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the apical area orange, relieved by a narrow line of brownish spots ; the apex and 

 hind margin sandy-bnft'; a dusky lino strongly indicated along the inner margin. 

 Secondaries entirely sandy-buft", the nervular spots brownish as well as the discal line 

 observed on the upper surface, and showing a spot at the end of the costal nervure ; 

 the orange costal streak and discoidal spot well pronounced. 



E.xpanse 1'2 inches. {l^pec. ex Somali Land; J. G. T/inip/j ; Jf^fs. Brit. Type oj 

 T.jamesi, Butler.) 



Habitat. — Throughout Somali Land and the Arusa Galla Country. East Africa 

 from Mombasa and Ijamu inland into Equatorial Africa. 



Somali Land. — Bunda Maria, April 1884 (Co/. Yerbury and J. G. T/mijjjj ; Mas. 

 Brit.). Upper Shebeli River, September and October {Dr. Donaldson Smith; Mus. 

 Rothschild). Sheik Husein, October {Dr. Donahhon Smith; E. M. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1896, p. 535). Arusa Galla Country, September to November {F. Gillett ; Mus. Brit.). 



East Africa. — Lamu {Sli?iys(jy Godfrey ; E. M. Sharpe Coll.). Melindi, January 

 {Mus. Kothschild). Mombasa (•/. D. McCay ; Mus. Brit.). Coast — -Teita, December ; 

 Gulu-Gulu — Kibwezi, November and December ; Witu, May ; Rabai Hills, July 

 {F. J. Jachon Coll.). Sabaki Valley; Barra, near Merifano; S. W. Corner of Lake 

 Baringo, Kikuyu {Dr. J. IF. Grcyory ; Mus. Brit.; Butler, P. Z. S. 1894, p. 577). 

 Mgana, August; Taru, December {C. S. Betton ; Mus. Brit.). Karamoja {Capt. 

 Diver; F. M. Sharpe Coll.). Taru, October ; Sam burn, March ; Ukamba, January 

 {Dr, J. W. Ansorye ; Mus. Bothschild). Jombene Range, north-east of IVIount Kenya 

 {W. A. Chanter; Holland, P. U.S. Nat. Mus. p. 7G2). 



This species is a close ally of 7! daira, but may, in my opinion, be separated by 

 the characters given above. Dr. Donaldson Smith met with it on the Upper Shebeli 

 in "wet country " at 4000 to 5000 feet elevation, and it is found in Eastern Africa 

 from Somali Land to the Arusa Galla Country, thence into the interior of British 

 East Africa from the Equatorial districts to those of the coast region. 



I have followed Dr. Butler in his definitions of the "dry," "wet," and "inter- 

 mediate " seasonal forms, but I cannot say that I entirely agree with the distinctive 

 characters of these different phases. At present, however, our knowledge of the 

 species of Teracolus is too incomplete to enable any one to form a definite judgment as 

 regards the seasonal peculiarities of any one species. 



With regard to the phases of this species, Dr. Butler's oi)inion is as follows : 

 " T. jacksoni is the wet-season form, T. thruppi the intermediate form, and T. heuylini 

 ( = T.jamesi $) the dry-season form." 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES OF T. litnyliui. 



Pkte :;8, fig. 1. i Rabai Hills, July J«8'.) (/'. ./. ./.; Jaclosoii Coll.). 

 ,, }ii, UndeisiJe of fig. 1. 



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