392 Mr. Butler on a collection of 



primaries with the costal border at base sulphur-yellow ; basal 

 two-thirds . of discoidal area bright orange ; secondaries with 

 yellow costal margin, becoming bright orange towards the base ; 

 body white. Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines. 

 Allied to B. thysa. 



Tcracolns evanilic, Boisd. 

 Quite like African examples. 



Proteides ramanateh, Boisd. 



This barbarously named species has been referred erroneously 

 to the genus Ismene (Ilesperia, Fabr.), it, however, agrees both 

 in structure and general pattern with Proteides. 



Tagiades ojdiion, Boisd. 

 This belongs to the African group of the genus. 



Ilespefia inarganta, n. sp. 



Allied to //. forestan, with which it has been confounded, but 

 readily distinguishable by the emerald green patch at the base 

 of the i^rimaries, and the coloration of the secondaries, in which 

 the whole of the ochraceous area, excepting the anal border 

 and fringe (which, however, are rather orange than ochreoias) 

 re])laced by white, tinted with green. Expanse of Avings 2 

 inches 3 lines. 



Ilesperia pansa, llcAvits (== vrnesti, Grand.). 



Tliis is a beautiful species, allied, tliough not '\-ery closely, to 

 the preceding. 



Hkterocera. 



Macroglossd milvnf:, Boisd. 



Either the figure of this species is incorrect or the examples 

 which I have seen are referable to a distinct species ; Dr. Bois- 

 duval represents his species as having the secondaries orange, 

 Avith a broad ferruginous border and four of the abdominal 

 segments orange at the sides ; the common Macroglossa of 

 IMadagascar has the outer Ixirder of secondaries dark brown, 



