is MB. il. TillMEN OIT BUTTEEFLIES PROM [Jau. 16, 



cenea. Amoug the rarer and more interesting species are : — Phys- 

 cceneura pione and Melanitis lihya (both hitherto represented by 

 single specimens) ; Pseudonympha vigilaiis, previously unknown to 

 extend into the tropical area ; Acrcea asema and A. acrita ; Planema 

 johnstoni, not hitherto known from south of TJsambara ; Precis 

 simia (of which only the type and one other South-African example 

 had before been recorded) ; Precis artaxia ; Charaxes lasti ( $ ), 

 C. azota, C. pollux (not apparently received before from any part 

 on or near the East Coast), and C. c/uderiana ( $ ) ; Lyccena antinorii 

 and L. poggei ; Teracolus celimene ; Thymelicus capanas ; Ahantis 

 zambesina ; and Hesperia unicolor. 



The apparently undescribed species are the following, viz. : — 



l^ymphalidse. 

 (NymphalinsB.) 



Charaxes manica, p. 43. 

 „ selousi, p. 45. 



Lycsenidae. 



Lyccena exclusa \ p. 47. 

 Lyccenesthes lunidata, p. 51. 

 Chrysorychia cruenta, p. 55. 

 Burbania 2^uellaris, p. 59. 



Hesperidae. 



Cyclopides mineni, p. 72. 

 Pamphila zimbazo, p. 74. 

 „ ehirala, p. 76. 



Mr. iSelous personally brought down his collections towards the 

 close of last year, and I thus had the advantage of obtaining and 

 writing down his notes on the habits of each species as I unpacked 

 the specimens. 



Family NYMPHALiDiE. 

 Subfamily DanaiNjE. 

 Genus Danais, Latr. 



1. Danais CHRrsipPus (Linn.). 



Three of the four specimens are of the ordinary typical form, 

 but the fourth, taken at Sarmento on the Pungwe Eiver, is of the 

 var. alcippus. Cram., and has the white area in the hind wings 

 almost as largely developed as in the West-African specimens. 



Genus Amaueis, Hiibu. 



2. Amauris echeria (Stoll). 



The two specimens (male and female) were taken at Christmas 

 Pass in February. They belong to the var. albimaciilata, Butl., 



^ In a footnote (p. 48) I have described as LyccBna maskuna a close ally of this 

 species previously discovered by Mr. Selous in the adjacent district of Mashuna- 

 land. 



