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Show S 2 4 DR. A. G. BUTLER O N LEPIDOPTERA [NOV. 17, 22. JUNONIA TRIMENI. Junonia trimenii, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 651, pl. Ix. fig. 4. o*, 2 , Kondowi, 4000 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 21st, 1896. Said to be the form occurring between the wet and dry seasons ; but, from what Mr. Crawshay says of Nyika, there ought to be no dry-season forms there. At Zomba it occurs (in company with J. slmla) in July and (in company with both J. slmla and J. cuama) in December: indeed, if we had a larger series of each of these species, I believe it would be possible to prove that they always fly simultaneously. The female of J. trimeni noted above has dry-season characters on the under surface.1 23. JUNONIA SIMIA. Precis simla, Wallengren, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1857, p. 26. Deep Bay, Feb. 13th and 23rd, 1896. 24. JUNONIA TUGELA. Precis tugela, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, p 334 ; South Afr. Butt. vol. i. p. 241, pl. iv. fig. 5 (1887). J, Mtambwi Hill, Deep Bay, July 1st, 1895. This makes the second dated example which we have received, the first dated specimen having been obtained in September: on the other hand, J. aurorina (which might well be the wet-season form of J. tugela) appears, from our dated specimens, to fly from December to April. In South Africa Mr. Trimen records specimens of J. tugela as taken in March and May; whether the dry season commences so early as March on the Tugela River I do not know. 25. JUNONIA CLELIA. Papilio clelia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. xxi. E, F (1779). Deep Bay, February 1st, 1896. 26. JUNONIA BOOPIS. Junonia boopis, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, p. 331. 2 , Luvira River, Nyasa to Tanganyika Road, August 23rd, 1895. 27. JUNONIA CEBRENE. Junonia cebrene, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1870, p. 353. Deep Bay, Feb. 5th, 8th, and 15th, 1896. 28. JUNONIA NATALICA. Precis natalica, Felder, Wien. ent. Monatschr. iv. p. 106 (1860). 2 , Deep Bay, March 10th, 1896. " Bright green ova" (R. C). 1 W h y a pair taken on the same day should differ in the features supposed to characterize the two seasons, and in a country where it is never really dry, is a riddle which I do not pretend to solve.-A. G. B. |
