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Three other specimens from Usagara and Teita agree with the female above 

 described, but they have the marginal borders much narrower and more of a brownish- 

 black. The undersides are paler, but the specimens are undoubtedly somewhat worn. 

 Expanse 2 "4 inches. 



Habitat. — Eastern Africa. Usagara (i>r. 5«.r/e/- ,- Coll. E. M. Sharpe). Sabaki 

 Valley {Dr. J. W. Gregory; Mas. Brit.; Butler, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 573, pi. xxxvi. figs. 

 5, 6). Mombasa (Salmn-Godman Coll.; Mas. JBriL). Between Mombasa and Teita 

 {F.J.J. ; Jackson, Coll.). Ndi, Teita, 2400 feet {Slhit/sbi/ God/re//; Mm. BriL). Ndi, 

 March {Br. J. W. An-sorge ; Jfus. Rothschild). Kibwezi, December {F. J. J.; Jackson 

 Coll.). Mai'agoyakanga, December (Cf//j/. PWy^^/e ; Coll. E. M. Sharpe). Ndara Hill, 

 February {Capt. Princ/le; E. M. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 348, s.n. T. hetara). 

 Maungu Hill, December {Capt. Pringle; E. M. Sharpe, I.e.). Taveta, July {Mm. 

 Rothschild). Taru, December {C. S. Betton ; Butler, P. Z. S. 1898, p. 408). Kikuyu, 

 September {F. J. J.; .Taclson Coll.). Turquel, December {F.J. J.; Jackson Coll.). 

 Second Kedong Eiver, November {Dr. J. Jr. Ansorge ; Mi/s. Rothschild). Kilungu, 

 April {Dr. J. W. Ansorc/e ; Mas. Rothschild). Kampi Mbaruk, November {Dr. J. ir. 

 Amort/e ; Mus. Rothschild), Victoria Nyanza {Bishop Hanninyton ; Mus. Brit.). 

 Butler, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 573). Wadelai {Ewin Pasha; Mas. Brit.; Butler, P. Z. S. 

 1888, p. 72). 



T. puniceus is very closely allied to the next species, T. hetcera, and, in my opinion, 

 the two species are very doubtfully distinct. I follow Dr. Butler in keeping them 

 separate, and have accordingly figured specimens of both forms as determined by him 

 in the British Museum. Dr. Butler remarks as follows: "The ' wet-season ' form of 

 this species has recently been received from Ndi, near Mombasa ; it is slightly larger 

 than the typical ' dry-season ' form, and the magenta-red extends a little further along 

 the costa, but not upon the outer margin ; the veins above are more heavily blackened 

 and terminate in black marginal dots ; on the under surface the apex of primaries 

 and the whole of secondaries are creamy-bufF, the costa of secondaries narrowly 

 saffron-yellow towards the base, and the transverse ray is either absent or represented 

 by black-brown dashes. The female is either white or bright yellow above, and 

 greyish-lavender or yellow, sparsely irrorated with greyish below ; the markings are 

 somewhat similar to those of T. hetcera, but the borders are perhaps rather less heav}^ 

 more nearly resembling the ' dr3'-season ' females of that species. T. puniceus ranges 

 from Wadelai through the Victoria Nyanza south-eastwards to Mombasa." 



Mr. Guy Marshall has no doubt that T. puniceus is the "dry-season" form of 

 T. hetcera. He observes : " The size of the apical patch and the black markings of 

 the upper side being somewhat more reduced, the underside of the secondaries has a 

 pinkish tinge with faint grej^ ' hatchings,' and a distinct discal ray from the costa." 



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