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Show 840 BR. A. G. BUTLER OX [Nov. 16, eggs laid by J. archesia and J. sesamus, and I fear I have lost chance this season, as there are only a few battered individuals left, aud their respective wet forms J. pelasgis and J. natalensis are beginning to appear." In the Museum we have an almost perfect transitional series between J archesia and J.pelasgis (including J. chapunga), so there can be little, if any, reason for doubting their specific identity. 17. JUNONIA SESAMUS, Trimen. "Dry form," Malvern, 800 feet, 11th August, 1896. I can see no object in calling the South-African species J. octavla. The latter is purely a Western butterfly of which the dry form is probably J. amestrls, provided that J. natalensis= calescens can be proved to be the wet form of J. sesamus; this, however, is at present open to question, for Mr. Distant informs me that in the Transvaal he found J. sesamus exceedingly abundant, whereas he only succeeded in obtaining one specimen of J. natalensis. That this is also the case with J. amestris compared with J. octavla is abundantly evident in collections. 18. JUNONIA AURORINA. 3 . Junonia aurorina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 651, pl. Ix. fig. 3. o* 3, Karkloof, 4200 feet, 30th January, 14th Februarv; $, 15th February, 1897. Mr. Marshall marks this as " Junonia tugela (wet)," which bears out what Mr. Cecil Barker says respecting the modification of the apex of the wing in that species. If proved, it will, I think, tend to show that J. kowara and J. sinuata are also seasonal forms of one species. 19. JUNONIA CEBRENE, Trimen. Estcourt, 4000 feet, 28th August, 30th September, 2nd and 10th October, 1896. 20. JUNONIA CLELIA, Cramer. Malvern, 800 feet, 10th August; Tugela Biver, 2500 feet, near Weenen, 9th and 10th November, 1896. 21. HAMANUMIDA D^EBALUS, Fabr. "Dry form," Malvern, 800 feet, 11th August, 1896. 22. EURYTELA HIARBAS, Drury. Durban, 7th August, 1896. 23. BYBLIA ILITHYIA, var. SIMPLEX, Butler. Intermediate form-Estcourt, 4000 feet, 18th August; 6th, 23rd, and 27th September; 3rd, 10th, 13tb, 15th, and 17th October, 1896. I have never seen typical B. simplex from Africa before. Tbe |
