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manner. This being so, I was not a little surprised to see 
Canon Norman’s comment on the praiseworthy conduct of 
Messrs. Marion and Milne-Edwards and the reflection that it 
cast upon my own ; nor, when I thought over the implied 
accusation against me of discourtesy, could I help feeling 
slightly amused as the recollection of my letter passed through 
my mind. But if I were to assume that Canon Norman 
received my letter and had not the — shall I say ? — courtesy to 
answer it, and were to suggest that if my mode of dealing 
with his manuscript name was discourteous his treatment of 
my letter is deserving of a much harsher epithet, I think the 
assumption would be very unjust and the suggestion a very 
unmannerly one. I shall consequently make neither, but 
shall conclude that my letter never reached its destination ; 
for seemingly this is the only conclusion that explains to 
Canon Norman’s credit the fact that the sole reply received to 
my private letter was a public, though guarded, accusation 
of discourtesy. 
XI. — On some new Species of African Lycsenidae in the Col- 
lection of Philip Crowley , Esq. By Emily Mary 
Sharpe. 
Fam. Lycaenidae. 
Genus Pseudaletis. 
Pseudaletis trifasciata , sp. n. 
Similar to P. cly menus, Druce, but differing in the extent 
of the black border on the fore wing, which reaches from the 
costa to the submedian nervure ; this black portion of the 
wing is relieved by two white spots, one at the end of the 
discoidal cell, while the second is oval and extends from the 
first discoidal or radial nervule, then slanting slightly down 
to the third median nervule. 
There is a white patch along the inner margin of the fore 
wing, extending a little above the submedian nervure. 
The hind wing has a broad border of black along the mar- 
gin to the internal nervure, with a broad black bar from the 
end of the costal nervure to the border. 
The underside has this bar distinctly marked, with a second 
black bar from the base of the hind wing to the submedian 
nervure ; there is a third bar which begins from the inner 
