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of this first insfalment) I received a communication dated Dec. 

 19th, 1898, addi'essed from tea miles about East of tlie Athi 

 River, Kitwi, British East Africa, in which Mr. Crawshay says : — 

 " I was afraid the Butterflies would disappoint you. However, as 

 you will have seen from my previous letter from Masailaud, which 

 could not have reached you before you wrote, the localities where 

 1 have been collecting hitherto are not rich in Butterflies, though 

 richer in Moths. The Butterfly- country of this part of Africa, I 

 predict, will be the dark lofty forests of Kikuyu in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Mt. Kenia (visible at a respectable distance, 130 to 

 150 miles, I suppose, from where I am now camped : I saw it last 

 evening). 



" Shortly you should receive another lot of Lepidoptera which I 

 sent off from Mombasa about a month ago, and which comprises 

 some insects taken in Massai and some at Neugia ', with others 

 taken hither and thither in my goings out and in my comings in. 

 I have now about 100 other insects towards another consignment : 

 they include a lot of very likely-looking Moths, but only about 

 3 Butterflies, all ' Blues,' which are new to me." 



The lot referred to in the preceding letter was the second of 

 the two consignments treated of in the present paper. 



Nymphalid^. 



SATYRINyE. 



1. Samanta pekspicua Trimen. 



2 , Machako's, 26th June, 1898. 



" Only one specimen seen. Pale watery-green ova." {R. G.) 

 This example belongs to the typical wet-season phase, but the 

 ocelli on the under surface are rather small. 



2. JSTEOCiENTEA GEEGOEii Butler. 



6 6 , Machako's, 24th April and 3rd July, 1898. 



The example obtained in April was taken at Ulu, 5400 feet. 



Nymphalin^. 



3. JuNONiA SESAMUS Trimen. 



Wet pJiaae— 6 , Machako's, 25th June, 1898. 



Dry jjliase — S , 1st July, 1898. "The first of this species I 

 have seen at Machako's." {R. 0.) 



It will be noted that the extreme wet and dry phases were 

 taken within a week of eacli other ; but it should be distinctly 

 understood that, as phases existed before they were adapted to 

 the seasons, and still appear in many localities where there are 

 no defined seasons (as, for instance, at Aden, where a shoAver even 



^ On some of Mr. Crawshay's labels this is spelt Naugia, so that I am 

 doubtful of the correct spelling. — A. G. B. 



