964 DE. A. G, BUTLEE ON BUTTERFLIES [NoV. 28, 



The female, though in excellent condition, was caught by 

 Bvalamkombi, one of Mr. Cravvshay's native servants. 



6. Pbecis elgita Hewits. 



c? , $ , Muthambi Eiver, Ndya, 7th January, 1899. 



7. Pbecis natalica Feld. 



2 , Muthambi Eiver, Ndya, 13th January, 1899. 

 " Fairly plentiful : but this is, I think, the only perfect specimen 

 I have seen" (R. C). 



8. Hypolimnas misippus, var. inaeia Cram. 



2 , Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, 11th January, 1899. 



9. Chenis boisduyalii Wllgr. 



c? d , Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, 12th January, 1899. 



" An insect which I should probably never have seen, and 

 certainly not taken, had it not been for the putrefying crocodile's 

 head, on which it descended as it were from the clouds. It is 

 ■worthy of note that this insect shows a lovely tinge of purple or 

 blue on the inside of the wings if these are viewed at an angb 

 in a good hght." (R. 0.) 



10. Ceenis howensis Stand. 



d 6 , Muthambi Eiver, 12th January, 1899. 



" The most restless, active, and difficult insect to take I have 

 ever come across ; for six days have 1 been watching and following 

 the movements of some half-dozen in the glade of fig-trees in 

 which I am encamped, trying all I could to take one, but without 

 success. They flip about amongst the trees and occasionally perch 

 on the trunk and branches, bur. always out of reach. By great 

 good luck this morning two have been temptei to come down and 

 feed on a putrefying crocodile's head, and I was thus enabled to 

 take them." (R. 0.) 



One specimen (a male) is said to have contained a whitish-green 

 ovum, but this must have been an error of observation, as the 

 insect has strongly pronounced male claspers. 



11. Hamanumida d^daltts Fabr. 



" Plentiful enough on undulating plains N. of Tana Eiver, 4200 

 feet, 14th January, 1899." 



A single dry-season male of this abundant species. 



12. Neptis AGATHA Cram. 



2, d, Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, Kikuyu, 6th & 7th 

 January, 1899. 



13. Neptidopsis ophione, var. telleda Mab. 



Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, 6th & 13th January, 1899. 

 Mr. Crawshay appears to have seen three examples of this 



