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Show 1895.] . THE COUNTRY WEST OF LAKE NYASA. 633 13. COLIAS EDUSA, var. ELECTRA. Papilio electra, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 764 (1767). cf cf and 2 (ft helice type), Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, west of Lake Nyasa, Sept. 2nd, 1893. 2 2 (both forms), Kantorongondo Mountain, Nyika, Sept. 18th, 1893. " Clouded Yellow and Pale Clouded Yellow " (R. ft). Mr. Crawshay remarks:-"The Clouded Yellows do not differ in their habits from those I have taken in Great Britain. I got them all, wdth the exception of one, on the top of Kasungu. They are the first Clouded Yellows I have come across in B. C. Africa. " The Pale Clouded Yellow, or whatever it is, may prove something good. The Dark Clouded Yellows, as far as I can judge, are merely small editions of the British Colias edusa. " Of the Pale Clouded Yellows, I took two specimens (one I have). I took four specimens of the Dark Clouded Yellow, and could have taken more." The " Pale Clouded Yellow " is only the usual albino form of the female; Mr. Crawshay sent us two specimens. One of the males does not differ in any respect from typical ft edusa; the other and the ordinary female are somewdiat more yellow in tint, especially on the posterior wings, those of the female showing scarcely a trace of the usual orange suffusion. 14. TERIAS PUNCTINOTATA, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. figs. 8, 9.) 2. Evidently a representative or geographical race of T. desjardinsii, from the female of which it differs in the total absence of the dark brown border of the primaries-all the wings above being uniformly primrose-yellow, paler towards the outer margins, and with brown-stained black dots at the extremities of the veins ; on the under surface the reddish border and apical oblique streak of the primaries are wanting, and the subapical bilunate marking is dark ferruginous brown; the ground-colour is also paler. Expanse of wings 41-45 millim. 2 2, Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, west of Lake Nyasa, Sept. 2nd, and Kantorongondo Mountain, Sept. 5th, 1893. " Brimstone (small)" (R. ft). Speaking of the reduction in the width of the border in females of T. desjardinsii, Mr. Trimen says :-" Here the extreme of reduction breaks up the hind-marginal portion of the border into very nearly separated spots." Between this extreme and T. punctinotata there is a very considerable gap, but it may eventually be bridged over when the fauna of Africa is thoroughly known. 15. PAPILIO PSEUDONIREUS, var. ? Papilio pseudonireus, Felder, Eeise der Nov., Lep. i. p. 94. Above this example is black, with all the markings of a satiny Antwerp Blue, the fringes narrowly white between the veins : on the upper surface the central band is evidently wider than in |
