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new Species of African Butterflies . 
fore wing. Along the costal margin there are two white 
spots. The underside of the fore wing is a lighter brown, 
having all the spots plainly marked in white ^vitli the excep- 
tion of the two larger spots, which are yellow. 
The hind wing is similar to the fore wing, having the 
yellow basal area quite as dark as on the upperside, and the 
spots are white, while near to the preeostal nervure there is 
one small white spot. 
Exp. 3*1 inches. 
Hab. Matabele Land. 
Fam. Lycaenidse. 
Genus Spalgis. 
Spalgis latimarginata, sp. n. 
Nearest to S. epius, Westwood, but is much larger, and 
the general colour is of a creamy white. The hind margin 
has a border of light brown extending to the costa and 
colouring the wing at the base ; it is very wide hear the apical 
portion of the fore wing. 
The hind wdng has the subcostal nervure paler, with no 
border along the hind margin, but having a small black spot 
at the end of each nervule. 
The underside of the fore wing has a small black spot at 
the end of each nervule, and the fine lines of brown are more 
approximate than in S. epius , the lines being confined to a 
botder along the hind margin. From the costa to the base 
of the wfing are transverse lines of brown, less strongly 
marked and becoming more numerous at the base. A long 
transverse line of brown extends from about the middle of the 
fore w r ing to the middle of the inner margin, dividing the large 
white patch into two sections. The hind wing has the 
markings of the same fine character, but has more white 
between the lines than in S. epius . 
Exp. <$ 1*3 inch. 
The female has the apex, costa, and hind margin of the 
fore wing broadly bordered with light greyish brown, widening 
a little more towards the base of the wing than in the male. 
On the hind wing there is a somewhat broader border of 
brown extending from the costa to the anal angle, the costal 
margin being white. 
The underside of the fore wing has a border of fine trans- 
verse lines from the costa to the hind margin, these lines being 
