274 Dr. G. B. Longstaff on 7. Precis orithyia madagascariensis, Guen.

Three $ <J and two $ $, Dilling, Nov. 16, 1904 ; three # <J, Tira Mandi, Nov. 23, 25, 26, 1904 ; one <£ Kadugli, Dec.

13, 1904. Of this species Dr. Eltringham says ; " The typical orithyia was first described from China, the sub-species madagascariensis (=-- boopis, Trimen) being the form inhabiting the African continent and Madagascar. The subspecies here, Lang, is found in Arabia, and is smaller, and without the red marks in fore-wing cell."

Dilling is nearly 2i° north of the Bahr al-Zarafa, the previous White Nile record.

la. Precis octavia, f. sesamus, Trimen.

One $, Jebel Shwai, Nov. 21, 1904; one <J, Kadugli, Dec. 13, 1904, and one $ from the same locality, Jan. 18, 1905. " The dry-season form of P. octavia ; one $ may be regarded as tending slightly to an intermediate in that it shows rather more red, especially in the fore-wing cell (Eltringham). Prof. Poulton tells me that this specimen much resembles the Abyssinian form, which is nearer to the western sub-species than to the southern form, which is found in British East Africa.

Although occurring in Abyssinia and Somaliland and widely distributed throughout South Africa, it is not in the White Nile list.

76. Catacroptera cloanthe cloanthe, Cram.

One $, Khororak, Nov. 29, 1904 ; one $, one $, Kadugli, Dec. 13, 1904.

" One <§ specimen tends towards the dry-season form named obscurior by Staudinger, in which the underside is darker" (Eltringham). This species is not in the White Nile list, but has been found in Abyssinia and is widely distributed in Africa south of the Equator.

9. Hamanumida daedalus, Fabr.

One $ and one ?, Dilling [Lat. 12° 3' N.], Nov. 16, 1904 ; one $, Jebel Shwai [Lat. 10° 11' N.], Nov. 21, 1904.