388 Dr. A. G. Butler— J Uevision 



1. TeracoJus amatiis. 



Papilla amntus, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 476 (1775). 



Fapilio cahds, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. liii. C, D (1779). 



Papilio cypraa, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 22 (1787). 



Papilio dy7iamene, Khio-, Symb. Pbys. pi. vi. fiL's. 17, 18 (1829). 



Teracohis modestvs, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 137. 



Teracolus camifer, Butler, t. c. p. 138, pi. vii. fig's. 8, 9. 



Teracohis Kennedii, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 440. 



Wet-season form T. Calais { = di/7iainene). 



Occurs over a great pa it of tropical Africa, from the Congo 

 westwards to the Zambesi eastwards, whence it ranges north- 

 wards towards the eastern coast to Abyssinia, passing through 

 the Sabaki valley, Somaliland, whence it probably crosses 

 over to Arabia, and thence through Syria and Persia to North- 

 western India. The most vividly coloured specimens are 

 those received from the Congo and Angola, but they grade 

 imperceptibly into the lightest examples of T. di/namerte, 

 whilst the latter also grade into the following, from which 

 many attem])ts have been made to keep them distinct, even 

 by Mr. Guy A. K. Marshall in his recent review of the 

 synonymy of Teracolus : — 



T. amatus { = cyprcea = modestus= Kennedii). 



This is merely a more southern development of T. Calais 

 in India and Ceylon, most examples differing in the smaller 

 black discocellular spot on the primaries, the Ceylonese 

 examples {T. modestus) also generally with a heavier black 

 border; but intermediate specimens exist which, to my mind, 

 render it impossible to keep them apart. Roughly speaking, 

 T. amatus may be said to range throughout the plains of 

 Central and Southern India, occurring as T. modestus in 

 Ceylon. T. cyprcea is the white form of the female. 



Dry-season form T. carnifer. 



From Arabia through Persia to Karachi. In Central and 

 Southern India and Ceylon it is represented by a much larger 

 and more heavily bordered form, a white female to which 

 sometimes occurs. 



Altogether the Museum series is represented by ninety- 

 seven specimens. 



2. Teracolus protractus. 



Teracohis protractus, Butler, P, Z. S. 1876, p. 137. 



Described from a dry-season example obtained in the 

 Punjab; it occurs commonly at Campbellpore, Beluchistan, 

 and Kutch. 



