VI INTRODUCTION. 



Of the females of P. merope I obtained but one variety. 

 This is indistinguishable on the wing from Amauris niavius ; 

 the male keeps within the shady parts of the forest and has 

 a bold, lofty, and sailing flight. Selecting an open glade it 

 will fly rapidly up and down for a space of some 300 yards, 

 coming fearlessly near to one's net, which it generally manages 

 to evade by a quick double, and finally, approaching a tuft 

 of grass or the projecting branch of a bush, disappears. It 

 almost invariably selects a broad-bladed grass, striped with 

 brown and yellow, and, hanging pendent from its extremity 

 with the wings folded, the upper ones being covered over and 

 concealed by the lower, it cannot be seen until it is again 

 startled into flight. Another butterfly, in this case the female, 

 which selects a resting-place which effectually conceals it, is 

 Catopsilia florel/a ; this yellow insect has small round silvery 

 spots, surrounded by a narrow brown margin on its wings. 

 When near a mango-tree, of which some few of the leaves 

 are of a bright yellow colour, dotted with spots identical in 

 colour, shape, and disposition with those above described, 

 it invariably selects these leaves for settling on, and is then 

 very difficult to detect. 



In bringing these few notes to a conclusion I would wish 

 to express my great indebtedness to Mr. William Schaus, 

 E.Z.S., for his very kind help and assistance in " working 

 up" the Lepidoptera which I brought back from Sierra 

 Leone. The descriptions of new species are from his pen. 

 Mr. H. H. Druce was also so kind as to look over and name 

 some of the Lycsenidse. Other new species, including a few 

 Rhopalocera, will, we hope, be described shortly. 



W. G. CLEMENTS, 



Surgeon-Captain A.M.S. 



February 1893. 



