IV INTRODUCTION. 



the Heterocera, and D. chrysippus, various species of Myca- 

 lesis and Precis, H. dcedalus, H. misippus (female com- 

 paratively rare), Terias sp., and P. demoleus, menestheus, 

 phorcas, leonidas, and pylades. The more distinctly West- 

 African genera {Pseudacrcea, Euryphene, Euphadra, Aterica, 

 Cymothoe, Epitola) and the Ethiopian ones [Lachnoptera, 

 Salamis, Euxanthe, and Charaxes) confine themselves to the 

 woods and forests. 



The butterflies of the genus Aterica fly sedately along 

 shaded paths and among the trees, keeping near to the ground 

 and frequently settling. They are gregarious insects, and 

 three or four are fond of resting together, when, but for 

 the presence of the female opis, which is conspicuously 

 banded with yellow, they w r ould be difficult to distinguish. 



The Euphcedra fly swiftly through the lower branches of 

 the trees. A gleam of sunlight piercing the foliage lights 

 them up for an instant and then they disappear, having 

 settled either on the upper surface of a leaf or on the leaves 

 covering the ground. 



The members of the genus Euryphene have similar habits 

 to those of Aterica, but their flight is stronger. A variety 

 of the female, which is larger and has the upper surface of 

 its hind wings of a golden-green colour, has the figures 

 " 1881 " very distinctly marked in black on the superior 

 surface of the secondaries, " 18"" being in one and " 81 " in 

 the other discoidal cell. 



The manner of flight of the genus Epitola is similar to that 

 of Iolaus. They keep flying round in small but gradually 

 widening circles in open patches in forests, keeping some 

 thirty or more feet from the ground ; they select the most 

 sunlit side of a tree, on the leaves of which they frequently 

 rest and bask in the sun. 



A female of Papilio antimaclius was brought to me in 

 December 1891. It had been caught by hand, by a child, 

 in a garden of a village a few miles from Freetown whilst 



