1896.] FROM NYASA-LAND. 109 
descriptive of the insect, and any other note of interest which 
occurred to Mr. Crawshay at the time. 
The following is a list of the species in this consignment :— 
RHOPALOCERA. 
1. NEOCZNYRA YPTHIMOIDES. 
Neocenyra ypthimoides, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 646. 
$;, Kondowi, Lower Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, 5th April, 
1895. 
2, Lower Nyika, Feb. 2nd, 1895. 
The male is noted as “ Black Ringlet” and the female as “ Black 
Ringlet with eyes,” the ocelli being larger in this sex. 
2. SAMANTA PERSPICUA. 
Mycalesis perspicua, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soe. London, 1878, 
p- 104, pl. i. fig. 3. 
@, Kambwiyi, Lower Nyika, Jan. 21st, 1895. 
@, Lower Nyika, Feb. 2nd. 
* Dusky Ringlet” (2. C.). 
3. MYCALESIS RHACOTIS. 
Mycalesis rhacotis, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii. Myc. pl. viii. fig. 50 
(1866). 
3 ¢6, Henga, W. of Lake Nyika, Feb. 1st, 1895. 
* Black Ringlet” (2. C.). 
4, PHYSCENURA PIONE. 
2. Physcenura pione, Godman, P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 183, pl. xix. 
figs. 2,3; ¢. Trimen, l. c. 1894, p. 20, pl. iv. fig. 1. 
3 Q. Periplysia johnstoni, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 647, pl. Ix. 
fig. 1, ¢. 
2 2, Mtambwi Hill, Deep Bay, west coast of Lake Nyasa, 
April 3rd, 1895. 
* Black and white Heath” (2. C.). 
5. YPTHIMA DOLETA, var. 
Ypthima doleta, Kirby, Proc. Royal Dubl. Soc. 1879, separate 
copy p. 44. 
3, Henga, W. of Lake Nyika, Feb. 1st, 1895. 
** Brindled Heath ” (R. C.). 
A single male, probably representing the dry-season form of 
this species ; it differs chiefly trom the typical form in its inferior 
size and the minute ocelli of the under surface. 
6. APHYSONEURIA PIGMENTARIA. 
Aphysonewria pigmentaria, Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xx. p. 191 
(June 1894). 
Rhaphiceropsis pringlei, E. M. Sharpe, P. Z. S. (Aug. 1894), 
p- 336, pl. xix. figs. 1, 2. 
