28 ., 
wmgs of the adult male show traces of small, irregular, whitish dots,! 
is frequently the case in black species of this family, and which se? 
to result from non-development of the black pigment. 
Thoee Victoria, n. sp. 
T. nigra, thorace totrinque flavo-quinquelineato. Alee fiavo-alhw. 
ad apicem late (intus concaviter) chalyleo-nigroB, anticcs strirjd oh 
mediand hrunned ; posticce fascia mediand hrunned : pterostigtnate dilatat 
nigricante {^). Long, ahdom. 25"' ; exp. alar. 46'"." 
Hab. Bolivia. 
Differs from all other species in its great size, by the black apio 
third of the wings being regularly concave internally, and by the brov 
transverse median fascia of the hind- wings. I possess one male of tl 
magnificent species. 
Thoee beata, n. sp. 
T. nigra, tJiorace flavo-quinquelineato, infra griseo-alhido. Gap 
flavo-maculatum. Pedes nigri ; femorihus intus ad hasin hrunneis. Ac 
domen utrinque ad hasin flavo-lineatum. Alee hyalines, vix (adulti)fuc& 
eentes, nigro-venoscs : posticce maris {adulti) fascia latd ante medim 
opacd, lacteoflavd, vel (immaturi) lacted ; foemince {adultce) fascia mo 
diand angustd,flavd, opacd, extus fusco-limhatd, vel (immaturce) lacted\ 
pterostigmate nigra vel nigrofusco. 
Long, ahdom. ^17-18'", $ 15-16'"; exp. alar. (^29-SV", ? 29-32" 
Hab. Pebas. 
Eemarkable for its small size, and for its hyaline anterior wingi' 
and the opaque transverse whitish fascia of the inferior wings. I hav' 
seen many examples, collected by Mr. J. Hauxwell, at Pebas, on th 
Upper Amazons. 
Lewisham, London, 13th June, 1869. 
DESCEIPTION OF A FINE NEW CHABAXES FROM AFEICA. 
BY ARTHUR GARDINER BUTLER, F.L.S. 
The following species is from the collection of T. P. Dossetor, Esq., 
and forms part of a set of West African insects which the late Mr;' 
Edward Doubleday, some years since, was very anxious to procure foB 
the National Collection. ' 
Chaeaxes Zelica, n. sp. 
^ Wings ahove blue-black with the fringe orange, the basal areas 
shot with dark blue-green. 
