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13 (?<?, 1 ?, from: Gillet Mts., Somalilatid, 19UU-2200 m., 22. vi. & 

 1. vii. 00 ; Alnik-assiiu, 2400 — 2(300 m., 16. vii. 00 ; Upper Bnssijn R., Gindobevat, 

 25. ix. 00 ; Badattino, Giudeberat, 4. x. 00 ; Kaokati Forest, Djimiiia, ■'>. iv. 01. 



20. Precis coelestina. 



Precis mehdimi Dewitz, Nova Ada A<: Xat. Cm: xii. 2. 2. p. 21 (Separ.) t. i. f. 13 (187',l) (Angola). 



2 c?(? from Banka, Mole, 17. ii. 01 ; Dalba to Uma R., Konta, 28. ii. 01. 



Ill the " wet phase " of this species the edge of the wing is scalloped and the 

 fringe distinctly spotted with white. In the " dry phase," which is rather larger, 

 the distal margins of the wings are nearly even, the fringe is unicolorons, and the 

 undersurface of the wings is more uniform in colour than in the " wet phase." 

 The two (? (? collected by 0. Neumann are intermediate. 



We have cot'lesti/ia also from Unyoro and the Naudi country, Uganda. 



27. Precis limnoria taveta. 



Prech tareta Rogenhofer, Ann. K. K. Jlofmiis. Wien vi. p. 4(50. n. 31. t. 15 f. 7 (1891) (Taveta). 

 Precis limnoria var. lavetri, Aurivillius, Ic. p. 140. n. 21 (18'.1',l) ; Pagenst., I.e. p. 141. u. 10 (1902). 



We have (in coll. Felder) a series of specimens from Bogos, obtained in 

 October by Hansal. These individuals all agree with Guerin's figure of naib. The 

 sjiecimens collected by 0. Neum;i.uii and Baron Erlanger, as well as those which 

 we possess from British and German East Africa, belong to the form described and 

 figured by Rogenhofer as a distinct species, tareta. It is iirobable that the two 

 forms are seasonal. They agree in structure. Against their being seasonal (not 

 geographical) forms of one species speaks, however, the fact that the cryjitic form 

 naib is smaller than the brighter-coloured form tarda. 



6 S3, 2 ? ? from: Harar, 30. iv. 00 ; Abd-el-Kadr, 14. & 15. v. 00 ; Ganda 

 Kore, Argobba, 20. v. 00 ; Bubassa, near Harar, 22. v. 00 ; Djabdjabdn, 24. v. 00 ; 

 Gobele R. to Ganda Ali, 28. v. 00. 



28. Precis chorimene. 



Vanessa chorimene Guerin, Iron. Regne .inim., Ins. p. 47,0 (1844) (Senegal). 



Precis chorimene, Aurivillius, I.e. p. 142. n. 27 (1899) ; Pagen.st., /..■. p. 142. n. 13 (1902). 



A West African species, extending from the Senegal to the Congo, and 

 eastwards to Uganda, Abyssinia, the Harar Highlands, and Arabia, not found in 

 British and German East Africa, and fartlicr south on tiie east coast of the 

 (Continent. 



12 SS, 4 ? ? from : Harar, 12. & 20. iv. 00 ; Waleuso, Gillet Mts., 2000 m, 

 9. vii. 00 ; Abnlcassim, 24o0~2000 m., 10. vii. 00 ; Motscho, Hauasch R., 6. viii. 00 ; 

 Bis-Bali, Schoa, K viii. 00 ; Sekuala, Schoa, 17. & 18. xi. 00 ; Alesa, Kotscha, 23. & 

 24. ii. 01 ; Alesa to Schetie, Kotscha, 25. ii. 01 ; Dalbe to Uma R., Konta, 28, ii. 01 ; 

 Uma R., Konta, 1. iii. 01. 



Specimens bearing a white costal spot on tiie underside of the hindwing occur 

 everywhere in the range of the species. Some specimens are much more uiiifornily 

 coloured beneath than others, and have a more strongly angnlated hindwing. 



Precis iiaclitigtdli is structurally the same usartaxia, it being the " wet phase " 

 and iirtaxia the " dry phase " : see Marshall & Poulton, Tram. Ertt. Soc. Lond. 

 p. 414 (1902). Ill IW.rl. Ent. '/yu^rhr. xlviii. ji. 137. t. 2. f. 11 (1903) Herr Thurau 



