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about equal size. It is more than probable that C. pyranthe is the 

 dry-season form and C. gnoma the wet-season form of one species, 

 which will stand under the former name. 



96. Belenois rnesentina, Cramer. This butterfly is very common 

 in parts of the Central Provinces. It is a variable insect in the 

 depth of its colouring. The upperside is white. The forewing has 

 a black bar across the apex of the wing, which is bordered with 

 black, and between the bar and the apex the veins are marked wich 

 black, so that the white ground is broken up into spots. There is 

 also a black mark like a comma reversed, defining the end of the 

 cell on the forewing. The hindwing has a scalloped border in black. 

 Underneath, the black markings are all more defined, and the veins 

 of the hindwing are clearly marked with black. In some specimens 

 the underside is quite pale, in others it is more or less suffused 

 with pale orange, which is more decided over the hindwing and the 

 apex of the forewing. In the female the markings are all more 

 defined than in the male. The caterpillar and chrysalis are both 

 pale green. The caterpillar feeds on a thorny plant with small 

 leaves, the name of which I do not know. 



97. Huphina phryne, Fabricius. This is also a very variable 

 species. It is difficult to describe the varieties so as to bring 

 them within the scope of an unscientific paper as this professes to 

 be. It very much resembles the last butterfly in colour and habits, 

 but its forewing is a little more rounded than in B. rnesentina, and 

 the black mark on the forewing defining the cell is not found in 

 H. phryne except in the specimens occurring after the rains, when the 

 whole cell is defined as well as the rest of the veins with black. The 

 specimens taken in the winter and hot weather are altogether paler 

 than those taken in the rains and early autumn. The latter have the 

 veins distinctly marked, especially on the underside, and the wings 

 are bordered with black, while the yellow suffusing the ground-colour 

 is of a richer tint. In the pale specimens the yellow sometimes is 

 only just a tinge of colour over the white. The female at all seasons 

 is darker altogether than the male. Both B. rnesentina and 

 H. phryne frequent hedgerows and low bushes, and settle constantly. 



98. Catophaga paulina, Cramer. The male of this butterfly is 

 pure white unrelieved by any other colour with the exception of a 



