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ON BUTTERFLIES FROM THE HARAK HIGHLANDS. [Nov. 15. 



The following is a list of the species : 



15. Acrsea antinorii Oberth. 



16. Mylothris agathina Cram. 



17. yulei rf var. ? Butl. 



18. swaynei, sp. nov. 



19. Colias electra Linn. 



20. marnoana Bogenh. 



21. Teracolus phillipsi .gw^. 



22. protomedia Klug. 



23. Belenois mesentina Cram. 



24. Leuceronia thalassina Boisd. 



25. Papilio demoleus Linn. 



26. erinus, var. Gray. 



27. antinorii Oberth. 



1. Limnas klugi Butl. 



2. Byblia ilithyia Drury. 



3. Charaxes brutus Cram. 



4. Junonia actia Dist. 



5. octavia Cram. 



6. pyriformis Bu 



7. cebrene Trim. 



8. clelia Cram. 



9. here Lang. 



10. orthosia Godt. 



11. Pyrameis abyssinica 



12. Atella columbina Cram. 



13. Neptis agatha Cram. 



14. Acraea serena, var. perrupta 2?z^/. 



MYLOTHEIS SWAYNEI, sp. n. 



(S . Intermediate in character between M. trimenia and M. nar- 

 cissus : primaries above milk-white ; the costal border blackish, 

 widening gradually into an apical patch which curves round to 

 join the first of three trigonal marginal spots between veins 4 and 

 5 ; internal border also blackish to external angle : secondaries 

 bright lemon-yellow ; seven small marginal black spots, the first 

 of which (at end of costal vein) is the largest and elongated : body 

 normal. Primaries below white, costal border sprinkled with grey 

 scales ; base of cell slightly washed with lemon-yellow ; apical 

 border lemon-yellow ; a marginal series of seven black dots : 

 secondaries as above : body normal, the pectus clothed with 

 greenish-white hair, becoming somewhat fulvous at the side of the 

 eyes. Expanse of wings 55 millim. 



Hab. Harar Highlands. 



The following specimens in the collection are worthy of 

 mention : 



The example of Charaxes brutus is not only interesting on 

 account of the narrowness of the white band across the primaries, 

 but also because of the prominence of the grey lunulated sub- 

 marginal line of the secondaries. 



Acrcea antinorii, of which tw r o rather damaged specimens were 

 obtained, was previously known to me only by the illustration 

 (Annali del Museo Civico di Geneva, xv. tav. i. fig. 3). 



The male of MylotTiris yulei more nearly approaches the typical 

 female than the male which I described ; but there is not 

 sufficient evidence to warrant their separation at present. 



The example of Colias marnoana is larger than those which we 

 previously possessed and tends to link it to C. sareptensis. 



The two males of Papilio erinus are actually more or less inter- 

 mediate between the var. pseudonireus and Papilio bromius ; it 

 therefore seems probable that P. erinus and P. bromius will 

 eventually have to be united, in spite of the considerable differences 

 which exist on both surfaces between the extreme forms. 



A pair, unfortunately much shattered, of P. antinorii was 

 obtained. 

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