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



flight and is always near the ground. It is, however, a wary 

 species and not easy to capture in the densely forested places it 

 frequents. It occurs at all seasons. 



Aterica galene Brown. 



A common species in low-lying forest country within the Congo 

 basin. Like many other allied ISTymphalinse it habitually settles 

 on or very near the ground, but is wary and not easy to capture. 



Hamanumlda d^edalus Fabr. 



This is the most abundant and ubiquitous species in the 

 country. It may be met with everywhere, from the densest 

 shade to the most bare spots exposed to the hottest sun. 



Euphcedra ruspina Hew. 



Represented by a single male captured on the Lualaba river, 

 14.V.07. This and all the following species of Euphcedra have 

 similar habits. They frequent dense forest or clearings in its 

 immediate vicinity. They usually settle on or near the ground, 

 but are wary and when startled their flight is very swift. 



Eupii,edra eleus Drury. 



Not rare on the Lubudi and Lufupa rivers, x., in dense forest. 

 Two individuals captured on the Kalungwisi river, viii. 



Euph^dra eleus, var. coprates Druce, 



A single specimen captured on the Diki\lwe river, Kambove 

 district, 2.iv.07. 



Euphcedra cooksoni. 



Euphcedra cooksoni Druce, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xvi. p. 550. 



Six males and two females of this recently described species 

 were taken on the Lualaba river, iv. and v., and one male on 

 the Lubudi river, x. 



Euphcedra herberti E. Sharpe. 



Not uncommon on the Lualaba river, iv. and v. 



Euphcedra zaddachi crawshayi Butler. 



I found this striking species scarce on the Lualaba river in 

 Katanga, but not rare in N.E. Rhodesia, in the Chambezi and 

 Kalungwisi valleys, and the neighbourhood of Lake Bangweolo. 

 It is an interesting species inasmuch as it is not nearly so confined 

 to dense forest as its allies ; although often found in such places 

 it may also frequently be seen in more open woodland flitting 

 round shrubs, etc. Under these circumstances it certainly much 

 resembles the moths of the genus Xanthospilopteryx which it is 

 believed to mimic. Except on the Lualaba river, iv., and on the 

 lower Chambezi, x., I did not see this species on the wing with 



