S8 TEBACOLUS. 



Habitat. — South-Eastern Africa : Beira {Gut/ Marshall), Cbinde, Zambesi Eiver 

 {T^pe ; 31us. liofhschild), Mozambique {Dr. J. W. Amorge ; Mus. Rothschild). 



East Africa. — Zanzibar {Sal o in- God man Coll.; Miis. Brif.) ; Dara-Salaam {Coll. 

 P. Croicley). 



This species was described by Mr. Eothschild from a specimen caught at Chinde 

 on the Zambesi River : it is considered by Dr. Butler to be the " wet-season " form 

 of the species. There is also in Mr. Rothschikl's collection a smaller specimen, taken 

 by Dr. J. W. Ansorge somewhere in Mozambique, which has the crimson spots on 

 the apex of the primaries much more restricted, and is identical with a specimen 

 in the Hewitson collection in the British Museum labelled as from Zanzibar. Mr. 

 Guy Marshall (P. Z. S. 1897, p. 17) states that he caught four specimens near Beira 

 in January 189G. He has given a description of one of the females obtained on this 

 occasion. He also states that three specimens were obtained by Dr. Ansorge in 

 German East Africa, and he mentions a female example in my collection ; the 

 latter, however, I refer to T. puniceus {vide infra). I have not been able to 

 find any examples of this species in the Ansorge collection in the Tring 

 Museum. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES OF T. chrmniferus. 



Plate 1 ;!, fig. 2. J . Zanzibar (^Salvin-Godman Coll. ; Mus. Brit). 

 „ 2a. Underside of fig. 2. 



,, 2b. $ . Zanzibar {Salrin-Godman Coll. ; Jlus. Jlrit.). 

 „ 2c. Underside of fig. 26. 



,, 2d. Mozambique (Z>r. y. W. Juso^ye ; Miis. Rothschild). 



TEEACOLUS PUNICEUS, Butler. 



(Plate 14, figs. 1, la-lg.) 



Teracolm punicms, Butler, P. Z. S. ]Sfi8, p. 72; id. P. Z. S. 1894, p. 573, pi. xxxvi. figs. 5, fi; 

 id. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. ((1) -xx. p. ?)!)4 (1897) ; E. M. Sharpe, in Neumann's Elephant 

 Hunting in E. Africa, App., p. 44.") (1897); Butler, P. Z. S. 1898, p. 4(i8. 



TeracoJvs hetura, (pt.) E. M. Sharpe, ]'. Z. 8, 1894, p. .".IS ; Guy Marshall, (pt.) P. Z. S. 1897, p. 17. 



Similar to T. chromiferns, but with the crimson-lake patch on the primaries larger, 

 and with the neuration of both wings emphasised in lines of black. 



Male. — Primaries white as in T. chromi ferns, but the veins more distinctly 

 indicated by black lines ; the Gosta and hind-margin brownish-black, reaching as far 

 as the second median nervule ; the crimson-lake patch on the apical area very broad 

 and having an additional fifth spot between the third median and first discoidal 

 nervules ; the basal area dusted with grey, extending along the inner margin. 



