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Show 1896.] FROM NYASA-LAND. 829 56. AZANUS S1GILLATUS. Lampides slgillatus, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii. p. 483 (1876). tf 6, Henga, W . of Lake Nyasa, Nov. 20th, 1895. " Perches on branches of trees " (R. C). 57. NACADUBA SICHELA. Lyccena sichela, Wallengren, Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1857, Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 37. o* o% Henga, W . of Lake Nyasa, Nov. 20th, 1895. " Very active on the wdng " (R. C). In Mr. Trimen's description of this rare butterfly the upper surface is said to be " silky dark-violaceous " ; but I find that the colouring is particularly liable to deepen in the damping-pan (often in patches): an example which has wholly escaped this discoloration, if one sits between it and the light, is of the same beautiful lilac as the European " Common Blue," ! with a narrow, tapering blackish border to the outer margin; but if held between one and the light, it changes to a sickly greenish grey, more nearly approaching the colouring of Plebelus orbitulus. 58. CASTALIUS CALICE. Lyccena calice, Hopffer, Ber. A7erh. Ak. Berl. 1855, p. 642; Peters' Reise nach Mossamb. v. p. 405, pl. 26. figs. 4, 5 (1861). Lower Nyika, June 14th, 1895. 59. LYCAENESTHES ADHERBAL. 2. Lyccena adherbal, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1877, p. 217. o*. Lycaenesthes lunulata, Trimen, P.Z.S. 1894, p. 51, pl. fig. 12. 2 , Kondowi, 4000 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 21st, 1896. "Emerald-green ova" (B. C). 60. LYCAENESTHES LIODES. d1. Lycaenesthes liodes, Hewitson. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1874, p. 349. 2 , Kondowi, Nyika, Feb. 2nd, 1896. 61. ZlZERA KNYSNA. Lyccena knysna, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd ser. vol. i. p. 282 (1862). 6 6, Deep Bay, Feb. 24th and 26th, March 8th, 1896. "INever plentiful; an odd one met with here and there. A very low flier, hovers within an inch or so of the ground, and has to be dredged off it almost with the net" (B. C). 1 I believe this species now stands under the name of Cupido icarus. |