(517) 



the npperside is liliiish white proxiinally, while in P. pelargn f. pelargn tlie hand 

 is rather ilee])er orange in the ? than in the i . 



In both forms o^ Precis actia the upper lobe of the clasper of the S is armed 

 at the end with several spikelike teeth ; in P. pclnrga the lobe is divided at the 

 end only into two long teetli. 



24. Precis pyriformis. 



Junmiia jtijrlfnrmls Butler, Proc. Zonl. .Sor. Lmid. 1895. p. 726. n. 20. t. 42. f. 5. 6 ((J) (18H6) 



(Ruwenzori). 

 Precis milouia var. ? (ab. ?)2}yrifm-m>>!, Aurivillius, !.c. p. 139. sub n. 16 (1899). 

 Precis milmiia, Pagenstecher, l.r. p. 141. d. 9 (1902). 



We have a long series of a Precis from British East Africa which in the c? 

 agrees with pi/ri/or»iis. The ? ? have a much paler band to the np])erside of 

 the wings than the ? described by Bntler, I.e., agreeing in colour with the ? ? 

 of aurorina of the same author. We think it quite possible that pyriformis 

 is only the tropical subspecies of P. tugela. We have unfortunately only a few 

 specimens of tugela, and therefore do not know how far the differences 

 distinguishing it from piriformis hold good. The difference in the sexnal 

 armature is minute and perhaps not constant. The length of the hook of the 

 forewing is variable in tugela as well as pgriformis. 



P. aurorina Butler, I.e. 1893. p. 6.51. n. 3.5. t. 60. f 3. (J) 1.S94) (Nyassa- 

 land) may be the "wet phase" of tugela. We have no adequate material for 

 entering into the question. 



The specimens obtained by Oscar Nenmann agree with our East African ones. 

 There are \-\: S 6 , 2 ? ? from: Lake Abassi, 4. xii. 00; Naja to Banka, Male, 

 14. ii. 01 ; Banka, Malo, 17. ii. 01 ; Dereta Mts., Kaffa, 2. iii. ol ; Wari to 

 Gamitscha, Kaffa, 5. iii. 01 ; Kankati to Djibbe, Djimma, 26. iii. Ol : Detscha 

 to Schnbba, Kaffa, 11. iv. 01. 



Anrivillius, Lc, unites under Precis milouia, besides jn/riformis at least fonr 

 more species: namely, (1) ?nilonia ; (2) aurorina = ? tugela; (3) rauana; (4) 

 sinuata = pelargoides. 



Precis milonia. 



Precis milonia Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. p. 403. n. 60.3 (1867) (Old Calabar). 

 Junonia kowara Ward, Eiit. Mo. Mag. viii. p. 82 (1871) (Old Calabar ; Kamerun). 



This species is one of the rarer ones. We have 5 c? <? and 2 S ? from : Old 

 t'alabar ; Bipindi, Karaernn, December 1899 ; Gaboon ; Arnwimi Forest, three and 

 fonr days' march from Fort Beni, Congo Free State, 7. & 8. v. 1899 (Dr. Ansorge). 



Both sexes are broad-winged, resembling the ¥ of P. sinuata f. sinuata, but 

 the band on the ni)iK'rside of the wings is deeper in tint. Tlie pale lines in the 

 black border to the upperside of the hindwing are rather broad, especially in the ? . 

 The sexual armature is very distinct. In the S the tenth tergite of the abdomen 

 is long, triangidar, compressed distally, almost pointed, the apical sinus not being 

 distinct in a dorsal view. Tin' structure of the clasper is j)eculiar. The dorsal lobe 

 is lung, conical, slightly curved inwards and downwards, and is armeil at the apex 

 with two sharp conical teeth curved towards eacli other ; the middle proi-ess of the 

 clasper, which in other species is bent towards the penis forming a kind of sheath 

 from which the penis projects, is in milouia feebly chitinised, biung pale throughout. 



