68 l)r. A, G. Butler on Lepidoptera from Nyasa. 



Said to be unquestionably the wet-season form of the 

 following. It would appear that the climate of Nyasa must 

 be as variable and uncertain as that of England ! 



1 a. Var. fulvescens. 



CyUo leda,yax.fulvescens, Guenee in Maillard's ' Reiiuion,' ii., Lep. 

 p. 15 (1863). 



Lipembi, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 22nd, 1895. 



" Dusky brown Thicket. A curious insect of owlish habits, 

 frequenting the gloom of thick covert, and not taking wing in 

 the daytime unless disturbed ; flies at dusk " [R. C). 



2. Char axes flavifasciatus. 



Charaxes castor, x&w flavifasciatus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 251. 



Upper Leya, 6 miles N.W. of Deep Bay, W. coast of Lake 

 Nyasa, March 3rd, 1895. ' 



" Dark brown, blue and gold Admiral. Taken feasting on 

 fresh leopard's excrement about half a mile beyond where 

 I captured the large Azure" (i?. C). 



3. Charaxes saturnus. 

 Charaxes saturnus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 624, pi. xxxA-i. fig. 1. 



(J, Deep Bay, Feb. 13th, 1895. 



" Large light brown barred Admiral with two tails. Taken 

 feasting on freshly killed lion-skin" [R. C). 



4. Charaxes guderiana. 



S- Nymphalis guderiana, Dewitz, Nova Acta Akad. Naturf. Halle, 



1879, p. 200, pi. ii. fig. 18. 

 2 ■ Charaxes quderiatia, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 648 ; Trimen, P. Z. S. 



1894, pi. V. fig. 8. 



Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa : c?, Jan. 28tli; ? , Feb. 1st, 

 1895. 



Mr. Crawshay calls the male the " Indigo Admiral," and 

 the female, which contained " 25 large and light green fully 

 developed eggs," he describes as " Large light-brown-barred 

 Admiral with four tails." 



5. Charaxes ethah'on (Eastern type). 

 $. Charaxes ethalion, Boisduval, Voy. de Deleg. ii. p. 593 (1847). 

 S , Upper Leya, 6 miles N.W. of Deep Bay, March 3rd, 

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



