SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'ENTOMOLOGIST; 



ON THE COLLECTIONS OF INSECTA OBTAINED BY 

 DR. DONALDSON SMITH IN SOMALI LAND. 



By Emily Mary Sharpe. 



The following is a list of the species Insecta belonging to 

 the following families : — Lepidoptera, Heterocera, Coleoptera, 

 and Neuroptera, obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith during his 

 expedition into Somali Land in the early part of 1899, when he 

 was travelling, at the request of His Highness The Gaekwar, to 

 obtain a series of specimens for the Baroda Museum. Many 

 interesting species were collected, including a new species of 

 4cr(Ba, which I have named after H. H. The Gaekwar of Baroda. 



Family DANAiniDiE. 



1. Danais klugi. — Limnas klugii, Butler; E. M. Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S., 1896, p. 530 ; id. t. c, 1896, p. 524 ; id. t. c, 1898, p. 369. 

 Limnas chrysippus, L., var. klugii, Butler, P. Z. S., 1897, p. 692. 

 Danaida dorippus, Aurivillius (part), ' RhopaloceraiEthiopica,' p. 

 32 (1898). Limnas chrysippus, Dixey ipart), P. Z. S., 1900, p. 10. 



a. S' . Bihen Dula ; 24th Dec, 1898. 



h.-h. ^ ? . Biji; 10th, 12th, 15th, 16th Jan., 1899. 



i.-n. 3' ? . Laskarato ; 25th, 28th Jan., 1899. 



o.-v. 3 ? . Ania ; 29th Jan., 1899. 



This large series is perfectly uniform in colour, and shows 

 no sign of approach to the characters of D. dorippus, which, as 

 may be seen below, occurred at Biji. 



2. Danais DORIPPUS. — Limnas dorippus (Klug), E. M. Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S., 1896, p. 528, Danaida dorippus, Aurivillius, t.c, p. 32 

 (1898). 



a.-h. <?. Biji; 10th, 16th Jan., 1899. 



Family Satyrid^. 



3. Ypthima asteropb. — Ypthima asterope (Klug); Butler, 

 P. Z. S., 1897, p. 692; Aurivillius, t. c, p. 77 (1898). 



a.-b. Biji; 10th, 16th Jan., 1899. 



ENTOM, SUPPL., OCT., 1901. 



