68 New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 



brown along lower margin of cell, by the red-brown area only reaching 

 origin of vein 3, by the narrow white subcostal stripe on hind wing 

 below, and the absence of the submarginal row of spots. The distal 

 margin of hind wing above is of more even width and not wider on the 

 anal area ; and the spots in it are blue without white tinge. 



Habitat.— Panda Eiver, Lufira Valley, S.E. Congo, May 12, 1919, 

 one $ two ? 2 , T. A. Barns. 



37. Charaxes imperialis albipuncta subsp. nov. 



Distinguished chiefly by the larger band on the hind wing of the 

 $ , and the white-spotted ? . 



$ . Upperside of fore wing not constantly different from typical 

 form. Hind wing with a broader band in most specimens. The inner 

 spot in cellule 7 is blue or only slightly white. 



Underside of fore wing with the yellow proximal border to the black 

 submedian spot edged with blue, and this again with black proximally. 

 Hind wing with the postdiscal bar in cellule 7 either without white 

 distal scaling or with only a trace of it. 



? . Upperside of fore wing with the spots white and smaller than 

 in typical form. The black inner marginal band is reduced anteriorly 

 and does not reach vein 2. Hind wing with the band not reaching 

 vein 7. The outer spot in cellule 7 smaller and without any brown 

 tinge. Submarginal and admarginal spots white. 



Underside as in the S . Fore wing with spots as above. No spot 

 bordering the submedian bar. Hind wing with postdiscal spots further 

 from the discal bars than in typical form. 



In the Joicey collection from : Bitje, Ja Eiver, Cameroons, 2,000 

 ft., dry season, 1 $ , early May and June, wet season, 1 ? (allotype) ; 

 Bitje, Cameroons, 1 $ ; Bipindi, Cameroons, 1 <? ; Cameroons, 2 2 ? ; 

 Upper Kasai District, Congo Beige, 3 $ $ ; N. bank, Ituri Biver, 

 halfway between Avakubi and Penghe, March, 1920, T. A. Barns, 1 $ . 



The specimen obtained by Mr. Barns was taken on dung. 



The 3 holotype is from Bitje, Ja River, Cameroons, September 7, 

 1919, G. L. Bates, and is in the collection of Madame de Horrack 

 Fournier, 90, Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris. There is also 1 $ from 

 the East Congo in this collection. 



38. Charaxes zelica depuncta subsp. nov. 



Distinguished from the typical form by the absence of the blue 

 marginal dots on the hind wing. The inner edge of the distal area of 



