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the species occurs in Sinai, and species of Capparis, its 

 foodplant, occur in llie Egyptian desert its occurrence 

 is not by any means improbable. 



The kite Colonel Manders saw but was unable to 

 capture what he believed to be Tcracolns fdiislfi. ano- 

 ther Citpparis feeder, very abundant in parts of Syria 

 and Palestine, in Ihò Wadi Hoi" 13. IV. 1914. (lùit.Rec. 

 Vol. XXVII. p. 02) Staudinger's statement Ihat Charaxcs 

 jasim, L. occurs in Egypt is due to an utter misreading 

 of Lang. 



In che British Museum Collection at S. Kensington 

 are two specimens of Teracohis ephijia labelled "Upper 

 Egypt." More information rè their origin would be 

 welcome. 



An Acraea has been reported lo occur in Upper 

 I^gypt. I believe Anrivillius in his " Rhopalocera Ae- 

 lhÉo[)ica '" mentions ,4. donbleddiji in this connection, 

 though I write under correction, not having the refer- 

 ence by me. But I have never seen an Egyptian Acraea 

 nor have I heard of a specimen. 



Of th« 31 Rhopalocera which figure on the above 

 list the majority are either (a) intrusive spji. of non- 

 Palaearctic origin or (b) belonging as do the Palaearctic 

 spp. of ß«or/,s to genera vshich are emphatically non- 

 Palaeaictic in the distribution of the s})ecies v\hi(4i 

 compose them or (c) Cosmopolitans. The rest, (d) are 

 generally distributed Palaearctic s[)p. ()r(e) Palaearctics 

 of the «desert region», i.e. spp. characteristic of S.Si)ain, 

 X. Africa, Syria and S. Asia Minor, the « Mediterranean » 

 or «(desert» subregion of the Palaearctic Region. 

 To Group {(i) belong: — Cluipra nialhias, (icgeiicsnoslra- 



daniiis', Calochrijsops elcnsis, 



