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Show 1885.] ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM KILIMA-NJARO. 537 5. A List of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. H. H. Johnston during his recent expedition to Kilima-njaro. By F. D. G O D M A N , F.R.S., &c. [Eeceived May 14, 1885.] Mr. Johnston's collection of Lepidoptera contains 61 specimens, including examples of 27 species ; of the latter there are 21 species of Rhopalocera and 6 of Heterocera. Of theRhopalocera I have described three species as new, and a fourth, a Chrysophanus, of which only one specimen of a female is in the collection, remains unnamed, though it too is probably new. This small collection therefore contains nearly twenty per cent, of novelties, which must be considered a high proportion. But so small is the series that I do not think any comparison of the Lepidopterous fauna of this region with that of the rest of Africa can be entered upon with advantage. Suffice it to say that bv far the majority of the species are widely distributed African ones; that there is a northern element, as shown in Colias edusa, and perhaps the Chrysophanus ; and that there is barely a trace of the Abyssinian fauna in the materials before me. But these suggestions may all be set aside whenever a really representative collection is made. Of the 27 species no less than 19 are represented by single specimens. RHOPALOCERA. 1. DANAIS DORIPPUS. Euploea dorippus, Klug, Symb. Phys., Insecta, t. 48. f. 1-5. Kilima-njaro, rocky, wooded, and cultivated country and grassy downs, at 4000-5000 feet, July. Four examples (2 3, 2 2 )• None of these specimens have any white on the secondaries, and agree best with fig. 5 of Klug's plate. D. dorippus is a common East-African species. 2. ACR.EA JOHNSTONI, Sp. UOV. Alis anticis rufis, apicibus et marginibus externis (introrsum valde sinuatis) nigro-fuscis; posticis ad basin et marginibus externis late nigrescentibus, area discali albida venis fuscis divisa ; subtus anticis fere omnino rufis ad marginem externum canes-centibus, venis nigris et inter eas striolis fuscescentibus; posticis ut supra, limbo externo canescente,venis et striolis inter eas diviso; maculis'quibusdam ad basin nigris; palpis,femoribus interne, abdomine infra, et maculis costalibus, rufis ; capite et thorace maculis albis notatis. Kilima-niaro, clearing in forest at 5500 feet, September. A single male specimen of this apparently very distinct species. |