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eggs laid by J. archesla and J. sesamus, and I fear 1 have lost my 

 chance this season, as there are only a few battered individuals left, 

 and their respective wet forms J. pdasgis and J. natalensix are just 

 beginning to appear." 



in the Museum we have an ahnost perfect transitional series 

 between J archesia and J.pelasgis (including J. cliapunga), so that 

 there can be little, if any, reason for doubting their specific 

 identity. 



17. JuNONiA SESAMUS, Trimcn. 



"Dry form," Malvern, 800 feet, 11th August, 189(5. 



I can see no object in calling the South-African species 

 J. octavia. The latter is purely a Western butterfly of which 

 the dry form is probably J. amestris, provided that J. natalensis= 

 calescens can be proved to be the wet form of J. sesamus ; this, 

 however, is at present open to question, for Mr. Distant informs 

 me that in the Transvaal he found J. sesamus exceedingly 

 abundant, whereas he only succeeded in obtaining one specimen 

 of J. natalensis. That this is also the case with J. amestris as 

 compared with J. octavia is abundantly evident in collections. 



18. JUNONIA AUEORINA. 



6 . Junonia uurorina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 651, pi. Ix. fig. 3. 



d 6, Karkloof, 4200 feet, 30th January, 14th February; $ , 

 15th February, 1897. 



Mr. Marshall marks this as " Junonia tugela (wet)," which 

 bears out what Mr. Cecil Barker says respecting the modification 

 of the apex of the wing in that species. If proved, it will, I 

 think, tend to show that J.howara andi J. sinuata are also seasonal 

 forms of one species. 



19. Junonia cebrene, Trimen. 



Bstcourt, 4000 feet, 28th August, 30th September, 2nd and 

 10th October, 1896. 



20. Junonia clelia, Cramer. 



Malvern, 800 feet, 10th August ; Tugela River, 2500 feet, near 

 Weenen, 9th and 10th November, 1896. 



21. Hamanumida d^dalus, Fabr. 



" Dry form," Malvern, 800 feet, 11th August, 1896. 



22. EuRYTELA HIARBAS, Drury. 

 Durban, 7th August, 1896. 



23. Byblia ilithyia, var. simplex, Butler. 



Intermediate form — Estcourt, 4000 feet, 18th August ; 6th, 

 23rd, and 27th September; 3rd, 10th, 13th, 15lh, and 17th 

 October, 1 896. 



I have never seen typical B. simplex from Africa before. The 



