368 MR. II. H. DRUCE ON NEW BUTTERFLIES [Feb. 15, 



Batelusia zebra, sp. 11. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 6, $ .) 



Female. Upper- side : both wings creamy white with the dark 

 lines of the under side showing through. Fore wing with the 

 apex and outer margin rather broadly and evenly blackish brown. 

 Cilia of fore wing fuscous, of hind wing pale brown. Under 

 side creamy white shaded with pale brown, with a series of six 

 dark brown lines of varying intensity common to both wings. 

 A faint submarginal line also common to both wings. Cilia pale 

 brown. Palpi and legs black. Abdomen creamy white. 



Expanse lj\ inch. 



Hab. Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons, 2000 ft., dry season (G. L. 

 Bates). 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



This curious little insect, which is very Pierine in appearance, 

 is quite unlike anything known to me. 



The type is unique. 



Lachnocnema niveus, sp. n. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 4, $ .) 



Female. Upper side : both wings pure white with the costa, 

 apex, and outer margin dark brown ; inner margin rather 

 narrowly dark brown, especially in hind wing. Basal areas of 

 both wings slightly suffused with grey. Cilia of both wings 

 fuscous, whitish above apex of hind wing. Under side : fore 

 wing pure white, costa narrowly and evenly, apex and outer 

 margin rather broadly and unevenly grey shaded with reddish 

 brown. Along the costal and outer margin from the base to 

 the anal angle is a row of minute black dots and crescents 

 heavily bordered with silver. Beyond the cell about half-way 

 to the margin are two confluent, oval, dark brown spots, placed 

 one above the other, containing silver ocelli. The hind wing is 

 marked much as in L. bibulus Fab. * 2 , but the discal area is 

 more distinctly white and the central band is more broken and 

 comparatively smaller. Thorax and abdomen and legs, which 

 are densely hairy, cream colour. Palpi cream, shading to dark 

 brown at tips. 



Expanse l^j inch. 



Hab. Bitje, Ja river, Cameroons, 2000 ft., dry season (G. L. 

 Bates). 



Type, Mus. Druce. 



Described from two specimens which do not differ. 



Perhaps nearest to L. busoga Beth. -Baker t, from Busoga, a 

 specimen of which is in the British Museum, but quite distinct. 

 It will be noticed that there are no dark spots closing the cells 

 in this insect. 



Lachnocnema luna, sp. n. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 5, $ .) 

 Female. Upper side : fore wing rich dark brown with an 



* Hesperia bibulus Fab. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 307 (1793). 



t Lachnocnema busoga Beth.-Bakev, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. xvii. 

 p. 105 (1906). 



