478 MR. H. W. BATES ON INSECTS FROM MADAGASCAR. [NoV. 24, 



12. Charaxes cacuthis, Hewitson, Exot. Butt., Char. f. 12, 13. 



This fine species has only recently been discovered in Madagascar, 

 by Mr. F. Plant. There is a mutilated example in the collection. 

 Its nearest relative, according to Mr. Hevritson, is C etheta of 

 Western Tropical Africa. 



13. Mycalesis narcissus, Fabr. 



A well-known South-African Butterfly. Found also in the island 

 of Mauritius. 



14. Erebia tamatavjE, Boisd. Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 60. 

 pi. 8. f. 6, 7. 



This, with Erebia cassius, and several other allied species inhabit- 

 ing Southern Africa and the neighbouring islands differ considerably 

 from the typical Erebice which are so abundant in the alpine di- 

 stricts of Europe and in high northern latitudes up to the Arctic 

 circle. They will eventually, no doubt, be formed into a genus apart*. 

 Erebia tamatavcB seems to be peculiar to Madagascar. 



15. Lyc^na batikeli, Boisd, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 24, 

 pi. 3. f. 5. 



There is one mutilated example of this species in the collection. 



16. IsMENE forestan, Cramer. 



Found also in Eastern Africa. The genus is widely distributed in 

 the tropical parts of the Old World. 



Order HOMOPTERA. 



17. Platypleura, sp. 



There are two examples of a Cicada of this genus, which have 

 much resemblance to the common Platypleura capensis (Linn.) of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



Order COLEOPTERA. 



18. Glyciphana ltjctuosa. Gory & Percheron, Mon. des C^t. 

 t. 55. f. 5. 



A Cetoniade, found also in Mauritius. The genus is common to 

 all the warmer parts of the Old World. 



19. Oryctes pyrrhus, Burmeister, Handbuch der Entom. v. 

 p. 197. 



There is a pair, male and female, of this insect in the collection. 

 The species belongs to a section of the genus which has representa- 

 tives in Mauritius, Java, Australia, and Europe. 



* This has recently been done by Wallengren (Fregatten Eugenies Rasa), who 

 has proposed the name of Pseudonympha for the group. 



