( 1S5) 



lul. Planema epaea homochroa snbs]). nov. 



S ? . The sexes practically alike iu colour, resembling the <S of fj). fpara, the 

 markings of the forewing and the proximal portion of the orange area of the 

 hindwiug being onl.y a very trifle jialer in the ? than in the (?. 



Rather paler orange al/orr than cf. epaea S , the black distal area of the hind- 

 wing more re^tvicted, the orange colour reaching to the edge of the wing from the 

 fold R' — R- backwards, the fringe remaining black. On the underside the basal 

 area of the bindwing is paler than in ep. epaea, and the pale orange band externally 

 of this area more sharply limited distally and narrower, not exceeding in width 

 beyond the apex of the cell ; the outer portion of the hindwing from the apex of the 

 cell to distal edge more evenly tawny, shaded with brown, the blackish apical area 

 less extended. 



2SS, 1 ?, from: Bauka, Malo, 16. ii. lOnl ; Kankati to Djibhe, Djimma, 

 26.iii. I'.Mil. 



PAPILIONIDAE. 

 102. Papilio echerioides oscari. 



p. ecli. nimiri Rothschild, A'<i'. Zunl. ix. p. 5'J7. n. !l (I'.IOS). 



11 cJt? and 3 ? ? were obtained at the following places : Kankati to Djibbe, 

 Djimma, 20. iii. 1901 ; Kankati forest, 3. iv. 1901; Wori to Gomitscba, Kafta, 

 T). iii. liidl ; Gomitscha to Anderatscha, Kaffa, .5. iii. 1901 : Anderatscha to Godjeb, 

 24. iii. 1901 ; Detscha to Schnbba, Kaffa, 11. iv. 1901 ; Schubba to Schennn, Kaffa, 

 11. iv. 1901. 



1113. Papilio echerioides leucospilus. 



P. ech. Irurugpilns Rothschild, I.e. p. 598. n. 10 (1903). 



3 c?d' and 1 ? from Gara Mulata, near Harar, 20. to 20. iii.* 1900 (Erlanger 

 and Neumann). 



The copulutory organs of I'tiji/l/o ccheiioides and allied species {jaek.wni, 

 homeijerl, etc.) are practically alike. 



104. Papilio demodocus demodocus. 



PiquHii Eques Aclihiis demodwiis Esper, .1 «*/. .Sr/,/«. p. 2lir). n. 93. t. 51. f. 1 (179H) (" Chinai 



Bengal " !). 

 Papiliu (kmorlonis doeusilemn Suffert, Ins xvii. p. 101. t. 2. f. 1 (1904) (Tabora). 

 Papilio (lemodnrux albimus, id., J.i\ p. 402 (1904) (Kamenin). 

 Papilio tlemodocm nnbilfi, id., (.'■. (1904) (the dark colour not due to moisture, etc., but natural). 



A number of sjiecimens of this common insect were obtained at various places 

 in Northern Somaliland, Shoa, and Kaffa. There are no structnral differences 

 between P. dem. demodnciis from Oontinental Africa and South Arabia, dem. hennetti 

 from >Socotra, and dem. erithoiiioides from Madagascar. 



According to Aurivillius, and, quoting from him, Pageustecher, /'. dem. 

 demodocus occurs also on Madagascar. The authority for this statement is 



In the original description the 20. and 25. March are erroneously given as dates of capture. 



