1898.] ON BUTTERFLIES FKOM BBITISH CENTRAL AFRICA. 823 



6. On a small Collection of Butterflies made in the Chikala 

 District^ British Central Africa, by Mr. George Hoare '. 

 By Arthur G. Butler, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Eeceived August 23, 1898.J 



The present series was forwarded to our Secretary for me by 

 Mr. J. F. Cunningham, Secretary to the Administration, in the 

 hope that they might be useful for the Museum collection, to 

 which I may at once say that it forms a most welcome addition. 



Chikala, north end of Lake Shirwa, being new collecting-ground, 

 might be expected to yield new species to the explorer ; but the 

 present consignment (which comprises examples of only twenty- 

 one species) contains nothing hitherto unnamed, although one 

 of the ten forms of Charaxes in the collection is of considerable 

 interest to me, not only as being the first female specimen which 

 we have acquired, but as proving that I was correct in placing 

 C. lacietinctus next after C. azota in my arrangement of the genus. 



Considering that most of the specimens in this collection belong 

 to the muscular-winged genus Charaxes, we may congratulate 

 Mr. Hoare that so many of them are in good condition. The 

 following is a list of the species : — 



1. Amaukis whttei Butl. 



A single perfect male example. 



2. Melanitis solandra Fabr. 

 One female. 



3. Burytela htarba, var. angustata Auriv. 



A perfect male, with the band on the secondaries nearly as wide 

 and the markings below as distinct as in the typical Western 

 form. 



4. Charaxes bbutus Fabr. 

 Two perfect male specimens. 



5. Charaxes pollux Cram. 



A pair. The female of this species is rather rare. 



6. Charaxes castor, var. flavipasciatus Butl. 

 A nearly perfect male. 



7. Charaxes guderiana Dewitz. 

 A perfect male. 



8. Charaxes azota, var. nyasana Butl. 



A nearly perfect female. Quite new to the Museum collection. 



^ Assistant Collector of Eevenues for the Chikala District. 



