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Show r T 17 58 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA [Jan. Originally described from a specimen taken at Ambriz by the late Mr. Monteiro. SATYRIN^E. 5. GNOPHODES DIVERSA. Gnophodes diversa, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. v. p. 333(1880). F<5da, 28th October and 10th November, 1885. Smaller than Natal specimens, but otherwise identical. 6. MELANITIS SOLANDRA, var. Papilio solandra, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 500. n. 244 (1775). 9 . Stazione Bauri, July 1883 ; 3- F6da, 23rd October, 1885. This is the Congo type of the species ; whether it is distinct from the M helena of Westwood or even from the true M. leda of Linnaeus can only be shown by careful breeding ; that it is distinct from my M. determinata (the M. leda of Indian authors) may be safely taken for granted, since the red-brown, rufous, and russet types do not occur in India. . , It is true that in 1867, as Mr. Trimen says, I communicated a paper to the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' in which I described the whole of the olive-brown and rufous types, all the simple-winged and falcated tvpes, all the ocellated and non-ocellated types as varieties of M. leda ; but I must confess that after the lapse of 20 years I feel considerable doubt as to the correctness of my then untrained opinion ; as a matter of fact, nobody has conclusively proved the identity or non-identity of the many named types which have been associated under the name of M. leda. This being the case I prefer, when naming a collection, to quote the description or figure which fits the specimens before me, though at the same time°I abstain from adding to the series of names which may have to be abolished. 7. MYCALESIS INJUSTA. Mycalesis injusta, Wallengren, Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 33. n. 1 (1857). Foda, 22nd and 23rd October, 1885 ; Monbuttu, July and August. 8. MYCALESIS EUSIRUS. Mycalesis eusirus, Hopffer, Ber. Verh. Ak. Berl. 1855, p. 641. n. 13. 3. Tobbo, 21st May, 1883. 9. MYCALESIS CAFFRA. Mycalesis caffra, Wallengren, Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 34. n. 2 (1857). Kangasi, 22nd July, 1883 ; Foda, 26th November, 1885. The three preceding forms have been regarded as varieties of one |
