1896.] FROM NY ASA-LAND. 119 



44. CATOCHRYSOPS HIPPOCRATES. 



Hesperia hippocrates, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 288 (1793) ; 

 Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 45. fig. 3 (1800). 



rf , Lower Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 2nd, 1895. 



A rare western form, which I have not previously seen from 

 Central Africa. 



45. CATOCHRYSOPS GLAUCA. 



Lyccena glauca, Trimen, South Afr. Butt. vol. ii. p. 21 (1887). 



c? c? , Kwereru Hill, Deep Bay, April 22nd, 1895. 



" Chalk-hill Blue. A frequenter of open forest, very active and 

 restless and difficult to capture " (E. C.). 



This very beautiful species is quite new to us : in its pale 

 glittering yellow-greenish tint it stands out distinct from all the 

 other species of the O. parsimon group. 



46. EVERES JOBATES. 



Lyccena jobates, Hopffer, Ber. Verb. Ak. Berlin, 1855, p. 642 ; 

 Peters' Eeise n. Mossamb. v. p. 408, pi. 26. figs. 9, 10 (1862). 



$ , Upper Leya, six miles N.W. of Deep Bay, March 3rd, 

 1895. 



" Orange-lower-wing Blue. Very restless " (R. 0.). 



The finest example I have seen of this somewhat rare species. 



47. AZANUS SIGILLATUS. 



Lampides sigillata, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, 

 vol. xviii. p. 483 (1876). 



c? c? , Mrali, "W. coast of Lake Nyasa, March 2nd, 1895. 



" Lesser Alexis-like Blue " (22. C.). 



A rare form of the A. gamra group, originally described from a 

 pair received from Abyssinia; one of the examples obtained by 

 Mr. Crawshay agrees in all respects with A. natalensis, Trimen, 

 which will therefore have to sink as a synonym of my species. 



48. TARUCUS PLINTHS. 



Hesperia plinius, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 284 (1793). 



Lyccena pulchra, Murray, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1874, p. 524, 

 pi. 10. figs. 7, 8. 



$ , Toot of Jakwa Mt., Henga-Nkamanga, W. of Lake Nyasa, 

 Jan. 28th ; 3 , Mrali, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, March 2nd ; 

 <?, Nvankowa Mt., Nyika, April 10th; $> , Cheni-Cheui Mt., 

 4500 feet alt., Nyika, April 18th; J $ , Lumpi E. valley, 

 Lower Nyika, April 21st, 1895. 



Mr. Crawshay calls the male "Double peacock-spotted hair- 

 tailed Blue," and the female " Peacock-eyed double-tailed Blue " 

 and " Chequered double peacock-eve Blue." 



The species is very common and varies a good deal. 



[13] 



