76 TERACOLUS. 



Habitat. — Madagascar. South Madagascar (J/. ./. Cluhd ; Mus. Brif.). Fort 

 Daujibin, January 1895 {Hun. Reginald Walsh; Miis. Brif.). Isokitnia, Diego 

 Suarez, May and October 1891 {E. 8f B. Penof ; Gochnan-Salvin Coll. ; 3Ius. Brit.). 

 Morondava {Mii-s. Eot/isc/iild). 



Mr. Gu}' Marshall writes : — " A very curious and somewhat isolated species 

 peculiar to Madagascar. Aiifliocharis Jlavida is founded on smaller specimens in 

 which the underside of secondaries is clouded with sandy or pinkish hatching, with 

 a darker angulated ray or disc, and evidently represents the dry-season form. T. nothus 

 is an intermediate seasonal form." 



Dr. Butler's remarks are as follows : — " Ward described the wet-season form 

 (which is largest) with almost plain yellow under surface in the male, about two 

 black spots in the primaries and an orange costal streak to the secondaries, being the 

 only markings on that surf:\ce ; in the female the apical area of the primaries and the 

 secondaries are buif on the under surface, the former with a sub-apical black bar 

 representing the inner boundary of the black border of the upper surface, and a dis- 

 cocellular black spot, the latter often with a slender interrupted angular discal stripe. 

 T. nothm is represented by two intermediate forms, which occur in both sexes. The 

 first has the under-surface pattern of T. mananhari (typical), but the apex of the 

 primaries and the secondaries are washed with rosy sienna ; the second is slightly 

 less reddish below, but has the addition of a longitudinal brown stripe through the 

 centre of the secondaries ; the female also has indications of striations on these wings. 

 T. Jlavida is a smaller form in which the striation of the under surface appears in the 

 male, but the angular band in that sex and the sub-apical band in the female are 

 obsolete. Finally, there is a true dry-season form of which we possess the male 

 only; it is small, the apex of primaries and the secondaries below fleshy bufl', indis- 

 tinctly striated, but without longitudinal streak or angular discal stripe. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGUKES OF T. rmtmmhari. 



Plate 25, fig. 1. $ Morondava {Mks. Rothschihl). 

 „ la. Underside of fig. 1. 

 „ lb $ Morondava {^Mvs. Rothschild). 

 ' „ Ic Under.side of fig. lb. 

 ,, hi. (J Morondava {Miis. Rothschild). 

 „ le. Underside of fig. Id. 

 „ If. 9 ^lovoi\da.y a {Mus. Rothschild). 

 „ Ig. J Morondava (Mus. Rothschild). 

 ,, Ih. Underside of fig. Ig. 

 ,, li. ? Underside. 



