58 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA [Jan. 17, 



Originally described from a specimen taken at Ambriz by the 

 late Mr. iVIonteiro. 



Satyrin^. 



5. Gnophodes diversa. 



Gnopliofles diversa, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. 

 p. 333 (1880). 



Fdda, 28th October and 10th November, 1885. 

 Smaller than Natal specimens, but otherwise identical. 



6. Melanitis solan dra, var. 



PapUio solandra, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 500. n. 244 (1/75). 



2 . Stazione Bauri, July 1883 ; 6. Foda, 23rd October, 1885. 



This is the Congo type of the species ; whether it is distinct from 

 the M. helena of Westwood or even from the true M. leda of Linnaeus 

 can only be shown by careful breeding ; that it is distinct from my 

 M. determxnata (the M. leda of Indian authors) may be safely taken 

 for granted, since the red-brown, rufous, and russet types do not 

 occur in India. 



It is true that in 1867, as Mr. Trimen says, I communicated a 

 paper to the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' in which I 

 described the whole of the olive-brown and rufous types, all the 

 simple- winged and falcated types, all the ocellated and non-ocellated 

 types as varieties of M. leda ; but I must confess that after the 

 lapse of 20 years I feel considerable doubt as to the correctness of 

 my then untrained opinion ; as a matter of fact, nobody has conclu- 

 sively proved the identity or non-identity of the many named types 

 which have been associated under the name of M, leda. This being 

 the case I prefer, when naming a collection, to quote the description 

 or figure which fits the specimens before me, though at the same 

 time I abstain from adding to the series of names which may have 

 to be abolished. 



7. Mycalesis injusta. 



Mycalesis injusta, Wallengren, Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 33. n. 1 

 (1857). 



Foda, 22nd and 23rd October, 1885 ; Monbuttu, July and August. 



8. Mycalesis eusirus. 



Mycalesis eusirus, HopfFer, Ber. Verb. Ak. Berl. 1855, p. 641. 

 n. 13. 



cJ. Tobbo, 21st May, 1883. 



9. Mycalesis caffra. 



Mycalesis caffra, Wallengren, Lep. Rhop. CafFr. p. 34. n. 2 

 (1857). 



Kangasi, 22nd July, 1883 ; Fdda, 26th November, 1885. 



The three preceding forms have been regarded as varieties of one 



