1900.] from british east africa. 917 



11. Precis cloantha. 



Papilxo cloantha, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. p. 93, pi. cccxxxviii. 

 A, B (1781). 



d , Nairobi plains, 5400 feet, April 12, 1900. 



12. Precis pyripormis. 



Junonia pyriformis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 726, pi. xlvi. 

 figs. 5, 6. 



<5 , Roronio, Kikuyu forest, Jan. 12, 1900. 



"A very ragged specimen; none the less welcome, as the only 

 one of this species I have come across in these parts." (B. C.) 



Mr. Crawshay might have added " or anywhere else," for there 

 is not the least doubt in my mind that it is quite distinct from 

 P. milonia of the West Coast and P. tugela of the South and East. 

 The specimen now sent, although sufficient for identification, is 

 unfortunately too much shattered for the cabinet. 



13. Precis elgiva. 



Junonia elgiva, Hewitson, Exot. Butt., Jun. pi. 1. fig. 1 (1864). 



6 , 2 $ , Nairobi forest, March 2, 20, & 25, 1900. 



" Distinctly arboreal in its haunts and living in the shade of the 

 forest ; plentiful and very easily taken, as its flight is generally 

 only a few yards at a time and low, within two or three feet of the 

 ground." (B. C.) 



14. Precis cebrene. 



Precis cebrene, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 353. 



$ , Boromo, Kikuyu forest, Feb. 6, 1900. 



" Common enough elsewhere, but not so here, as I have seen 

 only some eight or ten since I have been in these parts. Taken by 

 my servant Mapeyani. Emerald-green ova, spherical and very 

 small." (B. O.) 



15. Precis clelia. 



Papilio clelia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. p. 33, pi. xxi. E, F (1775). 

 S , Nairobi, March 5, 1900. 

 " A common insect enough, but a most perfect specimen." (B. C.) 



16. HYPANARTIA SCHiENEIA. 



Hypanartia schcmeia, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, 

 p. 329. 



c?,2, Roromo, Kikuyu forest, 7700 feet, Jan. 7 and March 24 

 1900. 



" Grass-green spherical ova semi-developed." (B. C.) 



Mr. Crawshay asks : " How many species of these African 

 Admirals are there ? — three in this neighbourhood, 1 think." 1 

 believe he is correct, although it has been said that //. hippomene 

 is only a seasonal phase of the present species. The third species 

 is a true Admiral (a Pyrameis near to P. atalanta). In W. Africa 



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