TEEACOLUS. 81 



TERACOLUS AUXO, Lucas. 



(Plato 27, figs. 1, la-lm.) 



Aiithocharis evanie, Boisd. (iief. Klug.), App. Voy. Deleg. p. bHi) (1847); Trimen, Rhop. Afr. 



Austr. I. p. 55, n. oO (ISlii). 

 Anthocharis au.iv, Lucas, Rev. Zool. (2) vol. 4, p. 422 (1852). 



Anthopsi/che evarne, VVallengien, K. Sv. Vet. — Akad, Handl. ; Lep. Rhop. CaflV., p. 14 (1857). 

 Anthopsyche eucharis,l var., Wallengien, t.c, p. 15 (1857). 

 Anthopsi/cke topha, Wallengren, Wien. Ent. Mon. 4, p. 34 (1800); id. Lep. Rhop. CatlV., p. 15 



(18.57). 

 Anthocharis keiskanima , Trimen, Rhop. Afr. Austr., p. 56, pi. II. tigs. 3, 4 (1862-0). 

 Cii/lostme topha, Wallengren, K. Sv. Vet. — Akad. Handl. p. 46, n. 7 (1872). 

 Callosune keiskamma, Mansel Weale, Trans. Ent. See. London, 1877, p. 274 ; Westwood in Oates's 



Matabele Land, App. p. 338 (1881) ; Staud. Exot. Schmett., i. p. 46 (1888). 

 Callosune au.vo, Staud. Exol. Schmett., i. p. 45, t. 23, figs. IG, 17 (1888). 

 Tm-acolus a(M;o, Trimen, S. Afr. Butterflies, iii. p. 120 (1889); C. W. Barker, Trans. Ent. Soc. 



London, 1895, p. 422; Guy Mar-shall, P. Z. S. 1897, p. 25; id. i.e. 1897, p. 836; id. Ent. 



Monthly Mag. 33, p. 52 (18'.)7) ; Butler, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) xx. p. 452 (1897); 



Aurivillius, Rhop. .(Ethiopiea, p. 442 (18'.)8). 

 Teracolus topha, Trimen, S. Afr. Butterflies, iii. p. 123 (1889). 



Distinguis^hed from T. increti(S by the distinct black Hue on the inner edge of 

 the orange apical patch of the primaries. Female (yellow form) with a purplish lustre 

 on the apical area of the primaries. Both sexes smaller than in the allied species. 



Male. — Primaries similar in colour to those of T. increfas, the orange apical 

 patch enclosed by a nan'ow black line, wliich commences from the black costal margin 

 and extends across the wing to the posterior angle. Secondaries sulphur-yellow with 

 black nervular spots on the hind-margin. 



Underside. — Primaries and secondaries not diiFering in colour from those of 

 T. incretus, excepting that the dusky spots on the discal area are entirely absent. 



Expanse 1"(3 inch. {Spec, ex Natal ; Mus. Rothschild.) 



Fem.'VLE. — Similar to that of T. incretm (fig. lb) as regards markings and colour, 

 the blackish-brown transverse line less distinct than in the male and either consider- 

 ably broken up or indistinct, with (in fresh specimens) a beautiful purplish lustre 

 over the apical area of the primaries. 



Underside. — Primaries and secondaries with the jji-ound colour slightly paler, the 

 spots and markings otherwise similar to those of T. incretus. 



Expanse !•.') inch. {Spec, ex Weenen, Natal, November 1894; Mus. Bothsc/iild.) 



