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We have only a dry phase of this species. It nearly 
approaches P. chapunga (an intermediate phase of P. ar- 
chesia), but is, I believe, a good distinct species. 
43. Precis archesia. 
Papilio archesia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iil. p. 44, pl. cexix. D, E (1779). 
Precis Staudingert, Dewitz, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xli. 2, p. 193, 
pl. xxv. fig. 15 (1879). 
Vanessa pelasgis, Godart, Enc. Méth. ix., Suppl. p. 820 (1823). 
Junonia chapunga, Hewitson, Exot. Butt., Junon. pl.i. figs. 2, 3 (1864). 
Precis semitypica, Aurivillius, Rhop. Aithiop. p. 140 (1898). 
S. Africa, northwards to the Victoria Nyanza. B. M. 
This species is represented by about seven gradations, the 
extreme wet phase being P. pelasgis; next comes a form 
with similar pattern on both surfaces, excepting that the 
orange belt is greatly reduced in width; then P. chapunga, 
followed by P. semitypica, P. archesia (a larger form, with 
more conspicuous whiter spots on the primaries), and, lastly, 
P. Staudingert, the extreme dry phase. 
It seems a strange thing that my excellent friend Prof. Auri- 
villius, who was well aware of the above variability in 
P. archesia, failed to recognize the fact that the nearly related 
P. limnoria was subject to similar variation. 
A4, Precis limnoria. 
Vanessa limnoria, Klug, Symb. Phys. pl. xlvii. figs. 6, 7 (1845). 
Vanessa naib, Guérin, in Lefebvre’s Voy. Abyss. pl. x1. figs. 1, 2 (1849). 
Precis taveta, Rogenhofer, Ann. Hof-Mus. Wien, vi. p. 460, pl. xv. fig. 7 
(1891). 
Precis guruana, Rogenhofer, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xli. p. 564 
(1891). 
Eastern and Northern Africa. B. M. 
We have six grades of this species, the extreme wet phase 
being P. guruana, followed by two transitions to the next- 
named form P. limnoria; this is followed by P. taveta and 
concludes with P. nazb, the extreme dry phase. 
45. Precis andremigja. 
Vanessa andremiaja, Boisduval, Faun. Ent. de Madag. p. 45 (1838). 
Vanessa musa, Guérin, Icon. Régne Anim. p. 474 (1884). 
Precis Galamt, Mabille, in Grand. Madag., Lép. i. p. 137, pl. xiii. figs. 10, 
11, pl. xviii. a, figs. 2, 3 (1885-7). 
Precis Boisduvah, Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. i. p. 100 (1885). 
Madagascar. B. M. 
We have all gradations between P. andremiaja, the extreme 
wet phase, and P. Boisduvali, the extreme dry phase. 
