joNEi894.] Ehrmann. Wkst Akkk an Butterflies. 77 



NEW WEST AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 

 By George A. I^hkmaw, BrirsnuRC., Pknn. 



F^seudopontia cepheus, sp. nov. 



Male — Upper side of all the winjjs pure while; apex of primaries l.as a sharp 

 cut square black spot, and in tiie sub-apical space there is a medium size black 

 triangulate spot. Under sitle of piimaries, the giound color is tlie same as above 

 with the markintj^s on the apical and sub-apical space faintly reproduced ; the basal 

 space is slightly shaded with pale green, marbled with faint black stria;. Under 

 side of secondaries white, delicately marbled with faint black strix'. K.xpansc, 

 i^i( inch. 



Types 2 rf d^ in my colk-rlion Ironi C.raiid Scss, ^^'est .\frica. 



]V\ycalesis erysichthon, sp. nov. 



Male — Upper side of all the wings the color is lovely mousc-biown with a 

 shade lighter along the abdominal margin of the secondaries, and the elongate 

 scales near the inner margin of primaries are silky black. Under side of primaries 

 and secondaries from the base to the space a little beyond the discal cells, are a 

 shade or two lighter than above and unilorm throughout iis this space, then follows 

 a sharp defined, irregular, dark-brown stria from the costa of the primaries to the 

 abdominal margin of the secondaries, there is also an ill defined brownish band in 

 the iliscal cell of the prim.'iries from the costa to the lower discal nervure, thence 

 from the irregular stria, which runs through both pairs of wings to the outer margin 

 this space is olivaccus, clouded slightly with brown ; in this space on the fore 

 wings near the apex are three small ocellated spots connected with one another, 

 the central one being the largest, and in the limbal area there is one much larger 

 than the rest of those on the primaries ; on the secondaries is a row of seven more 

 ocellated spots, which are irregular in size, the fifth from the apex being the largest. 

 All these spots are pupiled with white points leaving none of them blind what- 

 ever. lOxpanse, i}£ inch. 



. Type cT ill niy collection from riciiiiiiiiii Scss, Liberia, West 

 Africa. 



This species bears coiisiderabli- rcscmblamc in pattern on the 

 under side to J/, fcldcri liiitler, from the Philippines, but in the 

 shape of the wings is nearest to J/, sanaos Hew from .\siianti. 



Argiolus hollandii, sp. nov. 



Male- -Upper side, thorax and abdomen brownish, shaded aith pale blue scales; 

 costa and outer margin brown, widest at the apex ; discal space with a black elongate 

 bar; the rest of the fore wings is of a beautiful! azure blue. Secondaries on the 

 upper side, costal and abdominal margins pale brown, and from the base to the 

 median space of the costa is a broatl black bar ; the rest of the wing is azure blue ; 

 the anal angle has an orange spot pupiled with black ; fringes brown ; tails black 

 tipped with white. Under side of both pairs of wings, the ground color is of a 



