1890.] FKOM NYASA-LAND. 833 



grey : n whitish aunulua at external angle ; secondaries nearly as in 

 /. philipims, but v\-ith a much larger, more brightly orange spot above 

 the outer tail ; body blackish, head above and collar dusky orange: 

 under surface chalky whitish, with white-edged dark grey markings 

 tinged with orange towards the abdominal margin of secondaries ; 

 in general character these resemble the markings in /. philippus, 

 but the discal interrupted line is more incurved on the primaries 

 and more irregular (approaching that of /. bowheri in form) on the 

 secondaries ; the oratige sjiot abo^•e the outer tail is large and 

 conspicuous. Expanse of wings 35 millim. 



9 , Kasitu ]iiver, Angoui country, W. of Lake Nyasa, June 

 18th, 18!I5. 



Unfortunately only a single example, slightly chipped tovv'ards 

 the anal angle of bolh hind wings, was obtained. 



81. loLAUS CiECULUS. 



lolaus coiculits, Hopffer, Ber. Verb. Ak. Berlin, 1855, p. 642 ; 

 Peters' lleise nacli Mossamh. v. p. 402, pi. 25. figs. 12-14 (1862). 



c? d , ? 2 , Mlambwi Hill, Deep Bay, July 1st and Dec. 1st, 

 1895, Jan. «th, Feb. 20th and 22nd, 1890. 



" fairly plentiful : a frequenter of upland forest" (li. C). 



The Nyasa specimens seem to vary more, as regards the width 

 of the red bands on the under surface, than those from South 

 Africa. 



82. lOlACS PALLENE. 



Myrina pallene, Wallengreu, Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 

 1857, Lep. Ehop. Caffr. p. 36. 



2 2 , Loangwa Eiver, 2100 feet alt., Senga, August 30th, 1895. 

 " Bright green ova " (R. C). 



83. Mtlotheis agathina. 



Papilio agathina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. ccxxxvii. D, E (1782). 

 2 , Deep Bay, Lake Nyasa, Feb. 5th, 1896. 

 " Enormous number of yellow ova" {li. C). 



84. MvLOTHRIS CBAWSHAyi. 



Myhthris crawsliayi, Butler, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 124, pi. vi. fig. 4. 

 cJ cf , Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, 7425 feet alt., March 2nd and 

 3rd, 1896. 



85. Nychitona alcesta. 



Papilio alcesta, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. ccclxxix. A (1782). 

 Mpimbi plain, Upper Shiri Eiver, March 24th and 25th, 1896. 

 The females contained " emerald-green ova, oblong and pointed" 

 {R. C). 



86. CoLiAS edusa. 



Fapilio ediata, Eabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 23 (1787). 

 Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, Sept. 2nd, 1893; Cheni-Cheni Moun- 



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