418 DB. A. G. BUTLEE ON BUTTERFLIES [Mar. 21, 



astrifjera, Scolitaniides crawshayi, Pyrgus machacosa, as well as 

 the females of Everes kedonga (the male of which was described 

 last year by Mr. Grose-Smith) and of Phrissura nyasana, the male 

 of which I described and figured iu these ' Proceedings ' for 189G. 

 Other species of especial interest are Castalius c/rer/orii, Scolitcin- 

 tides stellata (which we previously only possessed from Nyasaland), 

 Chrysophanus ahbotti, Stugeta hoivlceri, Teracolus ceUryiene, Synchloe 

 glauconome (previously only received from near Aden), Abantis 

 paradisea, and a curious form of Kedestes ivallengreni. 



Writing from Ngong (or Ngongo), Masailand, on September 

 6th, respecting the first of his consigmiients, Mr. Crawshay says : — 

 " It is almost two months since I sent my collection of Butterflies 

 and Moths, which by now I hope will have reached you. In the 

 meantime I have never had a chance of writing to you ; I have 

 been on the move incessantly ever since. 



" The very day I consigned the box of insects to the Parcel 

 Post I received orders to proceed hither : right glad was I, too, to 

 get the chance of seeing something of Masailand. 



"Having collected some 300 odd Butterflies and Moths, the 

 latter being by far the most numerous, I thought I had better 

 send you these by way of a first instalment. All these insects 

 were taken, as you will see from the envelopes, either at, or in the 

 vicinity of Machako's Station — which is the headquarters of what 

 has been delineated as the Ukamba Province, though it also 

 includes the much more important and interesting highlands of 

 Ivikuyu (the home of the Wakikujai, who are strong men) and a 

 portion of Masailand. 



" The altitude of Machako's is about 5400 feet. It is open 

 plain-land, not even well watered; but there are hills in the 

 immediate neighbourhood, such as Makimwi and Mowa, partially 

 timbered, partially open down-land, nearly 1000 feet higher, 

 where I took practicallj' all the most interesting Butterflies, and 

 many of the day-flying Moths, such as the ' Bee ' and ' Humming- 

 Bird Hawks.' 



" It is not a rich Butterfly country I could see at once; it is, 

 however, a rich field for Moths ; those I took in my tent at night 

 alone gave me plenty to do to put them up : had I ' sugared ' 

 I should have secured a great many more. 



" The rainy seasons of Ukamba are on from about the beginning 

 of March until the end of May, and again from about the middle 

 of October until the end of December ; this last rainy season there 

 was very little rain indeed. 



" Since I left Machako's I have been steadily collecting all the 

 time, except when on the Kegujo expedition, when I never ceased 

 regretting not having brought my net, as there are some lovely 

 and, to me, quite new Butterflies iu the forests of Kikuyu; but, 

 of course, we had sterner work in hand there." 



In answer to a letter which I wrote (acknowledging the receipt 



