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Show 1895.] ON BUTTERFLIES EROM WEST OF LAKE NYASA. 627 PLATE XXXIII. Fig. 1. Iraota nila, Dist., cf > P- 588. 2. Arrhenothrix lowii, sp. n., cf,p. 596. 3. Pratapa lucidus, sp. n., d> p. 596. 4. devana, sp. n., cf i p. 597. 5. ,2, p. 597. 6. calculis, sp. n., cf. p. 598. 7. , 2, p. 598. 8. Tajuria tussis, sp. n., cf> p. 601. 9. ,2, p. 601. Fig. 10. Tajuria cyrus, sp. n., cf > p. 600. H . ., 2, p. 600. 12. dominus, sp. n., cf, p. 600. 13. cato, sp. n., cf. P- 601. 14. ,2, p. 601. 15. Pratapa sannio, sp. n., cf > p. 596. 16. Hypolyccena skapane, sp. n., cf.p. 604. 17. , 2, p. 604. 18. phemis, sp. n„ cf > PLATE XXXIV. p. 604. Fig. 1. Chliaria mimima, sp. n., cf> p. 605. 2. Biduanda thcenia, sp. n., 2 , p. 614. 3. Jacoona jusana, sp. n., cf > p. 609. 4. metasuja, sp. n., cf, p. 609. 5. Biduanda staudinyeri, sp. n., cf, P- 615. 6. ,2, p. 615. 7. Marmessus surindra, sp. n., cf,p.617. 8. Horaga corniculum, sp. n., p. 611. 9. affinis, sp. n., cf > P- 611. Fig. 10. Deudorix staudingeri, sp. n., cf,P-621. 11. Eapala barthema, Dist., cf. p. 623. 12. laima, sp. n., cf, P> 624. 13. drasmos, sp. n., 2, p. 624. 14. Poritia phare, sp. n., cf. p. 567. 15. Poris/eina phakos, sp. n., cf, P- 570. 16. Bapala olivia, sp. n., cfi p. 622. 17. Cyaniris phuste, sp. n., cf. p. 573. 5. On a small Collection of Butterflies sent by Mr. Eichard Crawshay from the country west of Lake Nyasa. By A R T H U R G-. BUTLER, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c, Assistant-Keeper of the Zoological Department, British Museum. [Received June 12, 1895.] (Plate XXXV.) The present consignment was forwarded to me by Mr. Sclater early in the present year; although very small, it is decidedly interesting, and the specimens, with only one or two exceptions, are in the admirable condition characreristic of Mr. Crawshay s collections. Five new species are now described. The following extract from a letter to our Secretary evidences the careful and methodical manner in which Mr. Crawshay °"The collection I send is a very small one, made inNyikachiefly, 40* |