544 Neiv Forms of African Lepidoptera 



It presents a strong Acraeine appearance though without mimicking 

 any particular species. Wings much more rounded than in the male. 



Upperside with orange-red ground-colour. Fore wing with a black 

 spot in middle of cell, and one on the discocellulars. A black marginal 

 border broad at the apex and narrowing posteriorly ; two small yellowish 

 spots in the marginal black, one between veins 2 and 3 and one below 

 vein 2. Hind wing with orange-red area and black marginal border as 

 in the male. Base black from upper edge of cell to midway on the 

 inner margin, and in the base of cellule 8. A black spot and disco- 

 cellular spot as in the male, a small black spot below origin of vein 2, 

 base of cellule 8 black. A thin yellowish marginal line interrupted at 

 the veins. 



Underside of fore wing as in the male, excepting that there are only 

 two black discal spots as on the upperside. Hind wing as in the male. 



Length of fore wing : 21 mm. 



Habitat. — Belgian Congo : East Luvua Valley, escarpment five days 

 north-east of Lake Mweru, 4,000-5,000 feet, March, 1922, middle of 

 rainy season, T. A. Barns, one $ , also three $ $ . 



8. Syrmoptera nivea sp. nov. 



This is possibly only a race of melanomitra Karsch. We have 

 two forms of female which should apparently both be referred to the 

 male here described. One female is like the male, and is from the 

 collection of the late H. H. Druce. It bears a label : " % S. melanomitra K. 

 Comp. type Berlin Mus., by H. H. Druce, Dec, 1912." This was 

 evidently thought to be the female of Karsch's type which was found 

 to be a male (cf. Druce, " 111. Afr. Lye," p. 13, pi. v, figs. 1, la, 1910). 

 It is certain, however, that specimens collected by G. L. Bates in the 

 Cameroons, having a female like homey eri Dew., represent the true 

 sexes of melanomitra. 



$ . Upperside similar to melanomitra $ . Fore wing not per- 

 ceptibly different. Hind wing with distal area beyond the cell from 

 inner margin to vein 3 and a little beyond more or less suffused with 

 white, snow-white in the type, and the anal spots stand out sharply on the 

 white ground. In other respects this. wing is marked as in melanomitra. 



On the underside the only real difference to be found between this 

 and melanomitra is in the absence of the orange marginal line, and in 

 the three green anal spots being lightly edged with black on the inside. 



$ . Similar to melanomitra. Fore wing with basal white area less 

 extended, not reaching beyond discocellular, and just entering cellule 3. 



