1896.] rnoM nyasa-land. 829' 



56. AZANUS SIGILLATUS. 



Lampidcs sjgillatus, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. 

 xviii. p. 483 (1870). 



c? c7 , Henga, "W. of Lake Nyasa, Nov. 20th, 1895, 

 " Perches on branches of trees " {B. C). 



57. NAOADUBA SICHELA. 



Lycana sicliela, "Wallengren, Kongl. Svensk. Vefc.-Akad. 

 Hand). 1857, Lep. Ehop. Caflr. p. 37. 



cJ c? , Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Nov. 201 h, 1895. 



" Very active on the wing" {11. C). 



In Mr. Triinen's description of this rare butterfly the upper 

 surface is said to be " silky dark-violaceous " ; but I find that the 

 colouring is particularly liable to deepen in the damping-pan (often 

 in patches) : an example which has wholly escaped this discolora- 

 tion, if one sits between it and the light, is of the same beautiful 

 lilac as the European " Common Blue," ' viith a narrow, tapering 

 blackish border to the outer margin ; but if held between one 

 and tlie liglit, it changes to a sickly greenish grey, more nearly 

 approaching the colouring of Fleheius orbiiuhis. 



58. Oastalius calice. 



Lyccena calice, Hopffer, Ber. Verb. Ak. Berl. 1855, p. 642 ; 

 Peters' Eeise nach Mossamb. v. p. 405, pi. 26. figs. 4, 5 (1861). 

 Lower Nyika, June 14th, 1895. 



59. LxOiENESTlIES ADHEHDAL. 



2 . Lycmna adherbal, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1877, 

 p. 217. 



d. Lyccenesthes lunulata, Trinien, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 51, p]. vi. 

 fig. 12. 



2 , Kondowi, 4000 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 21st, 1896. 



" Emerald-green ova " {B. C). 



60. Lyc^nesthes liodes. 



(S . Lycamesthes liodes, Hevvitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1874, 

 p. 349. 



? , Kondowi, Nyika, Feb. 2nd, 1896. 



61. ZlZEBA KNTSNA. 



Lyccena kiiysna, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd ser. vol. i. 

 p. 282 (1862). 



c5' 6 , Deep Bay, Feb. 24 th and 26th, March 8th, 1896. 

 "IN ever plentiful ; an odd one met with here and there. A very 

 low flier, hovers within an inch or so of the ground, and has to be 

 dredged off it almost \i ith the net " {B. C). 



' I belicTe this species now stands under the name of Cupido icarus. 



