Ix LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



or almost peculiar, to Africa is very large. Among these, we 

 may mention Amauris, Acraa (a very few representatives of 

 which occur from India to Australia), Lachnoptcra, Salamis, 

 Pseudacrcea, Crenis^ Euxanthe, Euryphene, Euphczdra, Cymo- 

 thoe, CharaxeS) Palla, a cluster of genera of Lyccznidce allied to 

 Pentila, Liptena^ Epitola, &c., Drurya, Leucochitonea, Caprona, 

 &c. Many fine groups of Charaxes and Papilio, and the bulk 

 of the Orange-tips of the genus Teracolus, are also African. 



In East Africa and Madagascar we meet with the most 

 beautiful of all Moths, the genus Chrysiridia. 



III. INDIAN REGION. 



This region also, though possessing some African, Palaearctic, 

 and especially Australian affinities, is very rich in peculiar or 

 characteristic forms. Among these are Thaumantias, and other 

 genera of Old World Morphine, Cethosia, Kallima, Limenitis, 

 A thy ma, Neptis, EuthaHa, Ilerda, Deudorix, Liphyra, Prioneris^ 

 Dercas, Leptocircus, &c. Some of these genera, as well as the 

 Danaince and Elymniincz generally, are almost equally well 

 represented in the Australian Region. In Ornithoptera, the 

 yellow species, including O. magellanus, the most wonderful of 

 all, which is confined to the Philippines, are found within the 

 Indian Region, but the only green species belonging to it is 

 O. brookeana, which is found in Malacca, Borneo, and Sumatra, 

 and is the typical representative of an aberrant group. But, as 

 in Europe, the mountainous regions of India are far richer in 

 species than the plains. 



IV. AUSTRALIAN REGION. 



This region presents us with a large number of small genera 

 of restricted range, and with many remarkable forms oiPapilio 

 and other genera found also in the Indian region. We may 

 mention as characteristic forms : Ideopsis, Tellervo, Xenica 

 (Australia), Tenaris^ Hypolimnas (also represented in other 



