On Butterflies from Nyasaland. 59 



VIII. — Oil a Second Collection of Butterflies obtained hy 

 Mr. Edward M. de Jersey in Nyasaland. By A. G. 

 Butler, Ph.D. &c. 



The present collection was sent off from Likoma on May 2;hd 

 of the present year, and consists of forty-five species of 

 Butterflies obtained in April and May. The following is a 

 list of the species : — 



Nymphalidae. 



1. Precis simia^ Wallgr. 



c? ? ? , Matope, 13th April. 



One normal female and an interesting pair (as large as 

 typical P. octavia, but at once distinguishable by the double 

 instead of single black band across the end of the discoidal 

 cell of primaries) ; the absence of the diffused pink belt on 

 the upper surface and the heavy connected black markings 

 on the basal half of the secondaries below distinguish it at a 

 glance from P. Trimenii. 



2. Precis cuama^ Hewits. 

 ? , Matope, loth April. 



3. Precis cebrene^ Trimen. 

 ? ? , Likoma, 24th April and May. 



4. Precis clelia, Cramer. 



Likoma and Chisumulu (an island off Likoma), May. 



5. Precis boopis, Trimen. 



J ^ , Mpondas, two miles north of Nyasa, 18th April ; 

 Likoma, May. 



6. Precis natalica, Felder. 



(J $ , between Mandala and Matope, 12th April. 



7. Hamanumida dcedalus, Fabr. 



? ? , between Mandala and Matope, 12th April; Likoma, 

 May. 



8. Atella phalantha^ Drury. 

 ^ , Chisumulu, May. 



