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11. Samanta PERSPICLTA. 



Miicalesis perspicua, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1873, 

 p. 104, pi. 1. fig. 3. 



Zomba, July 1892 and January 1893. 



This species varies in depth of colour and in the width of the 

 pale outer border to the central belt on the under surface ; some 

 examples incline to grey and others to ochreous on this surface. 



Neoc(enyra, Butl. 



Mr. Trimen (P. Z. S. 1891, p. 62) sinks this genus as a synonym of 

 Pseudonijmpha, Wllgr., stating tliat all the characters which I have 

 given to distinguish it from Ccenyra are such as occur in Pseudo- 

 mjmpha ; he fails to notice that the palpi and antennae correspond 

 (as stated in my diagnosis) \\dth those of Ccenyra. In Pseudo- 

 nymplm, on the other hand, the palpi are clothed with much longer 

 hairs, and the antennae have a flattened spatulate club. As regards 

 the type (lY. duplex), \vhich Mr. Trimen sinks as a probable 

 synonym of Ypthima bera, Hewits,, it is not onl}^ not nearly allied to 

 the latter, but it has a totally different appearance, all the red 

 markings being entirely unrepresented in Hewitson's species. I 

 quite agree with my friend in disliking imperfectly characterized 

 genera ; but when, after careful comparison with all allied genera, 

 I find it necessary to found a new one, it somewhat surprises 

 me to be informed that it is synonymous with one of the very 

 genera mentioned in the original description as differing in struc- 

 ture. 



12. Neoc(en¥ra ypthimoides, sp. n. 



Allied to N. bera, slightly larger and much darker, the deeper 

 coloration being especially noticeable on the under sm-face : 

 primaries above with the paler patch enclosing the ocellus ex- 

 tended to inner margin and confined throughout its length by a 

 sinuated dusky postmcdian line and a blackish feebly undulated 

 submarginal line ; a second small ocellus frequently present on the 

 lower median interspace : in the secondaries the submarginal line 

 is almost regular, not zigzag towards apex as in N. bera ; the ocelli 

 vary in number from five to six, that nearest the costa being either 

 large, small, or absent, that on the lower radial interspace either 

 small or absent, the two on the median interspaces largest, as in 

 N. bera, and the two nearest anal angle small and confluent ; the 

 pale area enclosing the ocelli is bounded internally by a \\idely 

 zigzag dusky postmedian line : markings below as above, but some- 

 times more sharply defined. Expanse of \\ings 40-48 millim. 



Zomba, July and December 1892, January 1893. 



This appears to be a common species, of which the collection 

 contained a long series : I have compared eleven of them with 

 Hewitson's four examples of N. bera and find the differences 

 absolutely constant. 



