TERACOLUS. l23 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES OF T. pallene. 



Plate 30, fig. 1. i Yictoria.'Nya.nzn (Bishop Earrinyton; Mus. Urit.). 



„ la. Underside of fig. 1. 



,, lb. $ 'M-pondas, 'Nyasa Lund {L\ JI. d(t Jei-sei/ ; JIhs. BriL). 



„ Ic. 9 Mpondati, 'Nya.sa. liand [E. jII. de Jersei/ ; Mus. Brit.). 



„ Id. Underside of fig. Ic. 



„ le. c^ Loangwa River, Nyasa Lind (/t. C'mt«s/jtty; J/(ts. /;;■/<-). 



,, 1 f. Underside of fig. le. 



„ Ig. $ Loangwa River, Nyasa Laud (A'. CVaiw/wy; J/«s. /)/•/«.). 



,, 111. Underside of fi?. Iff. 



TERACOLUS INFUMATUS (Butler.) 



(Plate 36, figs. 2, 2a-2e.) 



Teracolus infumaius, Butler, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 128, pi. vi. figs. 5, 6 ; Guy^Marshall, P. Z. S. 1807, 

 p. 30; Butler, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (G) xx. p. 458 (1897); Aurivillius, Rhop. ^'Ethiopica, p. 435 

 (1898). 



Distinguished from 2\ jjallane by the brownish-black borders of tlie wings, and 

 by having the markings much darker in colour and much broader than in the former 

 species. The female is also much darker and more heavily marked. 



" Wet-season " form of Male. — Central area of the primaries white ; the 

 orange-red apical patch somewhat narrower than in T. pallene, and enclosed by a 

 broad brownish-black transverse line ; the hind margin brownish-black, extending 

 along the costal margin, but much reduced in breadth ; a broad blackish line along 

 the inner margin, but not uniting with the broad transverse line, as in T. pallene, 

 the base dark, dusted with grey ; the black spot at the end of the cell somewhat 

 larger. Secondaries whitish, a broad brownish black border on the hind margin, 

 this colour also visible at the base and along the costal margin. 



f'jidcmde. — Primaries white, the apical area orange-yellow, shaded on the apex 

 and hind margin with greenish-yellow, the broad blackish line evident on the 

 inner margin. Secondaries whitish, with greyish specklings on the hind and inner 

 margins ; an orange streak along the costa ; at the end of the cell an orange spot, 

 relieved by a small black dot. 



E.xpanse 1"5 inches. {Spec, ex Hentja, West of Lake Ni/asa, January 24, 1895 ; 

 R. Crairsliaj/ ; Mns. Brit. ; Tj/pe of Species. ) 



Female. — Primaries brownish-black, the costal area and half of the discal area 

 white ; a large white spot at the posterior angle ; the broad line on the inner margin 

 united to the dark apical portion by a thin brownish line, thus forming the white 

 spot on the posterior angle ; the apical area relieved by live spots of orange-yellow 



