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85. Foli/ommatus boeticus, Linn. 

 Papilio bceticns, Linn., Syst. Nat. (ed. xii.) p. 789. 

 Lycmna hceticus, Boisd,, Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 23 ; Guenee, Maill. Reun., Lep. p. 18 ; Saalm., Lep. 



Madag. p. 100; Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 1894, p. 428. 

 Polyommatus bmticus, Bingham, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 432 ; Kershaw, Butt. Hongkong, p. 73, t. 9. 



ff. 2, 10. 



Seychelles. — Nineteen specimens, all from Mahe and mostly from sea-level or the lower 

 slopes of the hills. 



Distribution. — S.Europe; throughout Africa and Arabia; Madeira; Teaerilfe ; St. 

 Helena ; Reunion ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; throughout India ; Ceylon ; Andamans 

 andNicobars; Assam to Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra; Java; China ; throughout Malayan 

 Subregion ; Australia ; Hawaiian Is. 



86. Syntarucus telicanus, Lang. 

 Papilio telicanus, Lang, Verz. sein. Schmett. ii. p. 47 (1789) ; Hiibn., Eur. Schmett. i. fF. 371, 373, 



553, 554 (1798-1803). 

 Ltjcana telicanus, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 24; Guenee, jNIaill. Reun.,L^p. p. 18 ; Saalm., Lep. 

 Madag. p. lOL) ; Holland, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1895, p. 268; Joanuis, Ann. S. E. France, 

 1894, p. 428. 

 Eagle 1. — Three male specimens, 17 October, 1905. 



Seychelles. — Twenty specimens, from Mahe, St. Anne, and Praslin. These do not seem 

 to differ in any constant respect from examples from the Mediterranean region. 



Desifre6«^io«.—S. Europe ; W. Asia ; throughout Africa ; Reunion; Mauritius; Rodri- 

 guez; Madagascar; Aldabra; Amirantes (Alphonse, Eagle I.) ; Seychelles. 



Pamily HesperiidaB. 



87. Eagris sabadius, Gray. 



Thymele sabadius. Gray in Griffith's ' Animal Kingdom,' vol. xv. Insecta, pt. ii. p. 594, t. 99. f. 2 



(1832); Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 63, t. 9. f. 2 (1833). 

 Hesperia andracne, Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 67 (1833) ( ? ). 

 Antigomts andrachne, Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 112, f. 14 (1884). 

 Eagris sabadius, Guenee, Maill. R^un., Lep. p. 19 (1863) ; Joannis, Ann. S. E. Fi-auce, 1894, p. 429; 



Holland, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 17. 

 Nisoniades sabadius, Trimcn, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1866, p. 339. 



Seychelles. — Twenty-one specimens, all from Mahe. This species generally occurs on 

 the edge of the jungle at about 800 feet and over. It has a peculiar habit of settling on 

 the under surface of leaves with its wings outspread. 



B. plicata, Eutl., from East Africa seems hardly distinguishable from this species. 



Distribitdon. — Reunion; Mauritius; Madagascar; Seychelles (Mahe). 



