some British East African B^dtcrflies. 511 



1 $ and 1 $ , each with chip in left hind-wing, the ^ 

 a little worn, the $ fresh. 



Of the rest, 2 ^ and 2 $, a little worn ; the most perfect 

 % is represented in Plate XXVIII, fig. 2. 



Aug. 6. P.jacksoni, 2 $ and 2 ^. Both females worn, 

 one slightly. 



1907, Feb. 6. P. jacJcsoni, 1 $ and 2 $. Both females 

 worn, one slightly, and both chipped near anal angle of 

 hind-wing. 



(d) Mogoiri and Tuso, 



1907, April 29. Aniauris alhimaculata, 2 ^, rather worn, 

 March 1. A. alhimaculata, 1 ^, much worn. 

 Neptis ivoodwardi, E, M. Sharpe, 1 $, worn, hind-wing 

 patch white. 



March 2. N. woodiuardi, 2 ^, one a little worn. 



1. Tlie Primary Danaine Models. 



In Kikuyu Amauris alhimaculata, Butl., is the dominant 

 species and all my specimens belong to it, whereas on Kili- 

 manjaro Amauris eclieria, Stoll., is also commonly found, 

 as is usually the case where A. alhimaculata occurs. It is 

 quite probable that A. eclieria. exists in Kikuyu, but it 

 must have been comparatively rare in the under-mentioned 

 localities at the times when I visited them. 



2. Nymfhaline Mimics. 



I have never met with Eur alia mima, Trim. ; * and the 

 British East African forms of Pseudacrxa lucrctia seem to 

 fall more properly into the group of which A. ochlea is the 

 centre. Certain varieties of the female in the closely allied 

 sub-species tarquinia from Natal are, on the other hand, 

 excellent mimics of Amauris echeria and alhimacidata. 



A form of the female Aterica galcnc appears to be a 

 well-marked member of this group, while the male is 

 a more outlying member. Although probably always 

 mimetic this species is very independent of the local 



* When glancing over the splendid collection of Congo butterflies 

 in the Brussels Museum, under the kind direction of Monsieur 

 Severin, I noticed several ec/^eHa-like specimens of Euralia dinarcha, 

 Hew. — the var. bartteloti — Grose-Smith, from Beni Bendi, in the 

 central part of the State. I was astonished at this because it was 

 fairly certain that the well-known models did not exist in that 

 locality. Turning to the Danainx, it was at once evident that a 

 form of Amauris egialcd, Cram., with an ochreous hind-wing patch, 

 occurred at the same locality and supplied the model. E. B. P. 



