812 ox BTTTEEFLIES FROM MT'SCAT. [Juiie 20, 



13. Tebacolus liagoee. 



Ponfia liagnre, King, Symb. Pliys. pi. vi. figs. 5--8 (1829). 



Three males and a female. 



These examples, and especially the female, were of considerable 

 interest to me, for they prove conclusively that in ray recent 

 revision of the genus TcracoJus I was incorrect in referring 

 T. liar/ore (as a seasonal phase) to T. cvame. I never felt quite 

 satisfied that I was correct in so doing, as the form and pure 

 white colouring of T. liagore, looked out of plaee among the more 

 rounded yellow-washed wings of the various seasonal phases of 

 T. evarne. Now that the female and three somewhat varying 

 n)ales have come to hand, I am quite satisfied that T. liaf/ore is 

 merely a dry phase of the N. African T. daira and grades 

 completely into T. nouna. It is odd that a related yet distinct 

 species should occur at Aden. 



14. Teracolus EUPOiiPE, var. dedecora. 



AnthopsycJte dedecora, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 184 

 (18(55). 



A slightly worn female. 



Here again we have a Xorth African type. 



15. Catopsilia florella, \av. pyrexe. 



Colias pyrene, Swainson, Zool. 111. 1st ser. ])\. 51 (1820-1). 



Several worn examples. 



It is probable that, as at Aden, the various forms of this species 

 occur together, but only the variety pyrenc appears in the present 

 consignment. 



16. Stxchxoe iraxic'a. 



Pieris i'-anica, Bienert, Lep. Ergebu. p. 27 (1870). 



A fair series. 



It is interesting to receive this Persian insect from Muscat, and 

 to know that the nearly related S. ijlmu-oaome is common to Aden 

 and East Africa. 



17. BEIiEXOIS MESEXTIXA. 



PupUio mesentina, Cramer, Pap. E.\ot. iii. pi. cclxx. A, B (1782). 

 Four examples (wet phase). 



18. Papilio demoleus. 



Papilio demoleus, Linneus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 214 (1764). 

 Several examples of this Indian species '. 



19. PaRXAEA MATHIAS. 



Hi'speria mathias, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 433 (1798). 

 Two worn males of this Indo-African species. 



1 The Hon. W. Rotbscliikl has shoivn that the true P. dcawkw i? not, as 

 formerly supposed, the African .species. 



n OCT 1899 



