108 BB. A. Q. BCILEB ON BCITEBFLIES [Jan. 14| 



3. On a Collection of Butterflies obtained by Mr. Richard 

 Crawshay in Nyasa-land, between the Months of January 

 and April 1895. By Arthur G. Butler, Ph.D., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



(Plate VI.) 



[Keceived December 11, 1895.] 



Many of the specimens in the present consignment from 

 Mr. Crawshay, who remains for the present at his station, Deep 

 Bay, on the west coast of Lake Nyasa', were obtained at con- 

 siderable altitudes, and therefore are of special interest. The only 

 surprising thing is that comparatively few of the species prove to 

 be undescribed, though some of the novelties which are in the 

 collection are of exceptional interest, such as a Neptis represent- 

 ing a new section in the genus, a pure white species of Ilyreus, a 

 Myloihris which marvellously resembles Phrissura lasti, and a very 

 beautiful new species of Melittia. Nine species altogether are 

 described as new. 



The novelties are, however, not the only species of interest in 

 this collection, for it contains the rare Satyrid Aphysoneuria 

 pigmentaria, previously unrepresented in the Museum ; a variety 

 of Acrcea johtistoni, which we required ; the female of Acrcea 

 vinidia, var. tenella ; specimens of A. anacreon tending to link it to 

 A. bomba (a seasonal form of it) ; a second example of A.periphanes 

 (seasonal form of A. guillemei) ; examples of Alama nyassce, 

 proving that I was correct in speaking of the buff form as a 

 variety ; specimens of Catocht-ysops ijlauca, a very beautiful 

 Lycsenid hew to the Museum series ; the true female of Castalius 

 hiniza, pi'oving my C. resplmulens to be a distinct species ; specimens 

 of Durbania hildegarda, of which we previously only possessed 

 one poor example ; Larinopoda peucetia, of which the type alone 

 existed in the Hewitson cabinets; examples of Uranothauma 

 craivshayi in both sexes ; the female of Epamera sidus, new to the 

 collection ; both sexes of Teracolus opalescens ; the male of T. mutans, 

 which was previously unknown ; variations of Cyclopides quadri- 

 signatus; the female of the rare Hesperid Kedestes capenas; 

 specimens of Padraona watsoni, linking that species to P. zeno ; 

 and the male of Icterode^ roseovittata, which was previously 

 undescribed. 



As with other collections obtained by Mr. Crawshay, most of 

 the specimens are in good condition, and therefore easily identified : 

 with the exception of two or three specimens (the descriptive notes 

 of which may have been lost when they were mounted, or may 

 never have been written on the envelopes) all wei-e carefidly 

 labelled with the exact locality, date of capture, a popular name 



' About 10° 50' S. lat. See map attached to Sir H. |I. Jobnston's paper, 

 eteogr. Journ. t. p. 193 (1896). 



