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Show 1896.J BUTTERFLIES OF THE FAMILY HESPEEIID^E. 21 say that we are dealing here with two distinct species. " is muddy yellow, and nothing is commoner among the Hesperiidae than the change of the white markings of the abdomen into yellowish by greasing and other accidents. I am reluctant to differ from my learned friend Dr. Butler on any point, but after studying the specimens before me with the figures and descriptions given by himself and Westwood, I am still of the opiuion that Mr. Trimen's original identification was correct, and that the separation of the form known to Trimen from that described by Westwood is an unnecessary refinement. 66. A. BISMARKI, Karsch. Abantis bismarki, Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xviii. p. 228 (1892); Berl. Ent. Zeit. vol. xxxviii. p. 242, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1893). Hab. Togoland. 67. A. BICOLOR, Trim. Leucochitonea bicolor, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (3) vol. p. 180 (1864); Rhop. Afr. Austr. vol. ii. p. 307, pi. 6. fig. 1 (1866). Sapcea bicolor, Ploetz, S. E. Z. vol. xl. pp. 177, 179 (1879). Abantis bicolor, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 340 (1889); Wats. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 63. Hab. S. Africa. 68. A. VENOSA, Trim. Abantis venosa, Trim. S. Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 339 (1889) ; P. Z. S. 1891, p. 105, pi. ix. fig. 24. Leucochitonea umvtdensis, Sharpe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) vol. vi. p. 348 (1890). Hab. South Tropical Africa and Transvaal. 69. A. ELEGANTULA, Mab. Abantis elegantula, Mab. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1890, p. 32 Novit. Lepidopt. p. 23, pi. iii. fig. 6 (1891). Hab. Sierra Leone. 70. A. EFULENSIS, sp. nov. (Plate V. fig. 12.) <$. Allied to A. elegantula, Mab., from which it differs by the entire absence of the discal spots on the primaries. The secondaries are white, with the basal third, the outer angle, and the inner margin clouded with dark brown, shading on the costa into orange-red. The white outer area is intersected by the veins, which are black. On the underside, the primaries are much paler than on the npperside and are slightly tinged near the base and on the costa with ochreous. The secondaries are pure white, except on the costal margin and the outer angle, where they are laved with pale brown shadin0, into ochraceous. The veins on the underside are not black |