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. India.”—Most species of this genus are of a rich fawn colour, ine 
clining in some instances to orange. 
All the kinds that I possess are Asiatic, e.g. :— 
Idmais fausta, Syria. 
»  amata, Trincomalee and Bombay. 
»  dynamene, India. 
Page228. Papilio Antimachus.—The late William Chapman Hewit 
son, Hsq., who bequeathed his magnificent collection of butterflies,— 
unequalled by any amateur during his lifetime,—to the British 
Museum, informed me respecting this extremely rare West African 
species, that he calculated that its acquisition cost him from first to 
last not less than £500, which he accounted for as follows :—The pay 
and keep of a number of negroes for a considerable time sent into the 
forests to search for and capture this particular butterfly. Ditto of 
armed guard to protect these negroes meanwhile. Also because, 
though these negroes captured and transmitted to him many other 
species as well, he had all the other kinds before. When resident 
at Notting Hill six or seven years since a splendid specimen of this 
insect was brought round to me by a well-known dealer, in the hope 
that I should purchase it for £30, and since that date I could have 
bought a very tattered representative, nearly half of the wings of 
which were replaced with coloured paper to match, for less than as 
many shillings. I need hardly say that my collection is still minus 
this species. Those familiar with the Acrwide of Africa and Mada- 
gascar will be of the opinion that in colouring and markings it 
resembles nothing so strongly as an Acrea, only of gigantic size 
compared with that genus, for Papilio Antimachus with its long 
and narrow wings measures more than any other butterfly from tip 
to tipe 
Page 229. Genus Teracolus or Anthocharis.—The African species 
of this tribe in my collection outnumber the Asiatic ditto by about 
three to one.” . 
For example :— 
Tone, _ Evippe, Congo. 
Evarne, | 
Achine, Natal. 
Eupompe, 
Omphale, } Unnamed sp. Madagascar. 
Etrida, Bombay. 
Danaé, India. 
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