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Show 118 DR. A. G. BUTLER ON BUTTERFLIES [Jan. 14 This species varies in tint, from semitransparent greyish bone-colour to almost opaqne'orange tawny ; the spots vary in number and size, and the apical border of primaries in width : it is this inconstancy in the present species which convinces me that A. stenobcea -ligus is only a bright-coloured and more opaque phase of A. ccecilia. 40. ACRiEA ANEMOSA. Acrcea anemosa, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii. pi. 8. figs. 14, 15 (1865). Acrcea arcticincta, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xii. p. 103 (1883). 3. Ndara, W . coast of Lake Nyasa, March 2nd, 1895. " Orange and black, crimson and pink underwinged Fritillary. Have only seen this one specimen" (R. ft). This is a very variable species ; not only does it differ greatly in the width of the black border of secondaries (on which character I based m y A. arcticincta), but in the size and number of the black spots on the primaries. One of our 31 examples, in addition to the basal black patch, the bar beyond the end of cell, and the apical patch, exhibits five well-defined discal black spots, all of which are absent in some specimens, it also show's a conspicuous black spot on the lower discocellular veinlet. The Lycaenidaa of the collection contain a nice series of the new genus Uranothauma and several other forms of interest. 41. AL.FNA NYASSiE. Alcena nyassce, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 6 (1877). Lumpi R., Lower Nyika, Feb. 2nd; Mtambwe Hill, Deep Bay, April 3rd; Manchewi Falls, Lower Nyika, April 6th; Lumpi Valley, April 13th, 1895. "Marbled white Skipper" (22. ft). These specimens are interesting, three of tbem being white-banded as in typical A. nyassce, but with the subapical white spot of var. ocliracea; the fourth example has a white band across the primaries, but a buff band across the secondaries, thus proving that I was correct in not regarding A. ochracea as a distinct species. 42. POLYOMMATUS BJETICUS. Papilio bceticus, LinnaBus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 789 (1767). 2 , Kapoio, Songwi R. plain, W . coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 26th ; 2, Nyankowi Mt., Nyika, 5575 feet alt., April 9th : 3 9 in coitu, April 10th ; 3, Kwereru Hill, Deep Bay, April 22nd, 1895. 3 , " Alexis-like Blue " ; $ , " Dull azure Blue " (R. ft). 43. CATOCHRYSOPS OSIRIS. Lyccena osiris, Hopffer, Ber. Verh. Ak. Berlin, 1855, p. 642; Peters' Reise n. Mossamb. v. p. 409, pi. 26. figs. 11, 12 (1862). 3, Lumpi R. valley, Lower Nyika, April 21st, 1895. |