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Show 1894.] FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 565 36. EUPHJEDRA VIOLACEA. Euryphene violacea, Butler, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 91. No exact localities on the pair obtained; probably from the Sabaki Valley. An example from Zanzibar in the series of E. neophron recently presented to the Museum by Messrs. Salvin and Godman shows a decided approach to the colouring of E. violacea, but has the wing-form of typical E. neophron. The latter varies remarkably in colouring, examples from Lake Nyasa being bright green above, those from Delagoa Bay bluish green or greenish blue, those from Zanzibar having a more or less pronounced violaceous suffusion, usually confined to the external area. None, however, have the produced primaries or uniform violaceous colouring of my species, though it is possible that more transitional forms may hereafter be obtained. 37. H A M A N U M I D A D^EDALUS. Papilio dcedalus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 482. n. 174 (1775). Golbanti; steppes of Thika-Shika; Ndoli; Ndangi River. 38. GODARTIA WAKEFIELDII. Godartia wakefieldii, Ward, Ent. Month. Mag. x. p. 152; Afric. Butt. pi. vi. fig. 3 (1873). No exact localities on specimens, which were therefore probably obtained in the Sabaki Valley. 39. NEPTIS AGATHA. Papilio agatha, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccxxvii. A, B (1782). Ngatana ; Guaso Laschau ; Thiriati; steppes of Thika-Shika. 40. ATELLA COLUMBINA. Papilio columbina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. ccxxxviii. A, B ; iv. pi. cccxxxvii. D, E (1782). No exact locality on the specimens ; probably Sabaki Valley. _ 41. ACRCEA CABIRA. Acrcea cabira, Hopffer, Ber.Verh. Akad. Berlin. 1855, p. 640. n.7; Peters, Reise nach Mossambique, p. 378, pi. 23. figs. 14,15 (1862). Thiriati (shrub-covered plateau, with deep gorges) in Tana river-basin. 42. ACRCEA VENTURA. Acrcea ventura, Hewitson, Ent. Month. Mag. xiv. p. 51 (1877); Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 655. n. 61. Rangatan, Ndari, Laitsipia. 43. ACRCEA PLANESIUM. Acrcea planesium, Oberthiir, Etudes d'Eutom. 17th livr. p. 24, pi. 1. fig. 1] (1893). Thiriati; Machakos ; Kavaluki Valley ; Maka. Apparently not a rare species. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1894, No. XXXVII. 37 |
