LEPIDOPTERA FROM ADEN AND THE TRANSVAAL. 7 



One of the "blues" which occurred rather frequently at 

 Losilla, and which I took for L. baton at first, from the large 

 black spots on under side, turned out on examination to be 

 L. argus {agon). As they were very worn I only brought away 

 one male and one female. In these the spots underneath, par- 

 ticularly of fore wing, are unusually enlarged (noted also in var. 

 nivescens and var. hispana) and black, and the specimens are 

 pretty big, the female measuring 33 mm. 



In addition to the foregoing, Gonepteryx cleopatra was seen, 

 occasionally at first, but, like many other species, became scarce 

 towards the end of the period. Sntiinis briseis and alcyone were 

 very common on the way up to Puerto de la Losilla, especially 

 the former, on the heath just before reaching the farmhouse; 

 and statilinus, fidia, and circe in the Guadalaviar valley. 



Epinephele lycaon, ida, pasiphae, and Coenonympha dorus were 

 all observed, as well as numerous other more generally dis- 

 tributed species. 



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NOTES ON A COLLECTION OP LEPIDOPTERA FEOM 

 ADEN AND FEOM THE TEANSVAAL. 



By Major A. S. Buckle, E.F.A. 



I HAVE been asked to remodel, for publication in this journal, 

 a list — made out three years ago — of Lepidoptera taken in 1899 

 at Aden, and in 1900-2 in the Transvaal. 



In the course of my wanderings on military duty, nothing 

 has been of greater interest to me, as an amateur in the study 

 of entomology, than the distribution of the same species in 

 localities separated by vast distances and differing widely in 

 climate. It is thought, therefore, that the following preliminary 

 list of those insects found both in Aden and in the Transvaal 

 will be of interest also to others. 



Danais cJirysippus, P. cardui, Junonia cebrene, H. misippus, 

 P. boeticus, Belenois mesentina, and Utetheisa pulchella are old 

 friends one meets with everywhere in or near the Tropics, at any 

 rate east or south of Suez. Parnara mathias 1 took at Aden, 

 and also at Pretoria. The beautiful " eyed " Noctua, Cyligramma 

 latona, is abundant at Aden, and I believe I took it in the Trans- 

 vaal, but the record is uncertain ; I certainly saw it at Mosam- 

 bique and at Durban. 



All the above ubiquitous insects are common or abundant 

 both in Aden and in the Transvaal. 



List A includes those taken at Aden. 



Nearly all the butterflies mentioned were taken among the 



