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Show 1896.] FROM NYASALAND. 131 96. PADRAONA ZENO* $. Pamphila zeno, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd ser. vol. ii. p. 179 (1864); 3 2- South Afr. Butt. vol. iii. p. 313, 2 ph xii. fig. 2 (1889). Var. 3 2 • Padraona watsoni, Butler, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 671. Kondowi, 4110 feet alt., Lower Nyika, April 6th and 11th; Kantorongondo Mt., Nyika, 6975 feet alt., April 16th, 1895. " Orange and brown spotted Skipper " (R. ft). The specimens now received link P. ivatsoni to P. zeno, the orange cell-spot of the primaries, which in P. ivatsoni extends almost to the base, proving it to be variable; the discal band of the secondaries also varies in width, and the under-surface colouring from the bright yellow with badly defined darker bands ol P. watsoni to the duller brown banded character of P. zeno: all the examples now received having been taken in April, the differences cannot be seasonal. 97. GEGENES LETTERSTEDTI. Hesperia letterstedti, Wallengren, Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1857, p. 49. o* 3, Nyankowa Mt., 5575 feet alt., Nyika, April 9th, 1895. " Smoky green Skipper" (R. ft). 98. BAORIS FATUELLUS. Pamphila fatuellus, Hopffer, Monatsber. k. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1855, p. 643; Peters' Reise n. Mossamb. v. p. 417, pi. 27. figs. 3, 4 (1862). Ngerenge Plains, W . coast of Lake Nyasa, Feb. 24th ; Cheni- Cheni Mt., Nyika, 6430 feet alt., April 17th, 1895. " Greenish Skipper " (R. ft). 99. BAORIS INCONSPICUA. Hesperia inconspicua, Bertoloni, Mem. Ace. Bol. 1849, p. 15. Kambwiyi, Lower Nyika, Jan. 21st; Lower Nyika, Feb. 2nd, 1895. " Green Skipper (decided yellowish-green)." " Dark green speckled-with-white Skipper " (R. ft). 100. BAORIS, sp. (A continental form of B. umbrata.) This species, which is almost certain to have been named by either M . Mabille or Herr Plotz, differs from B. umbrata of the Island of Johanna only in its slightly superior size, more elongated wings, and blacker colouring; in markings, pale fringes and palpi, and the pale areas below it agrees, excepting that the pale colouring is less pronounced. Kondowi, Lower Nyika, April 4th, 1895. |
