92 SOUTII-AFRICAX BUTTERFLIES. 



265. (1.) Teracolus subfasciatus, Swainson. 



(J Teracolus suhfasciatus, Swains., Zool. Illustr., 2nd. Ser., iii. pi. 115 



(1833). 

 (J Antliodiaris suhfasciata, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., i. p. 567, n. 12 (1836). 

 (J $ Ptijc]io2:>tcry.c Boliemani, Wallengr., K. Sv. Yet.-Akad. Handl., 1857 ; 



Lep. Kliop. Caffr., p. 18. 

 Thesjna Bohemcumi, Wallengr., K. Yet.-Akad. Forh., 1858, p. 77. 

 cJ $ Anthocharis suhfasciata, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 58, n. 38 



(1862); and ii. p. 331 (1866). 

 Ptijclt02iteryx Boliemani, Butl., Lep. Exot., p. 45 (1870). 

 (^ Teracolus suhfasciatus, Stand., Exot. Sclimett., i. pi. 23 (1884). 



Ex;p al, (^) 2 in. 1-3 J lin. ; (^) 2 in. 1-4 J lin. 



^ Sidphur-yelloiv iviih deeper, somewhat ochre-tinged yclloio apical 

 patch. Forc-iving : a small, elongate, black disco-cellular spot ; costa 

 narrowly black-edged from near base, paling and narrowing into a 

 dull-fuscous apical border, whicli, outwardly bordering ochre-tinged 

 patch, extends along hind-margin nearly to end of first median nerrule ; 

 apical patch small, of the ground-colour, but suffused with greyish- 

 ochreous, crossed by four fuscous nervules, — inwardly hordcred hy a 

 broad black bar from costa, ending abruptly on or a little above third 

 median nervule, where a few dusky scales (in some specimens) form 

 an indistinct line between it and fuscous border. Hind-vjing : paler ; 

 a fuscous indistinct spot on costa beyond middle. Under side. — 

 Grcenish-iahite ; hind-iving and apex of fore-wing hatched closely loith 

 lines of ochrey-grey. Fore-wing : cellular spot wanting ; bar from 

 costa faintly showing. Hind-vjing : sometimes a thin, reddish line 

 on edge of costa near base ; hatching denser along costa, forming 

 a dusky border ; cellular fold, from base to hind-margiji, ivferiorly 

 marhcd by an oehrey-grey stripe. 



$ Much paler, or sometimes nearly while; ap)iccd p)atc]i brighter or 

 duller orange. Fore-iving : cellular spot sometimes ill-defined ; fuscous 

 border broader, tinged with ferruginous ; costal edging reddish-grey ; 

 bar from costa reduced to a narrower fuscous submacular stripe, within 

 which the orange sometimes more or less extends ; along inner margin 

 some faint, dusky irroration, very rarely developed into a rather wide 

 longitudinal border. Hind-iving as in ^. Under side. — Similar; 

 hatchings dai'ker. Fore-wing : apical orange faintly indicated. Hind- 

 wing : costal hatching and cellular fold-streak more strongly marked. 



The ^ is remarkably constant in colouring and marking, but the 

 %, in addition to the variable features just mentioned, occasionally 

 (two examples from Lydenbnrg District in Transvaal, and one from 

 Makloutse River, north of Bamangwato) has the under side of the hind- 

 wings and of the apical area of the fore-wings tinged with delicate 

 creamy-pinkish. In these three $ s the apical orange of the upper 

 side of the fore-wings is brighter than usual, and extends before the 

 reduced bar on its inner side. 



On the convex part of the costa of the hind- wings there is (as 



