914 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON BUTTERFLIES [Dec. 4, 



no less than eleven of this species, in company with some two 

 or three Charaxes, feeding voraciously on the excreta of a 

 Leopard.'' 



Of the remaining males, which arrived in the later consignment, 

 Mr. Crawshay says: — "Apparently the first appearance of this 

 species since my arrival here in February : each example of the 

 few seen has newly emerged." 



The Eastern specimens of this species frequently have the white 

 spots on the primaries reduced in size. 



2. Limnas chrtsippus, var. KLUGII. 

 Limnas hlugU, Butler, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 758. 

 $ , Nairobi plains, 5400 feet, April 25, 1900. 



" Commonly distributed all over the country ; never, however, 

 anywhere in great numbers, but here one and there one. No 

 butterfly is easier to take, as its flight is heavy, weak, and of but 

 short duration. Oblong pale yellow ova." 



3. Gnophodes diversa. 



Gnophodes diversa, Butler, Ann. N. H. (5) v. p. 333 (1880). 



6 , Nairobi forest, 5460 feet, April 14 ; ? , March 25, 1900. 



" An insect of owlish haunts and habits, frequenting dark 

 forests and apparently never emerging into the sunlight. It is 

 new to me and the only one of its kind I have seen, though I have 

 taken an insect of similar form, haunts, and habits in the Nyasa 

 forests. Grass-green ova partially developed." 



4. Melanitis leda. 



Papilio leda, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i. p. 474 (1788). 



Nah-obi plains, 5400 feet, Kikuyu, April 22, 1900 ; Buarka ft., 

 5500 feet, April 27, 1900. 



Eespecting the first specimen Mr. Crawshay observes : — 

 " Somewhat to my astonishment, I took this insect — usually an 

 inhabitant of dark forest — out in the open, in a small patch of 

 scrub, in broad noonday." Of the other he says:— "As I have 

 previously remarked, this butterfly frequents the depths of the 

 forest, or thickets, where daylight scarcely penetrates to any great 

 extent. Unless disturbed it appears never to take wing in the 

 daytime ; and if disturbed, flops down again into the depths of 

 the undergrowth a few yards away. Its habits are, I should think, 

 strictly crepuscular, if not nocturnal." 



5. Monotrichtis safitza. 



Mycuhsis safitza, Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. ii. p. 294 note, 

 pi. lxvi. fig. 3 (1851). 



6 , Nairobi forest, March 20, 1900. 



" This Binglet is common in the depths of the forest, where it 

 is to be seen hopping about or settling on the barer places, one 

 here and one there." (i?. C.) 



