notes on Butterfiies from the Victoria Nyanza. 213 



already been considered by Professor Poiilton.* He points 

 out the great influence which the Papilios of the zenohia 

 group have had in respect of this character. 



It is interesting to note that this group of Papilios is 

 well represented in the collection, comprising the following 

 species : — 



P. homeycri, Plotz. . . 39 specimens. 



P. cynorta, Fabr, . . 8 „ 



P. pecnliaris, Neave , . 1 „ 



P. zenohia, Fabr. . . 49 ,, 



P. f/allienus, f. lohitnalJi, Neave 6 „ 



As Professor Poultou has pointed out, loc. cit. p. 489, in 

 P. f/al/iemis and its allies, the basal patch is very large and 

 is traversed by black lines instead of spots, a character not 

 occurring in Planema. In the other species the area is 

 smaller and the lines replaced by spots. This condition 

 reaches its extreme in P. jJeculiaris, mihi $, which, as will 

 shortly be shown, is an extraordinarily close mimic of 

 Flanema paragra, Grose-Smith. P. homeycri is also remark- 

 able for the fact that the colour of this patch is more 

 chocolate-brown in colour instead of golden-brown as in 

 other sjaecies. In this respect it approaches P. godmani 

 and P. tirikensis mentioned above. 



Neptis agatha, Stoll (47), and its allies may also be not 

 improbably members of this group. This species exhibits 

 in common with other species of the Ethiopian region a 

 concentration of the white markings on both wings, as 

 Professor Poulton has already pointed out,t in contrast to 

 the broken character of these markings in Oriental species. 

 The flight of these species is also singularly slow and 

 floating when undisturbed and much like that species of 

 Planema and black and white Amanris. 



The variable A. psyttalea, Plotz (81), from many localities 

 was accompanied by its equally variable mimic Hypolimnas 

 duhiiis, Pal. (9), in the more western localities. 



Amauris echeria Group. 



Owing to their extremely close resemblance, A. echeria 

 jaclcsoni, Sharpe, and A. alMmandata hanningtoni, Butler, 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. 1902, p. 488, 

 t Loc. cit. p. 467. 



