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Show 1894.] MANICA, SOUTH-EAST AFRICA. 37 53. NEPTIS MARPESSA, Hopff. Neptis marpessa, Hopff. Monatsb. Akad. Wissensch. Berl. 1855, p. 640. n. 8. Four specimens taken at Christmas Pass agree thoroughly with those found in Natal and other more southern tracts. 54. NEPTIS GOOCHII, Trim. Neptis goochii, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 336: S.-Afr. Butt. i. p. 273. n. 89, pi. v. fig. 6 (1887). Of this rare little Neptis, hitherto only known to me as inhabiting the Durban district of Natal, there is a single example, captured at Christmas Pass on 13th February. Genus DIADEMA, Boisd. 55. DIADEMA MISIPPUS (L.). One specimen from Christmas Pass and another from the Mineni Valley. Genus EUPH^EDRA, Hiibn. 56. EUPH^EDRA NEOPHRON (Hopff.). Bomaleosoma neophron, Hopff. Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1855, p. 640. n. 9. There are two examples of this very distinct Euphcedra, taken on the Pungwe Eiver 15 miles above Sarmento on September 19th. This species appears to be the solitary representative of its genus in Eastern and South-eastern Africa. Genus HAMANUMIDA, Hiibn. 57. H A M A N U M I D A D^EDALUS (Fabr.). Papilio dcedalus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 482. n. 174 (1775). Four specimens from Christmas Pass (February 12th to 26th), one from the Mineni Valley (March 29th) and two from near Vunduzi Eiver (April 5th), are ail of the form in which the underside is warm reddish ochreous and spotted with white ; but in two specimens, dated respectively March 29th and April 5th, the white spots are rather duller than in the rest. I have for some time been disposed to think that the well-known variation in the underside of this widely-distributed African butterfly is seasonal, and these dated captures of Mr. Selous's tend to confirm this view. All the specimen taken by Mr. Eriksson at Omrora, tropical S W . Africa, from 1st to 25th August, 1887, were (as I have recorded, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 80) of the dull underside colouring, wanting the white spots and with the dark markings very faint, and the same is the case with a pair taken in copula near Delagoa Bay, on the 9th August, 1891, by the Eev. H. Junod. A series of dated captures throughout the year is wanting in the |
