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Show CO MR. R. TRIMEN ON BUTTERFLIES [Jan. 20, blackish subbasal intracellular marking larger, more as in A. masihkazi,Wa\lengv. ; two submarginal streaks pale grey, interrupted on nervules, the inner one commencing with a small costal spot (as in masihkazi) and becoming blackish below 2nd median nervule. Hind wing : subbasal spots extremely indistinct; the two fasciae very much more irregular than in either A. natalensis or A. masilikazi, and m outline and relative position much as in A. ella, Hewits., the extremity of the short outer fascia just meeting a projection of the long median one on 3rd median nervule; two submarginal streaks linear, pale grey broken into lunules, the inner one spangled with silvery along its lower half; a very small anal-angular black spot, and near A M ! submedian nervure) a minute silvery-spangled spot. Although this form is represented by a rather worn individual only, the characters of the underside are so markedlv different from those of any Aphnceus known to m e that I have no hesitation in noting it as a distinct species. The anal-angular lobe of the hind wings appears to be much less prominent than in the allied species, but this may be partly due to the wing being more worn in that part than elsewhere. Omrora (November). One male example. 68. APHN,EUS VICTORIA, Butl. Aphnceus victories, Butl. Ent. M . Mag. xx. p. 251 (1884). Omrora (November). One male example. T, * ha.Te ,already noticed this specimen in my ' South-African butterflies (in. p. 414, note), pointing out the alliance of the species to A. masilikazi, and the singularity of the underside markings which distinguish it. Mr. Butler gives Victoria Nyanza as the habitat of the type. 69. APHNCEUS PHANES, Trim. 8 2 • Aphnceus phanes, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1873 p. H I , pi. I. figs. 4, 5. Ehanda (September), Okavango River (December), and Srfemales <-January)- Six examples; two males and 70. APHNCEUS HOMEYERI, Dewitz. Ann ' ^P.hnfus homeyeri, Dew. Deutsch. ent. Zeitschr. xxx. p. 429, pi. n. figs. 5,5 a, h b, 5 c (1887)l. Omrora (August and November), Ehanda (September). Ten examples; seven males and three females. As Dewitz remarks (loc. cit.), there is close agreement on the uppers.de between this species and A. natalensis (Westw.). As regards the underside, however, not only is the ground-colour of a dec.dedly duller yellow (in some specimens inclining to ochreous or E2^ " 8ltUat6d in ab0Ut6° S*lat* «* 22° 30' vV. long., cToseTo'tS |