SUPI'^LEMENT TO THE 'ENTOMOLOGIST/ 



ON ^^rHE COLLECTIONS OP INBECTA OBTAINED BY 

 DR. DONALDSON SMITH IN SOMALI LAND. 



By Ebiily Mary Sharpe. 



Th^^e following is a list of the species Insecta belonging to 

 the fo^ ilowiug families : — Lepidoptera, Heterocera, Coleoptera, 

 and N^europtera, obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith during his 

 exped- ition into Somali Land in the early part of 1899, when he 

 was t--.ravelling, at the request of His Highness The Gaekwar, to 

 btajin a series of specimens for the Baroda Museum. Many 

 inteKi-esting species were collected, including a new species of 

 4c}[](ea, which I have named after H. H. The Gaekwar of Baroda. 



Family Danaidid^. 



1. Danais klugi. — Limnas klugii, Butler; E. M. Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S., 1896, p. 530 ; id. i.e., 1896, p. 524 ; id. t.c, 1898, p. 369. 

 Limnas clirysippus, L., var. klugii, Butler, P. Z. S., 1897, p. 692. 

 Danaida doripjnis, Aurivillius (part), ' Pihopalocera/Ethiopica,' p. 

 32 (1898). Limnas clirysippus, Dixey (part), P. Z. S., 1900, p. 10. 



a. $ . Bihen Dula ; 24th Dec, 1898. 



&.-/i. <? $ . Biji; 10th, 12th, 15th, 16th Jan., 1899. 



i.-n. $ ? . Laskarato ; 25th, 28th Jan., 1899. 



o.-v. $ ? . Ania ; 29th Jan., 1899. 



This large series is perfectly uniform in colour, and shows 

 no sign of approach to the characters of D. doripiyus, which, as 

 may be seen below, occurred at Biji. 



2. Danais dokippus. — Limnas dorippus (Klug), E. M. Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S., 1896, p. 523. Danaida dorippus, Aurivilhus, t. c, p. 32 

 (1898). 



a.-b. <?. Biji; 10th, 16th Jan., 1899. 



Family Satyeid^. 



3. Ypthima asterope. — Ypthima asterope (Klug) ; Butler, 

 P. Z. S., 1897, p. 692; Aurivillius, t. c, p. 77 (1898). 



a.-b. Biji; 10th, 16th Jan., 1899. 



ENTOM. SUPPL., OCT., 1901. 



