1884.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM ADEN. 481 



Intergrade a. — Secondaries with the median veins white-bordered, 

 the abdominal area partly white. 



6, Aden, 11th April, 1884 ; Huswah, 18th May. 



Intergrade t. — Secondaries with the basal half of the median 

 interspaces and the borders of the male sexual spot white. 

 6 , Hnswah, 2nd March, 1884. 



Intergrade c. — Secondaries with the basal three-fourths of the 

 abdominal border, the centre of the interuo-median area, and the 

 basal half of the median interspaces white or whitish. 



6, Huswah, 2nd March, 1884. 



1 a. LiMNAS ALCIPPUS. 



Papilio alcippus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. cxxvii. E, F (1779). 

 cJ, Haithalkim, 5th April, 1884. 

 Shghtly modified by interbreeding with L. chrysippus. 



1 b. LiMNAS DORIPPUS. 



Euploea dorippus, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 48. figs. 1-4 (1845). 

 c7 5. Huswah, 2nd March, 1884; S, Aden, 28th January 

 and 6th March ; 5 m coitu with Indo-African type, 29th February. 



1 c. LiMNAS, sp. (unnamed Indo-African type) \ 



Euplcea dorippus, var., Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 48. fig. 5, <S 

 (1845). 



(S , Aden, 12th February, 1884; S , in coitu with typical L. 

 cktysippus, 26th February; cJ, in coitu with typical L. dorippus, 

 29th February. 



SATYRINiE. 



2. Ypthima asterope. 



Hipparchia asterope, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 29. figs. 1 1-14 

 (1832). 



Aden, 10th and 19th March ; Lahej, 3rd, 4th, and 6th April; 

 Shaik Othman, 20th April, 1884. 



The specimens vary considerably in size, but the ocelli upon the 

 wings are more uniform than is usual in this genus. 



^lajor Yerbury notes Melanitis ismene as common at Lahej, 

 though he failed to catch one ; it is only occasionally seen in Aden. 



Nymphalin^. 



3. Hypolimnas misippus. 



Papilio misippus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 264 (1764). 



2, Aden, 26th February, 1884. 

 "The females of this butterfly mimic all the forms of Danaince ; 



1 Although this form appears to be a distinct species ■when occurring in 

 Sind, Njassa, Abyssinia, and Arabia, it is only a variety at Aden, and therefore I 

 do not in this place give it a distinctive name. 



