1884.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM ADEN. 481 



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

 the abdominal area partly white. 



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



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

 interspaces and the borders of the male sexual spot white. 



cJ, Huswah, 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. 



cS, Huswah, 2nd March, 1884. 



1 a. LlMNAS ALCIPPUS. 



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

 cJ, Haithalkim, 5th April, 1884. 

 Slightly modified by interbreeding with L. chrysippus. 



1 b. LlMNAS DORIPPUS. 



Euplcea dorippus, Klug, Syrnb. Phys. pi. 48. figs. 1-4 (1845). 

 c? 2, Huswah, 2nd March, 1884; d , Aden, 28th January 

 and 6th March ; 5 in 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, 6 

 (1845). 



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

 chrysippus, 26th February; d, in coitu with typical L. dorippus, 

 29th February. 



SaTYRINjE. 



2. Ypthima asterope. 



Hipparchia asterope, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 29. figs. 11-14 

 (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. 



Major Yerbury notes Melanitis ismene as common at Lahej, 

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



nymphalin.e. 



3. Hypolimnas misippus. 



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

 $, Aden, 26th February, 1884. 

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



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

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

 do not in this place give it a distinctive name. 



