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new Species of African Butterflies. 
There are six semitransparent spots on the fore wing, three 
small ones at the end of the costal nervules near the apex, 
one large one in the discoidal cell, with another between the 
first and second median nervules near the discoidal spot ; a 
very small spot in the fork of the second and third median 
nervules. All the spots are pale yellow. 
The hind wing is slightly deeper in colour, with a very fine 
black line along the hind margin. At the anal angle there is 
a tuft of yellow hairs. 
The underside is paler in colour, with the light spots on the 
fore wing only slightly visible. 
The hind wing has the veins plainly marked, especially 
the subcostal nervure, the costa being yellow. At the anal 
angle, in addition to the tuft of yellow hairs, there is a large 
black spot. 
Exp. T5 inch. 
Hab . Umvuli River. 
Genus Pkoteides. 
Proteides Shelleyi , sp. n. 
Similar to P. erinnys , Trimen, but is at once distinguished 
by the two large yellow spots on the fore wing ; one of these 
is in the middle of the discoidal cell and the other is situated 
close to the cell between the first and second median nervules. 
There are some other spots near the submedian nervure, one 
between the second and third median nervules, and another 
near the fifth and fourth subcostal nervules near the apex of 
the fore wing. 
The fringe of the fore wing from the first median nervule 
to the posterior angle is yellow. 
The hind wing differs in that the fringe is yellow, with 
small tufts of brown hairs at the end of each nervule. There 
is one yellow spot near the base, with a narrow bar of yellow 
spots from the second subcostal nervure to the middle of the 
submedian nervure. 
The underside is similar to that of P. erinnys , but the fore 
wing differs in the large patch of yellow along the inner 
margin, extending to the first median nervure. At the base 
there is a patch of dark brown, and near the apical portion is 
another brown patch relieved by two transverse lines of 
purplish grey. The hind margin has three distinct brown 
spots between the subcostal and radial nervures, the before- 
mentioned brown patch extending to the first median nervure, 
where it then becomes much lighter in colour as far as the 
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