132 Dtt. A. a. BUTLBB ON BU'lTEEPLIES [Jaii/14, 



101. HaLPE NIGJBEUIMA. . ' 



Halpe nic/errima, Butler, P, Z. S. 1893, p. 672. ..■,.■- 



Kambwiyi, Lower Nyika, Jan. 2nd, 1895. , i ■ 



" Dark green Skipper (speckled with white) " (E. 0.). 



102. Halpb amabhtj. 



ParnpMla amadhu, Mabille, Comptes Kendus Soc. Ent. Beige, 

 p. Ixxviii (1891). 



Kambwiyi, Lower Nyika, Jan. 21st, 1895. 



" Greenish Skipper " (iJ. C). 



These species of Haljpe never seem to come to hand in numbers, 

 one or two examples in a large collection are all that we ever 

 receive. 



103. Pebiohabbs ALBicoENis, sp. n. (Plate VL fig. 8.) 



cJ . Primaries sericeous olive-brown, sometimes suffused with 

 purplish, the basi-costal area more or less suffused with cupreous ; 

 interno-basal area clothed with olive-green hairs, fringe whity 

 brown; two yellowish-white superposed spots within the end of 

 the cell, sometimes connate ; a small more or less triangular spot 

 at the base of the second median interspace, a transversely oblong 

 spot below the latter and crossing the first median intei'space ; 

 two or three small and yellower hyaline spots, separated by the 

 subcostal branches, towards apex, and an opaque bright yellow 

 oblong or oval spot just above the middle of the submedian vein : 

 secondaries deep sericeous olive-brown, central area occupied by a 

 slightly paler patch having a somewhat reddish tinge ; base clothed 

 with green hairs, abdominal area with greenish and bronze hairs ; 

 fringe whity brown : upper surface and front of palpi, head above, 

 and patagia chocolate-brown ; antennse pure white, emitted from 

 a whitish tuft on the vertex of the head. Primaries belqw with 

 the costal border and a subapical patch golden copper-brown, the 

 central area greyish black, the internal area paler with a large 

 central diffused whitish spot ; hyaline spots necessarily as above ; 

 external border from apex to first median branch rosy greyish 

 brown : secondaries golden copper-brown, slightly darker on the 

 costa and in a small subapical patch bounded by two black dots ; 

 three ill-defined brown spots in a triangular position across the 

 basal area, a black dot on the upper discocellular and a small black 

 spot beyond ; a dust-grey interno-median stripe commencing in a 

 point at base and gradually expanding to outer margin; an 

 irregular purplish-grey streak edged with blackish crossing the 

 disc from the interno-median streak and tapering to apex ; outer 

 border paler than the remainder of the wing, bounded internally 

 by an ill-defined brownish line and enclosing two or three 

 triangular grey marginal dots : palpi below dull straw-yellow ; 

 antenna white, with a grey patch on the club; neck and edges of 

 eyes white ; pectus densely covered with dull tawny hair, venter 

 rufous brown. Expanse of win?s 40 millim. 



