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IV.— NEW LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED BY MR. T. A. 

 BARNS, IN EAST CENTRAL AFRICA. 



I.— INTRODUCTION. 



By G. TALBOT. 



Early in 1919, Mr. Joicey arranged with Mr. T. A. Barns, already 

 well-known in Africa as a great sportsman and ardent collector of 

 insects, to undertake a collecting trip through a little-known part of 

 the African Continent. Mr. Barns had sent us already many fine 

 species, and we looked forward with every confidence to a great many 

 more interesting additions. As the following papers will show, the 

 results were as anticipated. 



Mr. Barns, accompanied by his wife, who shared with him all the 

 dangers and discomforts of the expedition, left Likasi, in the S. E. 

 Belgian Congo, on June 3, 1919. During the preceding two months 

 collecting had been carried on in the Lufira Valley near Likasi ; some 

 of the species proved to be new, and are described in the following 

 pages. 



Mr. and Mrs. Barns arrived at Albertville on Lake Tanganyika at 

 the end of June, and crossed the lake to Kigoma. They proceeded 

 thence by rail to Gottorp. This place was left on July 14, and pro- 

 ceeding via Kassulu, Kihofi, and the Malagarassi Valley, Kitega was 

 reached on August 4. The Urindi and Buanda districts were not 

 found to be rich, and it was decided to push on to the north end of 

 Lake Kivu. This was done and Kissenyies reached on September 7, 

 by way of Buwuwu, Akanjaru, and Njawarongo Valleys, past Lake 

 Tshohoa, Issawi Mission, and Niansa, the residence of the King of 

 Buanda. 



From Lake Tshohoa no interesting country is passed until Lake 

 Kivu is approached. They came out on to the lake half-way down 

 its length on the east side, and struck north, keeping a few miles away 

 from the shore. 



The rains broke during the stay at Niansa and continued, with only 

 a three weeks' cessation, during the rest of the journey. 



