1896.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY HBSPEMIDjE. 83 



Ptbeoteinon, Wats. 

 (Tam/ptera, Mab.) 



282. P. LAUFELLA, Hew. 



ITesperia laufella, Hew. Exot. Butt. vol. iv. Ees2^. pi. ii. figs. 28- 

 30 (1867). 



Carystus laufella, Kirby, Syu. Cat. p. 591 (1871); Staudgr. 

 Exot. Schinett. pi. 99 (1888). 



Tanyptera laufella, Mab. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, p. 260 (1877). 



Pleroieinon laufella, Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 124. 



Ilah. Tropical West Africa. 



CnomsTONEUBA, Mab. 



283. C. APiOALis, Mab. (Plate V. fig. 1.) 



Choristoneura apicalis, Mab. Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (6) vol. ix. 

 p. clvi (1889). 



Hah. Sierra Leone (Mabillc). 



This very remarkable insect is entirely unlike any other species 

 which I have ever seen from the African continent, and recalls 

 in general appearance some of the species of the S. American genus 

 Entheus. At the time Lieut. Watson prepared his Revision of the 



• Neuratiou of Clwristoneiira apicalis, Mab. |. 



genera of the Hesperiidee, no specimen of this insect was available 

 by him for purposes of study. I take pleasure in incorporating a 

 ciit giving the ueuration. From this it will be seen by the student 



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