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the group are American, two species Asiatic, and one Australian. As 
many as ten species of Acraa (the only genus in the family) have been 
taken in Madagascar, and of these no less than six appear peculiar to 
the island. The four found in Africa are Sganzini, Bd. (= Lycia, 
Fab.), and Manjaca Bd. (= Serena, Fab.), extending to Sierra Leone, 
and the South African Rahira, Bd., and Punctatissima, Bd. 
Ten genera of the NympHatipm are represented, viz. :—Atella (1 
species), “Pyr ameis (1), Junonia (5), Myscelia (1), Cyrestis (1), Neptis 
(3), Diadema (2), Godartia (1), Aterica (1), Nymphalis (1). Atella 
Phalanta, Dru., inhabits a wide region, from Sierra Leone to Northern 
India and Java. The world-wide distribution of Py yrameis Cardut, 
Linn., is well known. Two species of Junonia seem endemic, viz.— 
Gondotii and Andremiaja, Bd.; J. Augustina, Bd., occurs in Mauritius 
and Bourbon; Rhadama is found in Mozambique ;* and EHpiclelia, 
Bd. (= var. Clelia, Cram.), is a widely-spread African. Myscelia 
Madagascariensis, Bd., is peculiar to the island. Cyrestis elegans, Bd., 
must also be classed among the endemic insects, unless the species 
stated by Chenuf to inhabit Sierra Leone should prove to be identical 
with it. Neptis Kikideli, Bd., does not appear to have been met with 
out of Madagascar, but N. Frobenia, Fab., extends to Mauritius; and 
Saclava, Bd., is found both in Mozambiquet and‘in the Cape Colony. 
Of the two Diademe, Bolina, Linn., has an extraordinary range, only 
second to that of P. Cardui; while Dubia, Palis. de Beauy.,$ is recorded 
from both Hastern and Western Africa. The genus Grodartia is repre- 
i . Madagascariensis, 
Lucas, does not seem to extend beyond the island. Aterica Rabena, 
Bd., is likewise an endemic species. NMymphalis Candiope, Godt., 
taken by Mr. Layard on the north-west coast of Madagascar, inhabits 
the country west of Lake Ngami, from whence a specimen was brought 
me by Mr. John A. Bell. 
The Saryripa would appear to be but poorly represented in the 
island, only four species, belonging to the genera Cyllo, Hrebia, and 
Mycalesis, being recorded in the ‘ Faune Entomologique, &c.  Cyllo 
Leda, Linn., almost rivals Diadema Bolina in its area of distribution ; 
but C. Betsimena, Bd. (if not, as I am inclined to think, identical with 
Gnophodis Parmeno, H. Doubl.), is confined to Madagascar. Hrebia 
Tamatave, Bd., is endemic. Mycalesis Narcissus, Fab., extends to the 
Mascarene Islands as well as to South-eastern Africa. 
Two butterflies of the small family Euryrrtips have been discovered 
in Madagascar, viz.:—EHurytela Dryope, Cram., and Hypanis Anvatara, 
Bd. (= var. Ilithyia, Dru.). Both of these are widely-spread Africans, 
and the latter species also ranges to Southern Asia. 
The curious LisyrHerp# are represented by the very distinct Liby- 
thea fulgurata, Bd., which seems more nearly related to the Javanese 
* See Hopffer in Peters’ ‘Reise nach Mossambique.—Ins.,’ p. 380. 
+ ‘Encye. d’ Hist. Nat.—Pap.,’ p. 125. 
{ Hopffer’s Neptis Marpessa is indubitably the same insect. 
§ Probably. the same as D. Anthedon, EK. Doubl. (‘ Gen, Diurn. Lep.’), which 
inhabits Western Africa and Natal. 
|| See Chenu, op. cit., p. 187; and Hpfr.—Peters’ ‘ Reise, &c.,’ p. 386. 
