j54 TERACOLUS. 



portion being slightly sprinkled with grey; the post-median black band which 

 encloses the purple spots mucli narrower, and the grey at the base much less 

 pronounced. The secondaries differ in having no black spots at tlie end of the 

 nervules on the hind-margin. 



Undemide. — Primaries white, the apical area being sandy-pink ; the secondaries 

 entirely sandy-pink with faint brown vermiculations, the transverse band also brown. 

 Expanse 2 '3 inches. {Spec. ex. Mozambique, July ; Dr. J. W. Jnsorye ; Miis. Rothschild.) 

 "Dry-season " Form of Female. — Primaries yellowish-white, the apex and hind- 

 margin reddish-brown ; a bright orange patch crossing the apical area, which is 

 relieved by a post-median row of five black spots, more or less obsolete ; a narrow 

 black line, visible on the inner side, suffused with sulphur-yellow ; basal area dusky, 

 thickly sprinkled with grey, extending along the inner margin and terminating in 

 a large black spot about the centre of the wing. Secondaries white, the hind- 

 marginal border consisting of brownish-black spots as far as the second median 

 nervule. A dark spot is also indicated at the end of the costal margin. 



Underside. — Primaries yellowish-white, the apical area orange ; the post-median 

 row of six black spots more strongly marked than on the upper side ; a black 

 streak from the base extending to about the middle of the inner-margin. Secondaries 

 sandy-yellow with the hind-marginal border and transverse band brown, the ground 

 colour thickly sprinkled with brown vermiculations. Expanse 2*2 inches, (Spec. ex. 

 Zanzibar, July; Dr. J. W. Ansorye ; Mus. Bothschild.) 



Habitat. — South-East Africa. Delagoa Uay {Mus. Bollischild) ; Fort Johnston, 

 Nyasa Land {Mus. Rothschild); Zomba, Upper Shir^ Eiver, April and May 1S95 

 {Dr. Percy Rendall; Mus. Rothschild). Mombasa, January 1898 {R. Crawshay ; 

 Mus. Brit.). Takanugu, Nyasa Land, December {R. Crawshay ; Mus. Brit.). 



East Africa. — Kilimanjaro {Mus. Rothschild). Taveta, June 1891 {Mus. Roths- 

 child). Mikandani, May and August {Mus. Rothschild); Bagamoyo {Salvin-Godman Coll.; 

 Mus. Brit.); Zanzibar {E. C. Buxton; Mus. Brit.; Type of Species); Dar-es-Salaam {Mus. 

 Rothschild) ; Mamboio {Mus. Brit.); Melindi, October 1891 {Mus. Rothschild) ; Mombasa 

 {Salvin-Godman Coll.; Mus. Brit.); Wasin Island, June 1888 {G. D. Trevor-Roper; 

 Mus. Brit. ; Gordon S. Gunn; Mus. Brit.); Witu, May 1891 {F. J. Jackson Coll.); 

 Kabai Hills, July 1889 {F. J. Jackson Coll.); Kibwezi, December 1388 {P. J. Jackson 

 Coll.); Gulu-Gulu to Kibwezi, December 1888 {F. J. Jackson Coll.); Coast to 

 Teita, December 1891 {F. J. Jackson Coll.); Maungu to Tsavo, December 1891 

 {P. J. Jackson Coll.); Tsavo River, January 1892 {F. J. Jackson Coll.); Maungu Hill, 

 3600 feet, December 1891 (/. TF. Prinyle) ; March from Teita, 3300 feet, to Voi Eiver, 

 2100 feet, January 1893 (/. JF. Prinyle); March from Voi River to Ndi, 2300 feet, 

 January 1891 (/. IF. Prinyle; E. M. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 348). Mgana, 



