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are many interesting forms of Nymphalidse, Lycaenidee, and 

 Papilionidoa. The peculiar or characteristic forms are Amauris 

 (Danaidas) ; Gnophodes, Lcptoneura, Bicyclus, Heteropsis and 

 Ccenyra (Satyridae) ; Acrcea (Acraeidae) ; Lachnoptera, Precis, 

 Salamis, Crenis, Godartia, Amphidema, Pscudacrma, Catuna, 

 Euryphene, Romalceosoma, Hamanumida, Aterica, Harma, 

 Mencris, Char axes, and Philognoma (Nymphalida?) ; Pentila, 

 Lipteim, Durhania, Zcritis, Gapys, Phytala, Ejritola, Hewitsonia 

 and Deloneura (Lycaenidae) ; Pseudopontia, Idmais, Teracolus, 

 Callosune (Pieridse) ; Abantis, Ceratrichia and Caprona (Hes- 

 peridae). The total number of species known is about 750 ; 

 which is very poor for an extensive tropical region, but this 

 is not to be wondered at when the nature of much of the 

 country is considered. It is also, no doubt, partly due to our 

 comparative ignorance of the great equatorial forest district, 

 which is the only part likely to be very productive in this 

 order of insects. 



Coleoptera. — In our first' representative family, Cicindelidas 

 or tiger -beetles, the Ethiopian region is rather rich, having 13 

 genera, 11 of which are peculiar to it; and among these are 

 such remarkable forms as M ant ieor a, My rmecoptera and Dromica; 

 with Megacephala. a genus only found elsewhere in Australia 

 and South America. 



In Carabida? or carnivorous ground beetles, there are 

 about 75 peculiar genera. Among the most characteristic 

 are Anthia, Polyrhina, Graphiplcrm and Piezia, which are 

 almost all peculiar ; while Orthogonius, Hexagonia, Macrochilia, 

 Thyreopterus, Eudema, and Abacctus are common to this and 

 the Oriental region ; and Hypolithus to the Neotropical. 



Out of 27 genera of Buprestidse, or metallic beetles, only 6 are 

 peculiar to the region, one of the most remarkable being Poly- 

 bothrus, confined to Madagascar. Stcmocera and Chrysochroa are 

 characteristic of this region and the Oriental ; it has Julodis in 

 common with the Mediterranean sub-region, and Belionota 

 with the Malayan. 



The region is not rich in Lucanidse, or stag-beetles, possessing 

 only 10 genera, 7 of which are peculiar, but most of them con- 



