54 MR. S. A. NEAVE OX BUTTERFLIES [Jail. 18, 



Lyc.exesthes crawshayi Butler. 



Lyccenesthes crawshayi Butler, Ann. N. H. (7) iv. p. 342 (1899). 



This seems to be a. common species everywhere except in the 

 Luangwa valley. It is quite the most abundant Lycmnesthes of 

 this type. 



LyCjE^esthes ligures Hew. 



A single male from the Lubudi river, x. 



LYC^ENEvSTHES definita. 



Lyccenesthes definita Butler, Ann. N. H. iv. p. 342 (1899). 



This species is not uncommon throughout the high platea.u 

 which forms the Congo-Zambezi watershed from the Kaf ue river 

 to Lake Tanganyika. 



Lyccenesthes larydas Cram. 



I took isolated specimens of this species over a wide area from 

 the Luangwa valley to Katanga. It seems to be a forest 

 species. 



Lycenesthes gemmifera, sp. n. (Plate II. fig. 5, J •) 



This remarkable little species, which I assign with some doubt to 

 the genus Lycmnesthes, is distinguished at a glance by possessing 

 a row of four eye-spots on the outer margin of the underside of 

 the secondaries. In the general distribution of the markings, 

 in fact in all other points including the presence of small tails on 

 the vein-endings on the secondaries, it closely resembles other 

 species of that genus. 



S . Uppeeside uniform, bronze-brown. On outer margin of 

 secondaries the eye-spots of underside show faintly through as 

 dark spots. Short whitish tails on veins 1 b, 2, 3, more rudi- 

 mentary ones on 4 and 5. 



Underside greyish brown with darker strife outlined in grey. 



Primaries. The following strise : — a discocellular, an irregular 

 discal row of strife, plaeed very near submarginal area, except 

 that below costa ; an additional short wide stria, in area 1 b rather 

 more proximally placed, margin broadly greyish interspersed with 

 semilunar marks of the darker ground-colour. 



Secondaries. Two well-marked large dark spots below costa 

 outlined in grey ; a small spot on inner margin near base ; an 

 indistinct stria at base of cell ; a discocellular stria ; a discal row 

 of stria? from outer costal spot to inner margin lying more 

 proximally in area 1 c ; submarginal area grey, with dark semi- 

 lunar intern ervular marks ; on outer margin in areas 5, 4, 3, 2, 

 four clearly marked black eye-spots outwardly marked by a semi- 

 circular line of greenish silver ; between each spot on vein-ends 

 an orange streak ; towards anal angle in area 1 c two, in 1 b one 

 black spot with some scattered greenish silver scales ; at end of 

 vein 16a trace of an orange streak. 



