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Show 1896.] PROM NYASA-LAND. Ill 13. JUNONIA CERYNE. Salamis ceryne, Boisduval, Faun. Madag. p. 46 (1833). 3 3, Henga, west of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 1st, 1895. " British (!) Tortoisesheh" (R. ft). The trivial name is a curious one ; there is certainly no British species of Junonia: memory is a treacherous reed to lean upon. 14. JUNONIA AURORINA. Junonia aurorina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 651, pi. Ix. fig. 3. 3 , Kondowi, Lower Nyika, April 5th, 1895. " Black and orange Tortoisesheh " (R. ft). Prof. Aurivillius considers that J. aurorina, J. milonia = kowara, J. sinuata, and J. tugela may all be races or local forms of one species. This is one of the very few points in which I differ from this admirable Lepidopterist. I think it possible that J. milonia and J. sinuata may be seasonal forms of one species, and J. tugela and J. aurorina of another allied species ; but I do not see my way at present to uniting the western and eastern species, which appear to be constant. Prof. Aurivillius proposes to regard J. pyriformis as a fifth development of the species, but as both the western and eastern forms are already provided with probable dry and wet-season races it would be puzzling to discover under what category to place this singularly formed type : that it is constant in its proper locality seems to be demonstrated conclusively by our seven examples; but it is not safe to dogmatize about the constancy of African Lepidoptera, and therefore I do not say that transitional links will not be discovered, which may eventually unite it to J. aurorina, though, at present, I do not believe that such links exist. 15. JUNONIA CLOANTHA. Papilio cloantha, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccxxxvih. A, B (1782). 3 3, Henga, W. of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 1st, 1895. " Hirsute underwinged Tortoisesheh " (R. ft). 16. JUNONIA ELGIVA. Junonia elgiva, Hewitson, Exot. Butt, iii. Jun. pi, i. fig. 1 (1864). 3, Ngerenge, W . coast of Lake Nvasa, Feb. 27th, 1895. " Old-gold and black Admiral" (R. ft). 17. JUNONIA BOOPIS. Junonia boopis, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1879, p. 331. 3, Henga, W . of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 1st, 1895. " Blue underwinged Admiral" (R. ft). 18. JUNONIA CEBRENE. Junonia cebrene, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1870, p. 353. 3 3, Henga, Jan. 25th, and Ngerenge, Feb. 24th. " Light brown and black Admiral" (R. ft). |
