1895.] FROM BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. 251 



and Lake Mvveru, but several most startling novelties, the first of 

 which is Junonia pavonina, a lovely new species allied to /. artaxia. 

 Another very interesting Butterfly in the collection is the female 

 of my Crenis crawshayi, clearly proving its distinctness from the 

 allied C. conconlia of Hopffer. Among the Moths of Mr. Carson's 

 collection is one belonging to a beautiful new genus of Litliosiidce 

 bearing a most striking resemblance, in the disposition of its colours 

 and somewhat complicated pattern, to the Agaristid genus Pais : 

 examples of the beautiful Noctuid moth Calliodes glaucescens, pre- 

 viously received from Zomba only, were also among those obtained. 

 The following is a list of the species of which specimens were 

 acquired : 



RHOPALOCERA. 



1. AMAURIS WHYTEI. 



Amauris ivhytei, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 644. 

 $, Zomba. 



2. MELANITIS LIBYA. 



Melanitis libya, Distant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. x. 

 p. 405 (1882) ; Trimen, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 22, pi. iv. fig. 2. 

 d , Zomba. 



3. MELANITIS SOLANDRA. 



Papilio solandra, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 500 (1775). 

 Zomba. 



4. SAMANTA PERSPICUA. 



Mycalesis perspicua, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1873, 

 p. 104, pi. i. fig. 3. 

 Ewambo. 



5. CHARAXES CASTOR, var. FLAVIFASCJATUS. 



The Eastern and Central African race of C. castor-, having the 

 upper-surface coloration of C. hansalii, with the general marking of 

 the type form, from which the width of the central band principally 

 distinguishes it ; on the under surface, however, the dark markings 

 on the basal half are greenish grey, there is a black transverse 

 spot on the wider central white band, and the deep red band is 

 clearly broken up into spots by whitish nervular streaks. Expanse 

 of wings 4 inches to 4 inches 4 lines. 



Zomba. 



6. CHARAXES SATURNUS. 



Charades saturnus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 624, pi. 36. fig. 1 ; 

 $ , Lep. Exot. i. p. 5, pi. 2. fig. 2 (1869). 



<5 , Zomba. 



In the same collection is the female of a male insect which I have 

 considered since 1893 to be a variety of C. saturnus, but respecting 



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