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Show 644 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM [NOV. 7, RHOPALOCERA. 1. AMAURIS OCHLEA. Banais ochlea, Boisduval, Voy. de Deleg. ii. p. 589 (1847). Zomba, Jan. 1893. 2. AMAURIS LOBENGULA. Nebroda lobengula, E. M. Sharpe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. vol. vi. p. 346 (1890). <S. Near to A. albimaculata of Natal, considerably larger and with the costal margin of the primaries comparatively longer (even more so than in A. hanningtonii) ; the spot in the cell much larger, the latter and the subquadrate spot at centre of the lower median interspace of a less pure white; the ochreous belt on the secondaries brighter and of fully double the width; submarginal spots nearly as in A. echeria. Expanse of wings 90 millim. Zomba, July 1892. Our largest male example of A. albimaculata measures 72 millim. in expanse. 3. AMAURIS WHYTEI, sp. n. S 2 • Near to A. echeria; larger, the primaries with white spots very slightly tinted with ochre and formed as in A. hanningtonii ; the secondaries with the ochreous belt paler and duller, resembling the under-surface colouring in A. echeria, quite half as wide again as in that species, and with a less acutely angled outer edge: from the preceding species it differs in its inferior size, less produced primaries with yellower spots, the narrower, duller, and paler ochreous belt on the secondaries, and consequently broader black outer border. Expanse of wings 85 millim. Zomba, December 1892. I had hoped to find that this was the A. steckeri of Kheil, the label of which remained a blank in the collection ; but, on looking up the description and figure, I find that A. steckeri is typical A. echeria and has been compared with A. albimaculata under the impression that the latter represented Stoll's species. A. whytei is nearer to A. jacksoni, E. M. Sharpe, but perfectly distinct. 4. LlMNAS CHRYSIPPUS. Papilio chrysippus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 263 (1764). c? 2, Zomba, July 1892 ; $ , Lake Mweru. 4 a. LlMNAS KLUGII. Limnas klucjii, Butler, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 758, n. 2. 2 , Rhodesia, Lake Mweru, June 11, 1892. 4 b. LlMNAS DORIPPUS. Euplcea dorippus, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 48. figs. 1-4. 2, Lake Mweru. I did not find L. alcippus in the collection ; but as Hypolimnas |
