1896.] BUTTBBFLIHS OF IBM FAMILY HESPBEIIDjE. 73 



250. p. NiOEBBiMA, Butl. (Plate II. fig. 12.) 

 Halpe nigerrima, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1893, p. 672. 

 Eab. British Central Africa. 



This species is exceedingly close to P. galesa, Hew. The only 

 difference I can detect is in the form of the macular band on the 

 upperside of the secondaries, which is more irregularly curved in 

 galesa and has a slightly different direction, and in the presence 

 in nigemma of a narrow white costal streak on the underside of 

 the primaries at the base. This last feature seems to be lacking 

 in galesa. 



251. P. OHAMJBLEON, Mab. 



Pamphila chammleon, Mab. C. E. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxxv. 

 p. clxxix (1891); Novit. Lepidopt. p. 115, pi. xvi. fig. 3 (1893). 



Hah. Sierra Leone. 



Mons. Mabille compares this species with his P. grandiplaga, 

 which in his letter he identifies as my P. jiioanini. Grandiplaga 

 is apparently a MS. name. My learned friend is in the habit of 

 affixing names to specimens coming into his possession, and has 

 given them currency now and then m his papers and through 

 collections which he has labelled, without having published a 

 description of the species. This has led to a great deal of be- 

 wilderment on my part in several cases and an inordinate con- 

 sumption of valuable time in quest of the place in literature where 

 the supposed description, which ought to have been published, might 

 be found. Unpublished names of species should not be referred 

 to, except it be with a distinct statement that they are such. 



252. P. AMADHU, Mab. (Plate V. fig. 11.) 



Pamphila amadhu, Mab. C. E. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxxv. 

 p. clxxviii (1891). 



Pamphila heterophyla, Mab. 1. c. 



Baorisl amadhu, Butl. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 672. 



Hab. Transvaal, Natal {Mabille) ; British Central Africa 

 (Butler). 



I have before me the types of P. amadhu and P. heterophyla, 

 belonging to Dr. Staudinger, and am satisfied of the identity of 

 the two forms. The type of P. heterophyla is simply a dwarfed 

 and somewhat worn example of P. amadhu. The insect is closely 

 allied to P. moritili. 



253. P. BATANS^, Holl. 



Parnara batangce, Holl. Ent. News, vol. v. p. 92, pi. iii. fig. 10 

 (1894). 



Hab. Valley of the Ogov^. 



254. P. NiGEiOANS, sp. nov. (Plate II. fig. 15.) 



^ . AntennsB black, marked with white before the extremity on 



