1896.] feom nta.3a-land. 119 



44. Catoohrtsops hippooeatbs. 



Jlesperia Jiippocrates, Fabricius, Enfc. Syst. ili. p. 288 (1793) ; 

 Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 45. fig. 3 (1800). 



cf , Lower Nyika, W. ot Lake Nyasa, Feb. 2ntl, 1895. 



A rare western form, which I have not previously seen from 

 Central Africa. 



45. Catoohrysops glauoa. 



Lyccena glauca, Trimen, South Afr. Butt. vol. ii. p. 21 (1887). 



6 d , Kwerera Hill, Deep Bay, April 22nd, 1895. 



" Clialk-hill Blue. A frequenter of open forest, very active and 

 restless and difficult to capture " {It. C). 



This very beautiful species is quite new to us : in its pale 

 glittering yellow-greenish tint it stands out distinct from all the 

 other species of the C. pwsimon group. 



4G. EVBRHS J01)ATli)3. 



Lycmna jnbntes, llopffer, Ber. Verh. Ak. Berlin, 1855, p. 642 ; 

 Peters' lieise n. Mossamb. v. p. '108, pi. 26. figs. 9, 10 (1862). 



2 t Upper Leya, six miles N.W. of Deep Bay, March 3rd, 

 1895. 



" Orange-lower-wing Blue. Very restless " (R. C). 



The finest example 1 have seen of this somevvliat rare species. 



47. AzANUS SIGILLATUS. 



Lampides siqillata, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, 

 vol. xviii. p. 483 (1876). 



(J c? , Mrali, W. coast of Lake Nvasa, March 2nd, 1895. 



" Lesser Alexis-like Blue " (11. C). 



A rare form of the A. gavira group, originally described from a 

 pair received from Abyssinia ; one of the examples obtained by 

 Mr. Orawshay agrees in all respects with A. naialensis, Trimen, 

 which will therefore have to sink as a synonym of my species. 



48. TabUOUS PLINIUS. 



Jlesperia pUnius, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 284 (1793). 



Lyccena pulchra, Murray, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loudon, 1874, p. 524, 

 pi. 10. figs. 7, 8. 



5 , Foot of Jakwa Mt., Henga-Nkamanga, W. of Lake Nyasa, 

 Jan. 28th ; S , Mrali, VV. coast of Lake Nyasa, March 2nd ; 

 (J, Nyankowa Mt., Nyika, April 10th; ?, Gheui-Cheui Mt., 

 4500 "feet alt., Nyika, April I8th; J?, Lumpi K. valley, 

 Lower Nyika, April 21st, 1895. 



Mr. Orawshay calls the male " Double peacock-spotted hair- 

 tailed Blue," and the female " Peacock-eyed double-tailed Blue " 

 and " Chequered double peacock-eye Blue." 



The species is very common and varies a good deal. 



