1899.] PROM BRITTSn EAST AFRICA. 963 



tinge of port-wine colour about it '. This Blue (of which I think 

 I took a pair) and another very active and cunning insect — as 

 you will see from the note appended on the paper envelope — were 

 taken on a stinking crocodile's head, than which nothing smells 

 more foully ; other\\ise — I mean without this — I should probably 

 never have seen the former, nor taken either of them. 



"A hippopotamus skull far gone in putrefaction also proved 

 attractive, and did me several good turns in enabling me to get on 

 equal terms v^ ith other insects : on this I took the only Charaxes 

 I saw, I think, on the \Ahole journey, though one I know well. 

 Of Moths I also took a nice lot." 



On his return Mr. Crawshay had a narrow escape from a 

 wounded bull Rhinoceros, but by a fortunate shot whilst lying 

 in the grass he managed to hit it in the heart, and so escaped 

 with his life. 



The collection of Moths will be w^orked out by Sir George 

 Hampson. The Butterflies are represented by 127 specimens 

 referable to 69 species, of which 3 are new to science ; the most 

 interesting to me is a new species of Chloroselas allied to C. tama- 

 niha of Walker fi'ora Suakin, but apparently distinct, and clearly 

 proving that Prof. Aurivillius was in error in referring the Somali 

 insect C. esmeralda to that species, G. tamaniha is considerably 

 larger than C. esmeralda, has the posterior half of the primaries, 

 including the base, blue ; and the anal orange spot of the secondaries 

 is \\ell-defined as in the present species. 



N T M P H A L I D yE. 



1. MONOTKICHTIS SAFITZA Hewits. 



Miithambi River, Ndya, 7th January, 1899. 



" They swarm on the banks of the stream '' (i?. C). 



2. NEOCffiNYRA DUPLEX Butl. 



Slopes of Nthatha Hill, Kitwi, 4700 feet, 31st December, 1898. 



3. Neoc(e>'yra gregorii Butl. 



Miithambi River, Ndya, 7th January, 1899. 

 One much worn example. 



4. Charaxes varanes Cram. 



<S , Muthambi River, Ndya, 13th January, 1899. 

 "Taken on the crocodile's head (hippopotamus' skull?); the 

 onlv one of this species which I have seen during my week here " 



5. Precis cloaiwcha Cram. 



cJ, Plains N. of the Tana River, Kikuyu, 4500 feet, 5th 

 January ; $ , Muthambi River, Ndya, 12th January, 1899. 



1 This pi'oves to be a well-known species of Crenis, whieh occurs also in 

 South Africa.— A. G. B. 



