1896.] I'ftou; N*A8i-i.Ai*». 169 



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 : — 



Ehopaloobea. 



1. NbOOjENTKA YPTHIMOIDBS. 



Neoccenyra ypthimoides, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 646. 



d' , Kondowi, Lower Nyika, W. of Lake Nyasa, 5th April, 

 1895. 



? , Lower Nyika, Feb. 2nd, 1895. 



Tlie male is noted as " Black liinglet " and the female as " Black 

 Kinglet with eyes," the ocelli being larger in this sex. 



2. Samakta PBESPIOnA. 



Mycalesis perspicua, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1873, 

 p. 104, pi. i. fig. 3. 



5 , Kambwiyi, Lower Nyika, Jan. 21st, 1895. 

 5 , Lower Nyika, Eeb. 2nd. 

 "Dusky Ringlet "(i?. C). 



3. Myoalbsis ehacotis. 



Mycalesis rhacotis, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii. Myc. pi. viii. fig. 50 

 (1866). 



d d , Henga, W. of Lake Nyika, Eeb. 1st, 1895. 

 "Black Einglet"(ie. G.). 



4. PhTSOjBNDBA pionb. 



2 . Physccmura piom, Godman, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 183, pi. xix. 

 figs. 2, 3 ; S. Trimen, I. c. 1894, p. 20, pi. iv. fig. 1. 



cJ $ . Periplysia johnstoni, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 647, pi. ix. 



tig. he. 



$ $ , Mtambwi Hill, Deep Bay, west coast of Lake Nyasa, 

 April 3rd, 1895. 



" Black and white Heath " {li. C). 



6. Ypxhima dolbta, var. 



Ypthirm doleta, Kirby, Proc. Eoyal Dubl. Soc. 1879, separate 

 copy p. 44. 



d , Henga, "W. of Lake Nyika, Feb. 1st, 1895. 



" Brindled Heath " (i?. C). 



A single male, probably representing the dry-season form of 

 this species ; it difters chiefly from the typical form in its inferior 

 size and the minute ocelli of the under surface. 



6. Aphysonburia pigmentaeia. 



Aphysonem-ia pigmentaria, Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xx. p. 191 

 (June 1894). 



JRhaphiceropsis pringlei, E. M. Sharpe, P. Z. 8. (Aug. 1894), 

 p. 336, pi. xix. figs. 1, 2. 



