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July U Tantia-Moshi 37°56' E. 4° 3()' 8. Thom-busli. 

 Railway, Mabii'ioni, 

 (" Cierman Bridge ") 



'>.'} Haudeni About 38° E. 0° S. Woodland and 



" thorn-bush, 2800 ft. 



Sept. (J Bagamoyo, 37 m. N. of Dar-es- Coco plantation, 



Salain, on coast 100 ft. 



13 Ngerengere, on Central Railway, Thick thorn-bush. 

 100 ni. W. of Dar-es-Salani. 



„ 30 Kondutschi, 10 m. N. of Dar-es- Coco plantation, 



Salani, on coast 50 ft. 



Nov 10-14 Tano-a 5° S. on coast. Coco plantation, 



* 50 ft. 



At the above dates and localities the wet season prevailed 

 until about June 16, when the dry began. The rain of the 

 next change was first encountered on September 6. 



DANAINAE. 

 Danaida formosa, C4odni. 



A nice series in fine condition. 



Same, Mabirioni. 9 SS, 3 ??. May 16-July 14. 



D. petiverana, Doubl. 

 Ufiomi (woodland). 1 3- J^^^e ^^ 



D. chrysippus, Linn. 



Forty examples, of which only three are typical chrij- 

 sippus. One approaches alcippoides, Moore, and three are 

 of the alhinus, Lanz, form. The rest are all dorippus 

 Klug.* The remarkable corresponding predommance of 

 ihe.^daira form of Acraea encedon in this collection is 

 referred to under that species. 



All dorijjjyus unless otherwise stated. 



Kikuletwa, Darjama River (thorn-bush)— 1 $ Mar. 19; 

 Loldiloi (wooded river-side)— 1 1 S3, 1 3 chrysippus, I 3 



* h\ Seitz' " Macrolepidoptera," Professor Aurivillius separates 

 the dorippus form as a distinct species, with the remark that there 

 is not sufficient evidence of its specific identity with chn/sippiis ! 



Anij good series, however, shows many remarkable inter>iicd tales, 

 and specmens in the Hope Deparlmenl bred by the late Col. Manders 

 show in a large number of specimens the instability of the Jore-wmg 

 apical black. There can be no doubt Ihatdoiipjmii is a Jorm oj 

 chrysippus JM.s/ as inaiia is a form o/ misippus. 



