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cell encloses a shining green spot ; the silver markings on all the 

 wings are arranged nearly as in A. latJionia, but are much more 

 uniform in size ; the characteristic oblong spot beyond the cell of 

 secondaries is larger than that in A. evphrosyne, but smaller than 

 that in A. lalhonia. Expanse of wings 46 millim. 



Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, west of Lake Nyasa, Sept. 2nd, 

 1893. " Silver-speckled Intillary " {B. C). 



Mr. Crawshay has the following note on this butterfly : — " No, 1 

 I took at the very summit of Kasungu Mountain, on open down- 

 land, covered with short, crisp, curly grass, only about ankle-high, 

 I don't think I saw more than three, two of which I took (one I 

 have by me). It is an exceedingly restless insect, of erratic 

 flight, and, when on the wing, is a bad colour to follow with the 

 eye. I did not find it anywhere but on the very top of the 

 mountain; 100 feet or so lower down I did not see one." 



6. ACR^A EXCELSIOR. 



Acrcea excelsior. E. M. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 192, pi. xvii. 

 fig. 3. 



S , Kasungu Mountain, Nvika, west of Lake Nyasa, Sept. 2nd, 

 1893. " Small Eed-barred Eritillary " {R. C). 



Of this insect Mr. Crawshay says : — "A little Fritillary from 

 nearly the top of Kasungu may prove good. I saw only one, 

 which I took in the same place as the great Blue No. 2." 



Although the Acrcvince somewhat remind one of Fritillaries, they 

 belong to a different subfamily. 



7. PoLYOMitATUS B.DTICUS. 



Papilio bceticus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 789 (1767). 



5 , Kantorongondo Mountain, Nyika, west of Lake Nyasa, 

 Sept. 5th, 1893. '^ Blue " (R. C). 



It is almost impossible to get a coDection from any part of the 

 Old World which does not contain an example of this species and 

 Pyrameis cardui. 



8. Ltc^nesthes (sp. near L. liodes). 



$ , Kasungu ^Mountain, Njika, west of Lake Nyasa, Sept. 2nd, 

 1893. " DuU-marked Blue " {R. C). 



This species has almost exactly the same pattern as L. liodes, 

 but the secondaries are elongated and with an abrupt elbow close 

 to anal angle; although probably new, the single specimen is 

 unfortunately a good deal injured. 



9. Zizeea TjNiGEMMATA, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. figs. 4, 5.) 



S . Allied to Z. lysimon : above smoky grey-brown, with faint 

 lilacine gloss ; a slender blackish marginal Hne : secondaries with 

 a submarginal black spot with paler diffused edging ; slightly 

 orange at the back near extremity of first median interspace ; 

 fringes smoky greyish, darker on the prim9,ries than the secondaries, 



