1896.] FHOM NYASA-LAND. Ill 



13. JUNONIA CERYNE. 



Salamis ceryne, Boisduval, Faun. Madag. p. 46 (1833). 

 tf rf Henga, west of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 1st, 1895. 

 "British (!) Tortoiseshell" (R. C.). 



The trivial name is a curious one; there is certainly no British 

 species of Junonia : memory is a treacherous reed to lean upon. 



14. JUNONIA AURORINA. 



Junonia aurorina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 651, pi. Ix. fig. 3. 



c?, Kondowi, Lower Nyika, April 5th, 1895. 



" Black and orange Tortoiseshell " (R. C.}. 



Prof. Aurivillius considers that J. aurorina, J. milonia = kowara, 

 J. sinuata, and J. tugela may all be races or local forms of one 

 species. This is one of the very few points in which I differ from 

 this admirable Lepidopterist. I think it possible that J. milonia 

 and J. sinuata may be seasonal forms of one species, and J. tugela 

 and J. aurorina of another allied species ; but I do not see my 

 way at present to uniting the western and eastern species, which 

 appear to be constant. Prof. Aurivillius proposes to regard 

 J. pyriformis as a fifth development of the species, but as both the 

 western and eastern forms are already provided with probable dry 

 and wet-season races it would be puzzling to discover under what 

 category to place this singularly formed type : that it is constant 

 in its proper locality seems to be demonstrated conclusively by 

 our seven examples ; but it is not safe to dogmatize about the 

 constancy of African Lepidoptera, and therefore I do not say that 

 transitional links will not be. discovered, which may eventually 

 unite it to J. aurorina, though, at present, I do not believe that 

 such links exist. 



15. JUNONIA CLOANTHA. 



Papilio cloantha, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccxxxviii. A, B (1782). 

 c? rf, Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 1st, 1895. 

 " Hirsute underwinged Tortoiseshell " (R. C.). 



16. JUNONIA ELGIVA. 



Junonia elgiva, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii. Jun. pi. i. fig. 1 (1864). 

 J, Ngerenge, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 27th, 1895. 

 " Old-gold and black Admiral" (R. C.). 



17. JUNONIA BOOPIS. 



Junonia boopis, Trimen, Trans. Erit. Soc. London, 1879, p. 331. 

 c?, Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 1st, 1895. 

 " Blue underwinged Admiral " (R. C.). 



18. JUNONIA CEBRENE. 



Junonia cebrene, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1870, p. 353. 

 (J c? , Henga, Jan. 25th, and Ngerenge, Feb. 24th. 

 ' Light brown and black Admiral " (R. C.). 



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