8 MR. S. A. NEAVE ON BUTTERFLIES [Jan. 18, 



Amauris ps^ttalea Plotz. 



This species is represented by two males only, one from near 

 Chensali, iv., and the other from the Lofu river, near Lake 

 Tanganyika, viii. 



Amauris hyalites dannfelti. 



Amauris dannfelti Anriv. Ent. Tidskr. xii. p. 196. 



A common insect in more wooded localities in Katanga and in 

 the northern portion of the plateau country in N.E. Rhodesia. 

 The transparent spots of the primary, due perhaps to their more 

 or less green background in nature, look pale green on the wing. 

 I incline to the view that species of this type of Amauris rather 

 than Tirumala petiverana have been the primary model of Papilio 

 leonidas Fabr. 



Amauris lobengula katangce, subsp. n. (Plate I. fig. 1, o* •) 



Most nearly allied to A. lobengula whytei and A. lobengula 

 crawshayi Butler. It differs from these in the colour, size and 

 distribution of the ochreous area on the secondary. In katangce 

 this band of a deep ochreous colour is very broad, reaching, espe- 

 cially toward the inner margin, beyond the end of the cell. In 

 contrast to its width, it extends as a very narrow tongue up to 

 the middle of the costal margin, nearly, and in some specimens 

 quite as narrow as in typical lobengula and very much narrower 

 than in either of the two subspecies above quoted. The spots of 

 the primary are pure white, thus agreeing with A. I. crawshayi, 

 but in this case katangce is easily distinguished by the dark colour 

 of its secondaries. In the primary the spot in the cell and discal 

 spot in area 2 are very large and well marked, more so than in 

 any of the allied species. The female is a little larger than the 

 male, but does not otherwise differ. 



Length of primary 42 mm. 



Type in British Museum. 



11 males, 2 females, Kambove, Katanga, 7— 27.ii.07. 



This species frequents well wooded localities and does not differ 

 from other species of Amauris in its habits. 



Subfam. Satyrinje. 



Melanitis leda L. 



A common forest insect throughout the country. As has been 

 noted by other observers, it has, when settling on the ground, a 

 habit of sitting aslant among dry leaves, etc. — which increases 

 the difficulty of detection. Both species of Melanitis, more par- 

 ticularly the species next referred to, are addicted to taking a 

 flight in the open just before sundown. 



Melanitis libya Dist. 



Also a common insect, in. the Luangwa valley at least, fre- 

 quenting the same localities as the foregoing, but it is not quite 



