] 896.] EBOM NTASA-LAHD. 113 



the uervures into eight spots, t]ie first of which is smallest: body 

 black; head, colJiir, and front of ptervfrodes spotted with white. 

 Under surface much paler than above, bronze-brown, with a paler 

 triangular patch at centre of outer margin of all the wings, and 

 with the costal area of secondaries paler to just beyond the white 

 belt ; primaries with three white spots forming an elongated 

 triangle in the cell, four in a semicircle beyond the cell, and seven 

 crossing the disc as above, but larger ; belt of secondaries as 

 above ; pectus black, spotted with white and clothed with tawny 

 hair; venter fuligiuous, with sordid white central stripe; legs 

 striped with white longitudinally. Expanse of wings fiO millim. 



Kantorongondo Mt., 15,900 feet alt., Nyika, April 15th, 1805. 



" Black and white Admiral. Grass-green ova" [li. C). 



This extraordinary species is represented by a single example, 

 the wings of which on one side are badly shattered ; it does not 

 appear to be nearly related to any other species in the genus, but 

 ])erhaps should form a distinct section next to If. marpessa, 

 though in some respects it more nearly resembles the Australian 

 W. shepherdi. 



25. Atella columbina. 



Fapilio cohimhina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. ccxxxviii, A. B ; 

 iv. pi. cccxxxvii. D, E (1782). 



J, Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Jan. 28th, 1895. 

 " Common old-gold Eritillary " (21. C). 



26. Byblia tulgaeis. 



Hypanis ilitliyia, var. vulgaris, Staudinger, Exot. Schinett. 

 p. 106. 



c^, Mtambwi, foot of Nyika plateau, Eeb. 4th, 1895. 



" lleddish-browu Wall " (R. C). 



This is the form which I have hitherto regarded as B. acliehia ; 

 but Prof. Aurivillius has pointed out to me that B. com is that 

 race, a much rarer form, having the under surface of the second- 

 aries belted with dull reddish argillaceous. B. vulgaris differs very 

 little from B. cjoetzius of Herbst. The species of Acrmnm in the 

 present collection are, as usual in African series, well represented, 

 and in the present instance are of exceptional interest to us. 



27. ACRJ3A JOHNSTONI. 



(J . Acrmi joJtnstoni, Godman, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 537 ; 2 • Butler, 

 P. Z. S. 1888, p. 91. 



Var. semialbescens, Obei'th. : 



cf cf , Nyankowa Mt., Nyika, April 10th ; Kondowi, 4110 feet 

 alt., Lower Nyika, April 12th, 1895. 



Ya,T.JIavcscens=:Jc{li.man(ljara, Oberth. : 



d 6 , Kondowi, April 6th and 12th, 1895. 



" Black and while Eritillary. I'lies high, generally far out of 

 reach " (ie. C). 



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