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Show 1895.] FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 723 an elevation of 7000-8000 feet; $ , Kazamaza's, between the 18th and 23rd April, at 5300 feet. These examples are not quite typical, the spot in the cell of tbe primaries being elongated into an oblique bar, and the dark external area of the secondaries being distinctly wider; but, without more material, it would be rash to assert that this was a distinct local race; the form of the male is that of typical A. echeria rather than of A. albimaculata. 3. AMAURIS ELLIOTI. (Plate XLII. fig. 1.) Amauris ellioti, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xvi. p. 122 (1895). d d, Salt Lake to Wawamba country and Euwenzori, 5600 feet. A very well-defined distinct species, with hind-wing characteristics of the genus Tirumala. 4. LlMNAS CHRTSIPPUS. Papilio chrysippus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 263 (1764). d d j Salt Lake to Wawamba country; Berkeley Bay. A female of the variety L. klugii was also obtained at Uganda, and a male from Berkeley Bay, Victoria Nvanza, obtained Jan. 12th, 1894. 5. MYCALESIS TECHNATIS. Mycalesis technatis, Hewitson, Exot. Butt, v., Myc. pi. x. fig. 67 (1877). d d, Kazamaza's, Euwenzori, 5300 feet, 13th to 23rd April. The ocelli are smaller than in the type, but otherwise there seems to be no difference ; M. campa, Karsch, seems to be the same species. 6. MYCALESIS VULGARIS ? Mycalesis vulgaris, Butler, Cat. Sat. Brit. Mus. p. 130, pi. 3. fig. 2 (1868). d d , Kivata, 6000-8000 feet; 2 • Kazamaza's, Euwenzori, 5300 feet. Also worn examples from Uganda. So far as it is possible to trace the pattern on these very worn specimens, it corresponds exactly with that of M. vulgaris; there can therefore be very little doubt as to the correctness of the identification. A shattered and rubbed example of M. evenus, Hopff., was obtained on the Victoria Nyanza, and a slightly better example from Malamba, 7000 feet, on the 13th January. 7. MYCALESIS MATUTA. Mycalesis matuta, Karsch, Ent. Nachrichten, xx. p. 228, no. 10 (1894). Salt Lake to Wawamba country. I have to thank Prof. Aurivillius for referring me to the description of this beautiful species. |