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Show 826 DR. A. G. BUTLER O N LEPIDOPTERA [NOV. 17, 36. METAORENIS ROSA. Crenls rosa, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 82 (1877). <?, Deep Bay, Oct. 17th, 1895. " Rarely met with and very difficult to take : flies swiftly with gliding flight, and perches high " (R. C). 37. PSEUDARGYNNIS HEGEMONE. Argynnis hegemone, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 258 (1819). o*, Mtambwi Hill, Deep Bay, July 1st, 1895. 38. ARGYNNIS SMARAGDIFERA. Argynnis smaragdifera, Butler, B. Z. S. 1895, p. 629, pl. xxxv. figs. 1,' 2. 2 , Cheni-Cheni Mountain, 7400 feet alt., Nyika, June 30th, 1895. 6* 6, 2 2 » Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Sept. 2nd, 1893; March 1st to 5th, 1896. The ova of the females are said to vary from yellow to orange in colour. The following description of the egg of this species was made by Mr. F. W . Frohawk from a single specimen found attached to a female obtained by Consul Sharpe at Zomba:- " The ovum, of the usual Argynnis form, conical in shape and measuring -J^ inch high, with about twenty longitudinal keels, irregular and varying in length ; some running for only two-thirds the distance from base to apex, others terminating before reaching the summit, eight only extending the entire length. It is ribbed transversely by about twenty in number, the ribs being irregularly distributed and widely separated near the summit, gradually becoming closer and shallower until finally disappearing at the base. " In general structure this egg very closely resembles that of A. selene (very much more than that of either A. euphrosyne or lathonia), the number and formation of the keels and ribs being similar in both species. It differs most from A. lathonia, A. euphrosyne being intermediate between A. smaragdifera and A. lathonia." 39. NEPTIS INCONGRUA. 2 . Neptis Incongrua, Butler, P.Z. S. 1896, p. 112, pl. vi. fig. 2. o* 6, Kasungu Mountain, 6200 to 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 1st, 3rd, and 5th, 1896. The male sometimes differs from the female in having the ground-colour of the under surface mahogany-red. 40. NEPTIS AGATHA. Papilio agatha, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. cccxxvii. A, B (1782). Deep Bay, March 6th, 1896. 41. PLANEMA SCALIVITTATA. (Plate XLI. fig. 3.) Planema scalivittata, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xviii. p. 159 (1896). Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 1st, 1896. |