112 ME. G. T, BETHUNE-BAKER ON NEW [Feb. 18, 



Secondaries with costa blackish to vein 7 , a small round creamy sex- 

 spot on the upper margin of the cell ; termen with a fine linear 

 black line with white fringes. — Under side. Both wings white. 

 Primaries with a very broad olive-brown termen, having a fine 

 intersecting white line from the tornus to vein 4 or 5, and a second 

 short fine white inteivsecting external dash from the tornus to 

 about vein 2 ; a very broad, olive-brown, waved tapering post- 

 medial band immediately beyond the cell right across the wing, 

 a small pencil of black hairs a third from the base of the inner 

 margin. Secondaries : apex with a short apical olive-brown dash 

 and a very broad olive- brown subterminal band from just beyond 

 the apex to the anal angle, the anal portion largely sufiiised with 

 orange-red, a deep black oval spot between veins 2 and 3, with a 

 smaller black lobe-spot somewhat sufliiised with very pale bluish- 

 metallic scales ; sex-spot showing through olive-brown,. 



Expanse 32-36 mm. 



Hah. Makala, Congo Free State : June. 



In my collection and in that of Major Powell-Cotton. 



This species is nearest Hypolycmna naara Hew., but has no 

 «ex-spot in the pi"imaries. 



Deudoryx ituri, sp. n. (Plate IX. fig. 7.) 



(5 . Both wings lustrous cobalt-blue. Primaries with costa 

 narrowly black ; apex very broadly black, tapering gradually to 

 the tornus, the blue area being gradually rounded off externally. 

 Secondaries with costa blackish to vein 7 ; termen linear, black ; a 

 fair-sized creamy sex-mark above the cell, and a small pencil of 

 black hairs between veins 1 and 2. — Under side. Both wings white, 

 with apex and termen of primaries broadly grey, with a whitish 

 bisecting line ; postmedial line broadly fawn-yellow, occasionally 

 nearly straight, but generally with an internal curve more or less 

 strong ; inner margin with a pencil of pale yellow hairs about a 

 third fi'om the base. Secondaries with termen broadly grey, 

 with a whitish bisecting line, an oval black spot between veins 2 

 and 3 in a large pale yellow patch extending more or less to the 

 lobe, which has a small black spot with a slight metallic-blue 

 edging above, over which is an angled orange-red line. Post- 

 medial line broadly yellow, broken at vein 4, with a double angle 

 between veins 1 and 3. The sex-spot showing through very 

 slightly. Two tails, one at vein 2, another at 3 ; at 4 a tooth. 



Expanse 33-36 mm. 



Hob. Makala, Congo Free State : April. 



In my collection and in that of Major Powell- Cotton. 



Deudoryx elealodes, sp. n. (Plate IX. fig. 6.) 



(^ . Both wings bright blue, not lustrous. Primaries with the 

 apex broadly blackish, tapering very rapidly off on the costa and 

 less rapidly on the termen to the tornus, where it is linear. 

 Secondaries with costa blackish to vein 7. Tail at vein 2 long 

 and fine, at vein 3 qviite short, The small sex-patch between 



