1880.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM CANDAHAR. 409 



{a pallida), but for the fact that I have never taken it at Juto-^h 

 or elsewhere. I caught several specimens in the lucerne garde^'ns 

 here, owing to their being very conspicuous ; but thev are rare com- 

 pared with the above species: April, Mav, and' June. A few 

 specimens have less orange and more nearly approach no. 2." 



In Kirby's Catalogue this species is regarded as a variety of 

 C. era^e; but Dr. Staudinger hazards the suggestion that it may be 

 a hybrid between C. erate and C. edusa ; unfortunately for the latter 

 view, C. edusa does not exist at Candahar. 



16. COLIAS ERATE (llO. 2). 



Colias erate, var. $ pallida, Staudinger, Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 3. no. 54 



"This and no. 21 (C. sarejitensis) are found here throughout the 

 year, and are both abundant in June in lucerne fields. I was unable 

 to find the larvae of any of the Colias." 



Major Roberts has sent both white and j/ellow females of this 

 species. He states also that the female is " yellow or white •" other- 

 wise I should have suspected it to be a local race of the European 



17. Colias SAREPTENsis (no. 21). 



Colias hi/ale, var. sareptensis, Staudinger, Cat. Lep. Eur n '^ 

 no. 48 (1871). • i-- . 



Major Roberts says, "This is in some cases very difficult to distin- 

 guish from no. 2, as I have caught the sexes together which appear 

 to represent S no. 2 and $ no 21 ; and often I am unable to dis- 

 tinguish the sexes in no. 2 1 ." From this observation I should think 

 It likely that the female form to which Dr. Staudinger has given 

 the name of 2mllida is a hybrid between C. erate and C. saren- 

 tensis '. -' 



18. Teracolus faustus (no. 26). 



(18^n'^"' •^''"*^«' Olivier, Voy. I'Emp. 0th. Atl. pi. 33. figs. 4«, b. 



"Caught seven or eight specimens, all males, along the dried-up 

 bank of the river, between the 20th June and 2nd July. Probablv 

 the females would have appeared in July ; but I was unable to go out 

 after them. ' ° 



19. Belenois mesentina (no. 8). (Plate XXXIX. fig. 6.) 

 Papilio mesentina, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi, 270. figs. A, B 



(1782). 



" Rare in April, but abundant in June." The examples sent were 

 taken at the end of June. 



Major Roberts sends the following description of the larva and 

 pupa -.—"Larva 118. About 1" long. Back and sides smooth and 

 ,, ' Major Eoberts has sent sexes of both species taken in coitic- one sent as 

 femalfsen^r ■' no i" ''"°" ''"''' °' " "" ''" ^'^'^ ''"' ''''' ^^^ ^ -"^"^ 



