274 Dr. G. B. Longstaff on 



7. Precis orithyia madagascariensis, Guen. 



Three $ <J and two $ $, Dilling, Nov. 16, 1904 ; three # <J, 

 Tira Mandi, Nov. 23, 25, 26, 1904 ; one <£ Kadugli, Dec. 

 13, 1904. 



Of this species Dr. Eltringham says ; " The typical 

 orithyia was first described from China, the sub-species 

 madagascariensis (=-- boopis, Trimen) being the form inhabit- 

 ing the African continent and Madagascar. The sub- 

 species here, Lang, is found in Arabia, and is smaller, and 

 without the red marks in fore-wing cell." 



Dilling is nearly 2i° north of the Bahr al-Zarafa, the 

 previous White Nile record. 



la. Precis octavia, f. sesamus, Trimen. 



One $, Jebel Shwai, Nov. 21, 1904; one <J, Kadugli, 

 Dec. 13, 1904, and one $ from the same locality, Jan. 18, 

 1905. 



" The dry-season form of P. octavia ; one $ may be 

 regarded as tending slightly to an intermediate in that it 

 shows rather more red, especially in the fore- wing cell " 

 (Eltringham). Prof. Poulton tells me that this specimen 

 much resembles the Abyssinian form, which is nearer to 

 the western sub-species than to the southern form, which 

 is found in British East Africa. 



Although occurring in Abyssinia and Somaliland and 

 widely distributed throughout South Africa, it is not in 

 the White Nile list. 



76. Catacroptera cloanthe cloanthe, Cram. 



One $, Khororak, Nov. 29, 1904 ; one $, one $, Kadugli, 

 Dec. 13, 1904. 



" One <§ specimen tends towards the dry-season form 

 named obscurior by Staudinger, in which the underside 

 is darker" (Eltringham). 



This species is not in the White Nile list, but has been 

 found in Abyssinia and is widely distributed in Africa 

 south of the Equator. 



9. Hamanumida daedalus, Fabr. 



One $ and one ?, Dilling [Lat. 12° 3' N.], Nov. 16, 1904 ; 

 one $, Jebel Shwai [Lat. 10° 11' N.], Nov. 21, 1904. 



