546 ' New Forms of African Lepidoptera 



Hind wing with the costal area to below vein 6 fuscous-black, 

 inner margin to above submedian paler fuscous, rest of wing violet-blue 

 with a light sprinkling of whitish scales over the basal half. Anal 

 lobe orange with a posterior black spot edged with silver, and from 

 the submedian a silvery marginal line to vein 3. Distal margin edged 

 with black to the inner angle, interrupted at the lobe. Fringe pale 

 orange- yellow. 



Underside with the ground-colour slightly more orange-tinted than 

 in mozambica. Fore wing markings as in the allied form. The small 

 cell-spot more orange ; the black line bordering the outer edge of discal 

 band only continued to the submedian fold, the black line on the inner 

 edge stopping at vein 2 ; first submarginal line orange traversed by a 

 thin black line which thickens below vein 3 ; second submarginal 

 line orange. Inner margin without black suffusion at the outer angle. 



Hind wing with the discal and postdiscal bands outlined by reddish- 

 orange, the former with two black spots at costa and posteriorly with 

 slight black edging, postdiscal band with a black dot on the inside at 

 costa, and an outer orange spot between costa and vein 7. First 

 submarginal line not touching the postdiscal band and thicker anteriorly 

 than in mozambica ; second submarginal line orange, well-marked. 



Length of fore wing : 17 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 $ (type). Also in the British 

 Museum, collected by S. A. Neave : Kambove, 4,000-5,000 feet, 

 March 28, one $ ; Chambezi Valley, Kasama district, 3,900 feet, 

 May 13, one £ . 



11. Phasis conradsi Auriv. <£ . form ochraceous f. nov. 



Upperside markings coloured as in the female, and forming a 

 similar patch on the fore wing. A dark spot in the cell, one on the 

 discocellulars, and beyond this the ground-colour invades the ochreous 

 colour to cellule 4. Hind wing with the band broader than in the 

 typical form. Some specimens of conradsi have the band on the 

 hind wing slightly ochraceous, and on the fore wing tinged with 

 ochraceous to a less degree. 



Habitat. — Tanganyika Territory : District of the Great Craters, 

 February-March, one $ . Also a series of the typical form from 

 the Ngorongoro Crater, 5,800 feet, February, 1922. 



