Lepidoptera fi-om Abyssinia. 489 



Teracolus xanthevarne, Butler. 



The female is like that sex of T. pseudevanthe^ but either 

 white or sulphur-yellow, with the basal half of primaries, the 

 costal and subapical areas dusky, the orange extending beyond 

 the subapical black-brown band, the markings of secondaries 

 much heavier. Expanse of wings 1 inch 9 lines. 



Very common. 



Catojpsilia aleurona^ n. sp. 



? . Wings above with the base and borders bright sulpliur- 

 yellovv ; centi-al area and costa of secondaries pinkish white ; 

 base of costa of primaries rosy ; a large black discocellular 

 spot ; apex and five marginal spots ferruginous ; secondaries 

 with several ferruginous marginal spots : head rosy brown ; 

 thorax greenish, clothed with silky white hairs ; abdomen 

 yellow, reddish at the sides : wings below bright ochreous, 

 reticulated with ferruginous; a single ferruginous-edged silvery 

 dot at the end of each cell ; primaries with internal area white, 

 shading off into sulphur-yellow : body below pale ochraceous ; 

 antennaj pink. Expanse of wings 2 inches 9 lines. 



Allied to C.floreUa. 



Belenois gidica^ Godart. 



Belenois abyssinica^ Lucas. 



Belenois niesentina?, var. lordacajy^ii\keY,=?au(/usta, Olivier. 



Herpcenia lacteipennisj n. sp. 



Wings above creamy yellow ; primaries marked with black 

 as in P. eriphia (Lucas, Lep. Exot. pi. 28) ; secondaries with 

 the base black, a macular black transverse streak from the 

 costa across the cell to the inner margin ; several submarginal 

 black spots, sagittate (with the points upwards) towards apex : 

 primaries below creamy yellow, apical area and external border 

 of median interspaces gravel-brown, three or four paler sub- 

 apical spots, a subcostal and a median longitudinal grey streak, 

 a black spot on lower discocellular, two subquadrate brown 

 spots placed obliquely upon the median interspaces, a black 

 subquadrate spot near the external angle ; secondaries gravel- 

 brown, with difiused paler transverse bands, outer border paler, 

 a few blackish scales scattered over the wings. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 7 lines. 



By far the smallest species in the genus, and easily recog- 

 nized by the coloration of the under surface. My friend Mr. 



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