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Apparently a common species south of Lnxor. Like C. theophrastus it 

 freiinents the stunted Acacia bushes, often, however, tiying some distance away 

 from them. 



7. Synchloe glauconome (King), Si/mb. Phys. t. 7. f. is. ly (1829).- 



One (J, one ?, 25. iii. 1900. Assouan. 



A few specimens were also observed near Shendi in March 1901 . This butterfly 

 appears to be a trae lover of the desert. 



8. Pieris rapae (Linn.), Fau7i. Suec. p. 270. n. 1036 (1761). 



One i, 13. iv. 1900. Cairo. 

 Two ? ?, s. ii. 1901. Cairo. 

 This insect was abundant in the neighbourhood of the Barrage. 



9. Colias edusa (Fabr.), Mant. Ins. ii. p. 23. n. 240 (1787). 



One ?, 13. V. 1900. Cairo. 



A few of these were observed near Cairo. 



10. Catopsilia florella (Fabr.), Syst. Ent. p. 479. u. 159 (1775). 



Three Jc?, three ? ?, 11. iii. 1900. Khartoum. 



A common insect in the gardens round Khartoum. A few specimens were 

 observed near Shendi in March 1901. 



11. Idmais chrysonome (Klug), Symh. Phys. i. 7. f. 9-11 (1829) (Ambnkol). 



Three S, two ? ?, February and March 1901. Shendi. 



A fairly common species near Gebel Margel, where it frequented the Acacia 

 bushes. 



12. Teracolus eulimene (King), Symb. Phys. t. 7. f 5-8 (1829). 



One S, 5 iii. 190l. Shendi. 



We caught a single specimen of this insect on the west bank of the Nile, at 

 rest on an Acacia bush. 



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13. Teracolus liagore (King), Symh. Phys. t. 6. f. 5-8 (1829) (Ambnkol). 

 T. (/aim Sharpe, Monograph Terracolus p. 127 t. 37. f. i. j. k (1901). 



Fourteen cJc?, three ? ?, February and March 1901. Shendi. 



This butterfly was abundant in the desert near Shendi, frequenting the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Acacia bushes. We also observed it on the battlefield of Omdurman, 

 on the lath of March 1900. Miss Sharpe (I.e. ante) considers T. liaijore to be the 

 dry-season form of the next-mentioned species— T. daira (Klug). 



