Dr. A. G. Butler on Lepidoptera from Nyasa. 73 



17. Pyrameis cardui. 



Papilio cardui, Linnaeus, Faun. Suec. p. 276 (1761). 



Deep Bay, Feb. 4tli, 1895. 

 "Painted Lady" {R. C). 



18. Metacrenis Crawshayi. 



Crenis Crmoshayi, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 654, pi. Ix. fig. 5. 



cJ, Karora, 9 miles N.W. of Deep Bay, March 3rd, 1895. 

 " Plum-coloured Fritillary. Rare and difficult to catch, as 

 it perches high ; taken in open forest " {R. C). 



19. Euphcedra neophron. 



Romaleosoma neophron, Hopfter, Ber. Verb. Ak. Berl. 1855, p. 640 ; 

 Peters's Eeisen. Mossamb. Zool. v. p. 386, pi. xxii. figs. 1, 2 (1862). 



cj , Kaporo, Songwi River plains, Feb. 25th ; Upper Leya, 

 6 miles N.W. of Deep Bay, March 3rd, 1895. 



" Light blue, gold and black Admiral. A lover of dark 

 cool shades" {R. C). 



Both specimens a good deal worn ; they belong to the 

 greenish variety figured by Hopffer. 



20. Eur y tela dry ope. 



Papilio dryope, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. Ixxviii. figs. E, F (1779). 



Mtambwi, foot of Nyika plateau, Feb. 4th, 1895. 

 " Orange-belted Tortoiseshell" (S. C). 



21. Byhlia vulgaris. 



Hypanis ilithyia, var. vulgaris, Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. p. 106 



(1884-88). 



Mrali, 25 miles N. of Deep Bay, Feb. 22nd, 1895. 



This species occurs in January, February, June, November, 

 and December, according to the collector's dates on our speci- 

 mens. It is supposed to be a varietal form of B. ilithyia in 

 Africa. Our African examples of the latter were obtained in 

 January, November, and December, but most of them are not 

 dated. From Arabia we have one labelled June ; from India, 

 however, they are dated April, May, and October. I believe 

 B. acheloia is supposed to be the extreme development of the 

 dry-season form in South Africa. The puzzle to me is, Why 

 sliould a species common to India and Africa produce totally 

 different varietal forms in the two countries ? As B. vulgaris 

 only occurs in Africa, it can therefore only be supposed that 



