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pink. Secondaries sandy-pink dusted witli brown at the base. The usual dark spot 

 at the end of the discoidal cell is united by a thin dark line to anotlier spot situated 

 nearer to the hind margin. Expanse 2-3 inches. {Spec. typ. ex Bara-as, Goolis Mts. 

 Somali Land.) 



FuMALE. — Primaries white, the apex and hind margin blackish-brown, the crimson 

 hastate spots on the apical area divided into two rows by a discal band of black spots 

 from the costal margin to above the sub-median nervure ; a black spot strongly 

 visible at the end of the discoidal cell ; base of wing dusted with grey. Secondaries 

 white, each of the nervules terminating in black spots as far as the second median 

 nervule ; base of the wing greyish. 



Underside. — Central area white, the apical portion sandy-buft' ; the black discal 

 band from the costal to the sub-median nervure very strongly pronounced. Secondaries 

 entirely sandy-pink, a band of brown traversing the discal area, but becoming nearly 

 obsolete after the third median nervule. Expanse 2-1 inches. {Spec. typ. ex Darra- 

 Stirree, Somali Land.) 



In Mrs. Lort Phillips's collection there is a second form of the female, differing 

 in having the hastate spots of the apical area entirely white and only slightly sprinkled 

 with the crimson colour which is so strongly pronounced in the female above described. 

 On the underside, the apex of the primaries and the whole of the secondaries are deep 

 sandy-buff; in other respects it does not differ from the female described above. 

 Expanse 2 inches. {Spec. typ. ex Darra-Surree, Somali Land.) As in T. hetcera, the 

 females seem to have two forms, one with red, the other with white, markings in the 

 apical area of the primaries. A distinguisliiug character of the female of T. lorti is 

 that the red or white patch on the apical area is divided by a well indicated post- 

 median line of black spots. 



Habitat. — Somali Land. Groolis Mountains {Mrs. L. Lort Phillips). Jifa Medir 

 {R. M. Hawker). Arusa Galla Country {F. Gillett; Mas. Brit.). 



This species was first obtained by Mrs. Lort Pliillips in the Goolis Mountains in 

 1895. She met with it at Dara-as on the 5th of March, and at Darra Surree on the 

 1 0th of the same month. I have also seen two male specimens in Mr. R. M. Hawker's 

 collection, caught by him at Jifa Medir. Tlie range of the species extends to 

 Western Somali Land, as Mr. F. Gillett obtained a specimen near Sheik Husein 

 in the Arusa Galla country at the end of September 1894. Mrs. Lort Phillips tells 

 me that on her second visit to the Goolis Mountains only one specimen of T. lorti 

 was seen during the expedition. The individual in question flew at a rapid pace and 

 quickly disappeared over the mountain side. I do not wonder that Mr. Guy Mai'shall 

 (P.Z.S. 1897, p. 18) has expressed his surprise that T. Iietwra should be found along 

 with T. lorti in Somali Laud. I am afraid that I am responsible for this error, for 



