New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns 93 



3 . Upperside of fore wing with pale-blue area as in barnsi, but 

 the outer edge of this area is angled at the submedian. Hind wing as 

 in barnsi except that the speculum extends to the margin at vein 6, 

 and above and below this vein is separated from the margin by a 

 narrow area of black scaling. The lower edge of the speculum is 

 straight, whereas in barnsi the blue area curves into it at the black 

 anterior patch. Between veins 7 and 8 there is a large round patch of 

 modified scales of a buff colour, and at the lower edge of this patch are 

 similar scales of a blackish-brown colour which extend to form a patch 

 between veins 7 and 6. The costa is strongly lobed. 



Underside of same pattern as in barnsi. Fore wing with a short 

 discocellular streak, postdiscal and submarginal lines thinner than in 

 barnsi, and with less grey-black apical suffusion. A tuft of long grey 

 hair on the inner edge. The lower edge of cell is strongly curved. 

 The glossy area is more vitreous than in barnsi and has a silvery 

 lustre ; it may properly be termed a speculum. 



Hind wing with thinner lines than in barnsi and a smaller black 

 spot in the red spot in 2. 



Length of fore wing : 16 mm. 



Habitat. — Between Lindi and Lubila Kivers, N. of Batama, April, 

 1920, 3 3 8 , T. A. Barns. 



70. Hypolycaena buxtoni puella subsp. nov. (pi. XV, figs. 75, 76). 



Distinguished by the sharply defined edge of the white band on the 

 fore w T ing. S not known. 



? . Upperside markings much as in the type form. Fore wing 

 with sharply defined outer edge to the white band, which is angled 

 outwardly at veins 4 and 2 ; this band not invaded by ground-colour. 

 Hind wing with the narrow white submarginal band indistinct or 

 obsolete. 



Underside markings similar to type form. Fore wing with thick 

 orange transverse cell-stripe from just before origin of vein 2 to the 

 costa. Postdiscal stripe thicker and more irregular than in type-form. 

 Hind wing with a short sub-basal bar in cellule 7, which in the type- 

 form is represented by a dot. Postdiscal line heavier, straight and 

 much more oblique, from a point on vein 8 more proximal than in type 

 form ; from vein 2 this line is black, half as thick, more distally curved, 

 and reaches a point farther along the inner margin. A submarginal 



line of dark grey. 



19 mm. (Specimen from Kivu.) 



Length of fore wing , 



1 20 mm. (bpecimen from liuwenzori.) 



