1900.] FEOll BEITISH EAST AFBICA. 925 



We previously possessed oue shattered example, whichl identified 

 (from Maranga) as T. pallida, Trimen ; but wheu my friend Trimeu 

 saw it this year, he told me that he believed it to be T. aslauga ; 

 and, as he ought to know more about his own species than I, this 

 identification is admitted in the present paper : undoubtedly the 

 examples from the Nairobi forest are much like the figures of 

 T. aslauga. The chief difference I note in the figures of the two 

 species is in the width of the outer border of the primaries, which 

 in T. pallida is reduced below the apical triangular patch to a mere 

 line. Judging by the much greater variability of T. hildegarda, I 

 somewhat doubt the validity of T. pallida as a distinct species. 



47. PlLODEUDOEIX CjEBUXEA. 



Deudorix axrulea, H. H. Druce, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) v. p. 28 

 (1890). 



<5 , Nairobi forest, March 20, 1900. 



" A lovely ' Blue,' which I do not recollect having taken or seen 

 before." (R. G.) 



This is a wonderful extension of the range of an apparently 

 rare Lycamid. Mr. Trimen recorded it from the south-east 

 (Minene valley) in 1894 ; but previously it had, I believe, only 

 been known from Western Africa. 



48. MlEINA TICEDPLA. 



Myrina ficedida, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, 

 p. 324. 



$ (shattered), Euarka, 5500 feet, April 25 ; S 6 , plains 

 bordering Mundu muha Eiver, 5600 feet, April 29 ; $ , Nairobi 

 plains, 5400 feet, May 3, 1900. 



2 ■ " Pale emerald-green spherical ova, probably a second, if not 

 a third laying." 



cJ . "This stoutly built 'Blue' shows a marked preference for 

 the dwarf wild fig-trees which occur here and there on the plains 

 bordering on the forest. For pugnacity I have never come across 

 the equal of this butterfly : selecting the outermost leaf of an 

 outstanding top branch as his perch, he dashes down and attacks 

 any other butterfly coming near him, returning always to his one 

 particular perch." 



2 . " In the abdomen I found one solitary ovum. This is, I 

 think, the identical insect which has frequented the vicinity of my 

 tent for the last three weeks without my being able to capture her." 

 (B. C.) 



49. Myrina deemapteba. 



5 . Loxura dennaptera, Wallengren, Kongl. Svensk. A T et.-Akad. 

 Handl. 1857, Lep. Ehop. Caffr. p. 34. 



<5 , Plains bordering Mundu muha Eiver, 5600 feet, April 29, 

 1900. 



