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Show 1896.] FROM NYASA-LAND. 831 marginal spots, otherwise as in the male. Expanse of wings, J 25 millim., $ 24 millim. j j , 2 > Kasungu Mountain, 7075-7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 1st and 2nd, 1896. 67. HYREUS VIRGO. Hyreus virgo, Butler, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 121, pl. vi. fig. 1. o», Kasungu Mountain, 5490 feet alt., Nyika, Feb. 29th, 1896. 68. HYREUS PALEMON. Papilio palemon, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pl. cccxc. E, F (1782). Cheni-Cheni Mountain, 7400 feet alt., Nyika, June 30th; Mbalizi Valley, 4375 feet alt., Unyika, August 25th, 1895; Kasungu Mountain, 7425 feet alt., Nyika, March 4th, 1896. 69. URANOTHAUMA POGGEI. Plebelus poggei, Dewitz, Nov. Act. Acad. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. xii. 2, pl. xxv'i. fig. 7 (1879). rj, Lisenga, 4500 feet alt., Mbalizi Valley, Unyika, Sept. 16th, 1895. 70. URANOTHAUMA CRAWSHAYI. Uranothauma crawshagi, Butler, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 631, pl. xxxv. figs. 6, 7. 3 2, Kasungu Mountain, Sept. 2nd, 1893, March 1st, 3rd, and 5th, 1896, Nyika. 71. C A P Y S C O N N E X I V A , sp. n. (Plate X L I . fig. 6.) Intermediate in character between C. alpheus and C. disjunctus; the male above dark cupreous brown, with bronze reflections; the cilia coloured as in C. disjunctus, with red basal line ; the sericeous tawny area of the primaries much smaller than in the latter species, sometimes represented, as in C. alpheus, by a mere transverse belt, but more often diffused basally and occasionally forming a uniform triangular patch ; secondaries with a discal patch not reaching the costa, but sometimes extended downwards to the anal tail, and occasionally an imperfect external border of sericeous tawny; below almost as in C. disjunctus. Tbe female is very like that sex of the latter species on both surfaces, only the ground-colouring above is lavender, shading into brown on the outer border and into pale blue and greenish grey towards the base. Expanse of wings, 6 36-42 millim., $ 40 millim. o* d\ Kasungu Mountain, 5945 feet alt., Nyika, February 29th; 2 , 5000 feet alt,, March 6th, 1896. One perfect male, four more or less worn, and a somewhat shattered female were obtained. 72. AXIOCERCES AMANGA. Zerltls amanga, Westwood, in Oates's Matabele Land, p. 351 (1881). 6, Mbalizi Valley, Unyika, August 25th, 1895. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1896, No. LIV. 54 |
