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After carefully comparing specimens from different parts of the world, 

 I agree with Ilopffer (Joe. cit.) in considering that Telicanus, varying a good 

 deal in size, mai'kings, and colouring wherever it is found, presents nowhere 

 any constant local race which can be satisfactorily defined as a distinct form. 

 There can be no doubt that, as far as is known, the tendency of the butter- 

 fly is to be paler and brighter in tint throughout the Ethiopian Region 

 proper than in Southern Europe and extra-tropical North Africa, — this being 

 chiefly shown in the white markings of both sexes on the under side, and 

 the whitish ones of the $ on the upper side. Sjiecimens that I captured in 

 Mauritius were, however, as dusky as those usually found on Mediterranean 

 shores, and none of either sex exceeded one inch in expanse of wings. Hopffer 

 notes that specimens from the Cape, Mozambique, and Guinea are largest, 

 and those from Egypt and Arabia the smallest, while European examples 

 hold the middle place. 



The nearest ally of L. Tdicanus is L. Cassias, Cram., an abundant species 

 in Central and South America, The undei'-side dark markings are very 

 similar in Cassius, but more attenuated, and the white outer ones largely 

 developed and completely confluent, so as to compose a white ground ; the 

 two ocelli of the hind-wing are feebly marked, and there is no tail. On the 

 upper side the ^ Cassius is much like the same sex of Telicanus, but the 

 $ is broadly suffused with white discally, especially in the hind-wing, where 

 only the costal and hind-marginal borders are dark. 



2'elicanus is common and widely spread in South Africa, frequenting 

 gardens and open ground, where it flits rather actively about low flowers and 

 grass. I have met with it from the beginning of November to the begin- 

 ning of June. I observed the paired sexes at Cape Town on 2d April 1882. 

 The $ carries the (J when flying i/i copula. 



Localities of Lijca:na Telicamis. 



I. South Africa. 



B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Robertson. Knysna. Plet- 

 tenberg Bay. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Port Elizabeth. Grahamstown. East Lon- 

 don. King William's Town {J. H. Boiclicr). 



d. Basutoland. — Maseru {J. H. Bowlier). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Butterworth [J. 11. Bowker). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Vei'ulam. Viwcioww {J. H. Boivker). 

 h. Upper Districts. — Maritzburg. Greytown. Great Noodsberg. 

 Estcourt {J. M. Hutchinson). 



F. Zululand. — Napoleon Valley {J. H. Bowker). St. Lucia Bay {the 



late Colonel H. Tower). 

 H. Delagoa Bay. — Louren^o Marques {Mrs. Monte iro). 

 K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom District (7'. Aijres). 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



rt. Western Coast. — Damaraland {C. J. Andersson). "Angola 

 {Potjf/e)." — Dewitz. 

 li. Eastern Coast. — " Mozambique." — Ilopffer. 

 61. Eastern Central Interior. — ]\Ioklontze, Tati, and Zambesi 

 Rivers {F. G. Salons). " Tati, Gwailo River, and near Vic- 

 toria Falls of Zambesi {Gates)." — Westwood. 



