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Show 1894.J MANICA, SOUTH-EAST AFRICA. 47 Mineni Eiver, and a female from Vunduzi Eiver-resemble those brought from Natal, but are smaller than usual. This species was found settling on leaves in shady places; it flew with moderate speed and was easily caught. These four specimens were the only ones observed; they were taken on 15th February, 8th March, and 5th April. Family LYCJSNID^E. Genus LYCENA, Fabr. 74. L Y O E N A ASOPUS, Hopff. 3 $ . Lyccena asopus, Hopff. Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855, p. 642. n. 21. Two specimens from Christinas Pass. 75. LYCCENA PARSIMON (Fabr.). 3. Papilio parsimon, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 526. n. 349 (1775). Two males from Christmas Pass. 76. LYCCENA EXCLUSA, n. sp. (Plate VI. fig. 11, 3-) Exp. cd. ( 3 ) 1 in. 6| lin.; (2)1 in. 8-9 lin. 3. Very like L. parsimon (Fabr.), 3, on upperside. Dull brownish-grey ; a fuscous hind-margined edging line ; cilia brownish-grey bascdly, whitish externally; pattern of underside indistinctly shown, the most apparent marking being the darker termincd disco-cellular striola in both wings. Hind wing : close to hind margin the usual fuscous spot, between 1st and 2nd median nervules, rather small and ill-defined, externally whitish-edged; below 1st median nervule the trace of a second similar spot; no tail. UNDERSIDE.-Dull creamy-whitish, with conspicuous black spots faintly white-edged. Fore wing: discocellular terminal striola thick and black; discal series of six spots-the upper three forming a regular continuous transverse streak between 4th subcostal and 3rd median nervules, but the other three all separate and before the upper three, the 5th spot (between 2nd and 1st median nervules) being nearer to base than the 4th and 6th spots ; a submarginal ochreous-brown streak, widening downward, parallel to and not very far before hind-marginal edge, which is bounded by a black line. Hind wing : a subbasal series of three rounded spots, the middle one in discoidal cell; terminal cellular striola thick, black, curved ; discal series of eight spots (all separate) strongly bisinuated-the 1st and 8th spots before, the 2nd and 5th about, and the remainder beyond middle ; the 7th spot strongly crescentic ; a black hind-marginal edging line as in fore wing, and a faint indication of a submarginal ochreous-brown line, which below second median nervule widens into two very diffuse ochre-yellow lunulate marks; immediately beyond the latter are a rounded superior and elongate inferior black spot, the upper profusely, the |