the Butterflies of the White Nile. 49 



Selous took it commonly at Ardeiba in the Southern Bahr 

 al-Ghazal; Trimen (24.) notes that all Selous' specimens, 

 though some of them are rather small, are of the typical 

 West Coast form. 



For the typical pylades Aurivillius (3. p. 21) gives Senegal 

 to the White Nile, Northern Congo. 



Family HESPERIIDAE 



71. Sarangesa eliminato, Holland. 



The Swedish expedition took two specimens, both males, 

 on the White Nile, but the locality is not specified ; Auri- 

 villius suggests that perhaps Cyclofides phidyle, Walker 

 [Entomologist, v, p. 56, 1870], may be this species. 



Peel took it in Somaliland. It occurs also in British 

 East Africa, Rhodesia and in Cape Colony. 



Possibly this is identical with S. tsava, B. -Baker, a com- 

 mon insect at Port Sudan. 



72. Gegenes nostradamus, Fabricius. 



Loat took three males and a female near Kaka [Lat. 10° 

 40' N.]. 



In 1912 I took one near Soba station and two at Khartum. 



In 1909 I took one (a male) at Aswan ; I had previously 

 taken it in Northern India. Bennett took a female in 

 Sokotra, and Yerbury met with it at Aden [form harsana, 

 Moore]. It occurs in British East Africa; northwards it 

 extends to Cyprus; westwards to Gibraltar; and east- 

 wards to Afghanistan and the Panjab. It is a dingy insect, 

 and very inconspicuous, so that it might easily be over- 

 looked. 



73. Parnara mathias, Fabricius. 



Loat took a male near Kaka. 



In 1912 I took one at Tombe [Lat. 5° 43' N.] and another 

 at Rejaf wooding station [Lat. 4° 50' N.]. 



Rothschild found it commonly at Cairo, and Yerbury 

 took it freely at Aden. 



This is a very common and widely-distributed species, 

 but hke the preceding it is inconspicuous and easily over- 

 looked. It occurs in British East Africa, on the Zambesi 

 and in Natal; it is found also in Cyprus and extends to 

 India, Ceylon and the Philippines. 



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