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A LIST OF BUTTERFLIES COLLECTED 
7. — Melanitis leda, L. Abundant everywhere. 
8. — Gnoplnodes parmeno , f. diversct, Butl. Taveta, Nairobi. 
Generally found in dense forest. Not common. 
9. — Mycalesis dentata, E. M. Sharpe. North or South Kikuyu, 
Kenia Forest. Not uncommon. 
10. — Mycalesis kenia, Bogenh. Nairobi Forest. Sometimes 
common. 
11. — Mycalesis safitza, Hew. Ubiquitous. 
12. — Henotesia perspicua, Trim. Common and widely 
distributed. 
18. — Physcceneura leda, Gorst. Coast district, Taita. 
Common. 
14. — Neoccenyra duplex, Butl. Taita, Taveta. Not uncommon, 
15. — Neoccenyra gregorii, Butl. Taita, Ukambani, South 
Kikuyu. Common. 
1 6. -—Ypthima asterope, Klug. Common and widely distributed. 
The eye spots on the underside vary a good deal in 
number. 
17. — Ypthima itonia, Hew. North and South Kikuyu. Not 
uncommon. 
18. — Pardopsis punctatissima, Boisd. Common and widely 
distributed, especially in the coast district. It frequents 
forest as well as open country. 
19. — Acrcea rabbaice, Ward. The coast district. Fairly com- 
mon in forest and woodlands. 
20. — Acrcea zonata, Hew. The coast hills. This is a forest 
insect and flies somewhat higher than most of its 
congeners. It is rather rare. 
21. — Acrcea cuva, Smith. The coast hills. Also a forest 
insect with a lofty flight, by no means easy to capture, 
as it has a tantalising habit of floating about out of 
reach of the net. It is a rare species. 
22. — Acrcea cerasa, Hew. South Kikuyu. This species 
frequents forest, and sometimes swarms in that near 
Nairobi. 
28. — Acrcea quirina, Fabr. Not common on the coast hills. 
24. — Acrcea baxteri, E. M. Sharpe. Aberdare Mountains. Also 
one specimen high up on the Dabida Hills in the Taita 
country. 
