1900.] IXSECT3 AXl) .VIlACHyiD3 FROM SOilALILAlS'D. 15 



The " iuterinediate " female shows in some respects au approach to 

 this condition, and the specimen just described may perhaps be 

 considered as an extreme " dry season " form, though this would 

 scarcely be expected in view of the recorded date. 



Teracolcs omphale Godt. 



Two specimens ; cS & 2 • These were both caught at Hargaisa, 

 April 25-28, 1895. They are of the "intermediate" form, and 

 are smaller than the average size of the species. 



Teracolus pniLLiPsi Butl. 



Teracolus phillipsl, Butl. Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1885, p. 772, pi. xlvii. 

 fig. 11. 



Nine specimens ; 6 c5' , 3 5 . The males are all of the " wet 

 season" form; four were taken on July 4, 1897, at a pool in the 

 open plain of Eyk, in the Haud District ; the remaining two on 

 the dry plain of Edegau in the same district, on July 9, 1897. 

 Two " wet season " females were taken at Odewein, Hand, on June 

 21,1897; and a "wet" or "intermediate"' female at Hargaisa, 

 April 25-28, 1895. 



Teracolus helyolus Butl. 



Teracolus helvohis, Butl. Pi'oc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 94. 



Seven specimens ; 5 (S , 2 ^ ■ Four males and one feniale at 

 Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. These are of the "dry season" 

 form. A " wet season " c? & $ were taken in the river-bed at 

 Odewein, June 23, 1897, and at the pool of Eyk on July 4, 1897, 

 respectively. 



Teracolus heliocaustus Butl. 



Teracolus heUoeav.stus, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 768, 

 pi. xlvii. figs. 8 & 9. 



One male. Odewein, June 21, 1897. 



Teracolus pkotomedia King. 



One male. Sibi (West Somaliland), May 27, 1895. 



HERPyENIA MELANARGE Butl. 



Herpcenia melananfe, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 774, 

 Herpcenia iterata, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 96. 

 One male. Sibi (West Somaliland), May 27, 1895. A " wet 

 season " form. 



BELE?fois PEELi, sp. nov. (Plate I. figs. 5 cJ , 6 2 •) 



Types ( c? & ? ) in Hope Museum, Oxford. 



Exp. al., d 50 mm., $ 52 mm. 



Male. Above white, with a pearly lustre at the base of the 

 wings as in B. gidica, B. abysslnica, &e., best marked in the fore 

 wing. Costa of the fore wing with a very thin edging of black. 

 A black marginal spot at the termination of each of the following 



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