570 WEST AFRICAN INBECTA AND ARACHNIDA RTLRY. 



Teracolus calias Cram. 

 One mutilated female, St. ViuciMit, (/Upe \'ei«l<' Islands. Also one 

 male, St. Paiil de Loanda. . 



Teracolus cloubledayi TI(»i>])fv. - 'I'.hciiilsiDiii Kirlty. 

 Two exanii)les. St. I'aiil de Loaiidii. 



Family DANAIDyE. 

 Danais plexippus Linn.* 

 Danais chrysippus Linn. 

 Numerous examples, all males, (<ong-o (Rauana r*oiiit). Also two 

 males, St. Helena. 



Danais chrysippus l^inn var. alcipptis Cram. 

 Que s])ecimeii of this, the eommoii Noith African form of the species, 

 Freetown. 



Family A(!K/EID.F.. 



Acraea encedon Linn. 

 Numerous examples, male and female Congo (l>anana Point). 



Acraea manjaca Boisd. 

 One female exainple, St. Paul de Loanda, differing- from Madagascar 

 specimens only in being a trifle larger. 



Acraea horta l.iun. 

 Numerous exam]des, ('ai)e of Good Hope. 



Family NYMPHALID.F. 



Pyranieis cardui I>inn. 

 Four exanpples, St. Helena. 



Precis amestris Drniy. 

 One example Freetown, and one good example, Flmina. 



. Hypolimnas misippus Linn. 



One nuile of this widely distributed species was taken at Porto 

 (Iraiide, St. Vincent, ('ape Verde Islands, one female at Congo (l>a- 

 nanai Point), and three nniU's and three females at St, Paul de Loanda. 



Neptis nielicerta Dnin. 

 A small example of the male, Freetown. 



*Tlier('aro two lenialf .scpccinien.s of this in.scct in this collection, which were 

 taken by Mr. E. G. IIowo at llorta, Fayal, Azores Islands. The insect is North 

 American originally, but within comparatively recent years has attained to a wide 

 geographical distribution. Its spread westwardly through the islands of the Pacific 

 and to Australia has recently been commented upon by entomologists, and I have a 

 specimen taken in Java about three years ago by Mr. "William Dolierty. Its pres- 

 ence in the Azores is in keepiTig with its occasional occurrence in England, and we 

 may soon expect to tuid it estal)lished nj)on the continent of Africa, where it will no 

 doubt iind congenial food i)lants. — W. J. 11. 



