964 DE. A. G. BUTLEE ON BFTTEBPLIES [NoV. 28, 



The female, though in excellent condition, was caught by 

 Bvalamkombi, one of Mr. Crawshay's native servants. 



6. Peecis elgiya Hewits. 



c? , $ , Muthambi Eiver, Ndya, 7th January, 1899. 



7. Peecis natalica Peld. 



2 , Muthambi Eiver, Ndya, 13th January, 1899. 

 " Fairly plentiful : but this is, I think, the only perfect specimen 

 I have seen" (R. C). 



8. Htpolimstas misippus, var. inaeia Cram. 



2 , Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, 11th January, 1899. 



9. Ceenis boisduvalii Wllgr. 



d <S , Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, 12th January, 1899. 



" An insect which I should probably never have seen, and 

 certainly not taken, had it not been for the putrefying crocodile's 

 head, on which it descended as it were from the clouds. It is 

 worthy of note that this insect shows a lovely tinge of purple or 

 blue on the inside of the wings if these are viewed at an angle 

 in a good hght." (E. C.) 



10. Ceekis howbnsis Stand. 



S S , Muthambi Eiver, 12fch January, 1899. 



" The most restless, active, and difficult insect to take I have 

 ever come across ; for six days have 1 been watching and following 

 the movements of some half-dozen in the glade of fig-trees in 

 which I am encamped, trying all I could to take one, but without 

 success. They flip about amongst the trees and occasionally perch 

 ou the trunk and branches, but always out of reach. By great 

 good luck this morning two have been tempted to come down and 

 feed on a putrefying crocodile's head, and I was thus enabled to 

 take them." (R. G.) 



One specimen (a male) is said to have contained a whitish-green 

 ovum, but this must have been an error of observation, as the 

 insect has strongly pronounced male claspers. 



11. Hamaisumida d^dalus Fabr. 



" Plentiful enough on undulating plains N. of Tana River, 4200 

 feet, 14th January, 1899." 



A single dry-season male of this abundant species. 



12. Neptis AGATHA Cram. 



2,6, Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, Kikuyu, 6th & 7th 

 January, 1899. 



13. Neptidopsis ophione, var. telleda Mab. 

 Muthambi Eiver, 4500 feet, Ndya, 6th & 13th January, 1899. 

 Mr. Crawshay appears to have seen three examples of this 



