446 Lieut.-Colonel N. Manders on the 
or less profusion all the year round in gardens and waste 
lands. The transformations are well known. Lycena 
mylica has been recorded by Guenée from Bourbon and 
is incorporated in Vinson’s list without remark. By the 
figure given in Melville it is very close to and perhaps 
identical with /ysimon. 
Cupido (Zizera) antanossa, Mabille. 
Mabille, “Bull de la Soc. Ent. de France” (1877), p. 101. 
Not previously recorded from Mauritius, and apparently 
absent from Bourbon. I think it is a recent arrival, as 
it was not taken by Captain Tulloch, who collected in the 
island until three or four years ago. It is widely dis- 
tributed and not uncommon, but is quite likely to be 
overlooked, as it flies with gaika and lysimon and might 
be readily mistaken for either. It has a great resemblance 
to the Indian Z. maha, and undergoes the same seasonal 
changes. It has the same habits as the rest of the genus, 
flying low about the herbage and never resorting to bushes 
or trees. I give the various localities where I have taken 
it. I first took it at Quatre Bornes in November 1905, 
when it was worn. In the following month (8rd and 11th) 
it was in good condition and more common, On Trianon 
estate one specimen, XII. At Le Réduit in the Governor's 
Garden, iv. ’06, a few. At the Citadel, Port Louis, 
7. xi. 06, numerous, and one specimen in the garden of 
my house at Curepipe. It occurs therefore at all elevations 
from the coast to 1,800 feet. It is rare in Madagascar, 
but has a wide range in Natal and Central Africa. 
Nacaduba mandersi, Druce (Plate XXIX, figs. 5, 5a). 
Described and named from specimens collected by 
me by Mr. Hamilton H. Druce, (‘‘Ann. and Mag. Nat. 
Hist.” Ser. 7, vol. xx, p. 219, September 1907). 
It is surprising that it has not been previously discovered 
in Mauritius, as it is abundant at Blue Bay, Mahéburg, a 
noted place for picnics; but it is never found away from the 
food-plant, which being of an abominably prickly nature is 
naturally avoided. The manner of flight is quite different 
from any other Lycenid found in the island, and it was 
this peculiarity which first attracted my attention. It flies 
very much like the “ Holly-blue,” well above the ground 
and sometimes to a considerable height, and indulges in 
