1896.] ttlOM SiABA-IiAND. Ill 



13. JUNONIA OBBTNE. 



Sdlamis ceryne, Boisduval, Faun. Madag. p. 46 (1833). 

 cj (J , Henga, west of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 1st, 1895. 

 " British (1) Tortoiseshell" (iJ. a.). 



The trivial name is a curious one ; there is certainly no British 

 species of Junonia : memory is a treacherous reed to lean upon. 



14. Junonia attbokina. 



Junonia aurorina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 651, pi. Ix. fig. 3. 



cJ , Kondowi, Lower Nyika, April 5th, 1895. 



" Black and orange Tortoiseshell" (7i!. C). 



Prof. Aurivillius considers that J. aurorina, J. niilonia=]cowara, 

 J. sinuata, and J. tugela may all be races or local forms of one 

 species. This is one of the very few points in which I diflfer from 

 this admirable Lepidopterist. I think it possible that J. milonia 

 and J. sinuata may be seasonal forms of one species, and J. tuffela 

 and J. aurorina of another allied species ; but I do not see my 

 way at present to uniting the western and eastern species, which 

 appear to be constant. Prof. Aurivillius proposes to regard 

 /. piriformis as a fifth development of the species, but as both the 

 western and eastern forms are already provided with probable dry 

 and wet-season races it would be puzzling to discover under what 

 category to place this singularly formed type : that it is constant 

 in its proper locality seems to be demonstrated conclusively by 

 our seven examples ; but it is not safe to dogmatize about the 

 constancy of African Lepidoptera, and therefore I do not say that 

 transitional links will not be discovered, which may eventually 

 unite it to J. aurorina, though, at present, I do not believe that 

 such links exist. 



15. Junonia oloantha, 



Papilio cloaniha, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccixxviii. A, B (1782). 

 e S , Henga, "W". of Lake Nyasa, Feb. Ist, 1895. 

 " Hirsute underwinged Tortoiseshell " (R. C). 



16. Junonia blsiva. 



Junonia elgiva, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii. Jun. pi. i. fig. 1 (1864). 

 cJ , Ngerenge, W. coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 27th, 1895. 

 " Old-gold and black Admiral" {B. C). 



17. Junonia boopis. 



Junonia boopis, Trimen, Trans. Eut. Soc. London, 1879, p. 331. 

 (J , Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. Ist, 1895. 

 " Blue underwinged Admiral " (R. 0.). 



18. Junonia obbeene. 



Junonia cebrene, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loudon, 1870, p. 353. 

 (J (J , Henga, Jan. 25th, and Ngerenge, Feb. 24th. 

 " Light brown and black Admiral " (B. C). 



