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Show 1902.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM UGANDA. 49 I once supposed that A. orinata would prove to be a variety of A. oppidia <$, and Prof. Aurivillius believed it to be a form of A. orina, but we were both wrong; it is a good distinct species. APHN^EUS HOLLANDI, sp. n. (Plate I. fig. 7.) o". Nearly allied to A. orcas; but the metallic colouring of the upper surface more brilliant and rather emerald-green than greenish blue ; the black cell-spots on the primaries are considerably larger and the apical area is black with scarcely a trace of metallic scaling, the subapical series of spots (of which only the two uppermost are clearly visible) reduced to a few metallic scales; on the secondaries the metallic patch extends closer to the outer margin, the apical area is browner, and the marginal spot between the tails is ochreous instead of red : on the under surface the differences are much more marked ; the ground-colour of the primaries is of a palish earthy brown with the silver markings bordered with deep maroon; the arrangement similar to that in A. orcas, but the short band at end of cell truncated in front and gradually narrowing backwards; no submarginal silver spots; the oblique streak towards external angle very narrow; secondaries with the ground-colour yellowish stone-colour suffused with grey (or sordid) towards base and apex; the silver markings bordered with ferruginous red; the arrangement of these markings is similar to that in A. orcas, but the submarginal series is placed upon a ferruginous band and is almost obliterated excepting at anal angle ; the oblique internal bar above the latter is curved, so as almost to join the broad discal belt, and the two silver spots above it are greatly reduced in size ; the anal lobe is much paler in colouring-ochreous with a quadrate central ferruginous patch ; the fringe brown where it is black in A. orcas. Expanse of wings 39 mm. Congo forest, July 16th, 1900. I have named this beautiful little butterfly in honour of my friend Dr. W . J. Holland of Pittsburg, whose admirable photographic plate in the 'Entomological News' for 1893 has greatly facilitated the identification of the species of Aphnozus. BELENOIS CALYPSO Drury. Var. S • The secondaries white below, with the usual markings, but the orange streaks at base and apex of costa (which are usually ill-defined) and a dash at the base of the submedian vein sharply defined in deep orange (more so than in B. dentigera). Prof. Aurivillius correctly states that B. agylla is synonymous with B. solilucis (not with B. ianthe). Until I saw the specimens in the present collection, I was not aware that the border of the primaries was ever so wide in B. solilucis as is shown in Rogenhofer's figure, and I naturally supposed the regularity of the border in that figure to be due to inaccurate drawing. PROC. ZOOL. Soc.-1902, VOL. I. No. TV, 4 |