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Show 336 MISS E. M. SHARPE O N BUTTERPLIES [Apr. 3, 6. MYCALESIS PERSPICUA. Mycalesis perspicua, Trim.; Kirby, op. cit. App. p. 707 (1877) ; Trimen, op. cit. i. p. 107 (1887). Samanta perspicua, Butl. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 59 (Tobbo). a, b. Nzoi, 3500 feet, Feb. 1-15, 1892. c. Maunguto Maragoyakanga, 3100 to 2400 feet, Dec. 12,1891. 7. MYCALESIS SOCOTRANA. Calysisme socotrana, Butl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 175, pi. xvii. fig. 7 (Socotra). a. Maungu to Maragoyakanga, 3100 to 2400 feet, Dec. 30,1891. 8. YPTHIMA DOLETA. Mycalesis doleta, Kirby, Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc. (2) ii. p. 336 (1880); Godm. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 220 (Lower Niger). a. March from Mreru in Ndi to Tsavo, 2300 to 1650 feet, Jan. 9-11, 1892. b. Voi River, 1600 feet, Jan. 20, 1892. 9. YPTHIMA ALBIDA. (Plate XIX. fig. 4.) Ypthima albida, Butl. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 59 (Foda). a. Teita District. 10. NEOCENYRA DUPLEX. Neoccenyra duplex, Butl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 758 (Somaliland). a. Maungu to Maragoyakanga, 3100 to 2400 feet, Dec. 30,1891. b. Mreru in Ndi to Tsavo, ^300 to 1650 feet, Jan. 9-11,1892. c. Nzoi, 3500 feet, Feb. 1-15, 1892. RHAPHICEROPSIS, gen. nov. Similar to the genus Neope, but easily distinguished by the spatulate club to the antennae. The type is 11. RHAPHICEROPSIS PRINGLEI, sp. n. (Plate XIX. figs. 1, 2.) Colour very pale primrose-yellow with black markings. Fore wing: basal half pale yellow, the apical half black as well as the hind margin beyond the posterior angle. There are three small spots of yellow, one in each of the second and third median nervules, and the third above the subcostal nervure. From the costal margin is an oblique mark of yellow reaching to the apical end of the discoidal cell; base of wing blackish ; near the base is a small black spot. Hind wing almost entirely primose-yellow, the mottlings of the under surface visible; a black line along tbe costa and hind margin to the anal angle ; on the first median nervule is a small maroon spot; above the hind marginal border a black spot between the first and second median nervule, the marginal line |