146 Dr. F. A. Dixey on 



HESPEEIIDiE. 

 Chapra mathias, Fabr. 



U. 



B. Between 3 and 5 p.m. 



DANAINiE. 



LlMXAS CHRYSTPPUS, Linn. 



L. chrydp'pus, Linn., 1^; akippus, Cram., 3 ^ \ lingii, 

 Butl., 3 ^ . 



PIERIN.E. 

 Teracolus phlegyas, Butl. 



1^,1? (yellow) ; both wet. 



Teracolus eupompe, Klug:. 



1 ^ , 1 $ . Both of these are " dry " in character, bnt the 

 male is without the pinkish shade beneath, and the female 

 only has it to a moderate extent. Mr. Loat describes the 

 flight of tlie male in this and the preceding species as 

 "wild."* 



Teracolus glycera, Butl. 

 Teracolus daira, King. 



TeRACOLTTS LEO, Butl, 



1 5j^ ; yellow, with orange flush. Under- side pinkish, as in 

 the dry-season form. 



Teracolus pleione, Klug. 



1 % ; intermediate, verging towards wet. 



Teracolus phlsadta, Godt. 



5 (^ , 1 $. Three of the males are full wet-season 

 forms, the other two show an infusion of flesh-colour in 

 the yellow of the under-side. The female is less reddish 

 beneath than the specimen of the same sex taken earlier 

 on the same day. 



* Cf. Mr. O. A. K. ^[arshall's rAjservixlioiis on tlie fliglit of " purple- 

 tips." — Trans. Ent. Soe. Loud., 1902, p]>. 3")4, 371 ; see also Trimeii, 

 " South-African Butterflies,'' vol. iii, 1889, p. 107. 



