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66. Precis tona. 
Junonia tona, Grose-Smith, Novit. Zool. i. p. 350 (1894), 
New Guinea (Crowley Coll.). B. M. 
67. Precis rhadama. 
eae rhadama, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 44, pl. vii. fig. 2 
(1833). 
Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodriguez, Johanna. B. M. 
In the dry phase, as usual, the markings of the under 
surface are confused, the white markings being suffused with 
grey, the white central band of the secondaries replaced by a 
yellow one, and the ocelli indistinct and reduced in size. 
68. Precis touhilimasa. 
Tunonia touhilimasa, Vieillot, Ann. Sec. Ent. France, lxi. Bull. p. 148 
(1892). 
Junonia pavonina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 257, pl. xvi. fies, 1-3, 
Fwambo, and between Tanganyika and Nyasa. B. M. 
J. touhilimasa is the wet phase answering to my fig. 3; 
figs. 1 and 2 are the dry phase. 
69. Precis artaxia. 
Junonia artaxia, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii., Jun. pl. i. fig. 6 (1864). 
Precis Nachtigalli, Dewitz, Nev. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xli. 2, p. 194, 
pl. xxv. fig. 16 (1879). 
Mashonaland, Portuguese E. Africa, Nyasa, Fwambo. 
B. M. 
The seasonal phases of this species differ much as in 
P. touhilimasa ; P. artaxia is the dry phase and P. Nachti- 
galli the wet. In all collections obtained during both wet 
and dry seasons we have received both forms. 
70. Precis almana. 
Papilio almana, Linneeus, Mus. Lud. Uly. p. 272 (1764). 
Papilio asterie, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 769 (1767). 
Junonia mkobariensis, Felder, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xii. p. 482 
(1862). 
Junonia javana, Felder, 1. c. p. 487 (1862). 
Junonia sumbe, Doherty, J. A. 8. B. lx. p. 172 (1891). 
India, Ceylon, Andamans, Mergui, Pegu, Burma, Siam, 
Malacca, Penang, Sumatra, Java, Philippines, Formosa, 
China, Celebes. ; 
As is now well known, P. asterie is the wet phase and 
P. almana the dry ; the intermediate phase retains the out- 
line of the wet, but the under-surface colouring approaches 
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