewhat faded. I 

 am greatly inclined to the view that it represents a somewhat 

 rubbed specimen of the species since named A. biguttulus by 

 Mons. Mabille, and which may also be identical with the species 

 named A. substrigata by me. In a very long series of specimens, 

 numbering nearly one hundred, I find specimens more or less 

 worn, which agree well with the figure and description oi placidtis, 

 and others which are undoubtedly very close to, if not identical 

 with, biguttulus, and still others, bright and fresh, which are 



