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a male achine and several omphale of both sexes. These Temcoli , 
with one exception that was intermediate, were decidedly dry/’ but 
not so extremely “ dry ” as onr Ehodesian specimens. 1 Colias electro, 
was seen but not taken. 
Of Papilio nireus , f. lymus , we secured two males, but we met 
with both sexes of P. demodocus. Of P. dardanus, perhaps the 
commonest of the three Papilios, two males and one female were 
taken, the latter of the form cenea, which mimics Amouris echeria. 
Of the last-named species four specimens were taken, also three of 
the closely allied A. albimamloto; the latter at any rate has a 
strong disagreeable odour like musty straw; both forms are very 
hard to kill. Donaida chrysippus was fairly common. 
Lycaenids were not so numerous as might have been expected in 
the Park, either as regards species or individuals. Of Zizera lysimon 
and Gacyreus palemon single specimens were taken; females of 
Argiolaus silas were fairly common, they flew high and settled on 
the tops of trees, but also visited flowers. A few of the widely 
ranging Tarucus telicanus were to be seen, two of them whilst at 
rest were observed to move the hind-wings alternately backwards and 
forwards in their own plane. 
On the occasion of our former visit we saw no Satyrids, but this 
time two specimens of Pseudonympha cassius turned up, as well as 
two females and a male of Mycalesis safitza. 
With the exception of Gharaxes varanes , which was fairly common, 
though worn, the Nymphalines were not very prominent. Eurytela, 
hiarhas was less plentiful and in less good condition than on our 
first visit; of Byblia goetzius only a single male was seen, while a 
Precis archesia, was taken settled on the ground. Several fine 
Pyrameis cardui were observed. 
Among the flowers introduced into the garden portion of the 
Park, and tending to run wild, was the Pride of Madeira, Bchium 
fastuosum, a remarkable plant of the Natural Order Boraginaceae, 
whose small flowers form solid spikes, often 6 feet high or more, the 
apparently simple spikes being made up of innumerable, densely 
packed, scorpioidal cymes. The flowers, which have prominent 
stamens, may be blue, or creamy white, those in the Queen’s Park 
being all of the latter variety. This plant proved very attractive to 
insects of several orders; among the numerous butterflies that fed 
upon the flowers was a single example of the pretty Vanessid, 
Hypanartia hippomene, Hubn. The following insects were also taken 
on the spikes :—-Apis adansoni , as was only to be expected ; the very 
1 See Dixey, Proc . Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, pp. IxL, Ixvi. 
