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was right in referring his specimen to T. eunoma, as the apical 

 patch of the former is very variable, and two of the spots show a 

 tendency to become obsolete ; also the discal row of spots on 

 underside of hind wing, which is absent in typical T. eunoma, is 

 partially obsolete in two specimens of the T. cJiromiferus form that 

 I have seen. Beyond the He wit son male and that described by 

 Mr. Eothschiid I only know of four others, which were caught by 

 myself at Beira, East Africa, in January 1896. One of these males 

 was taken in copidd, and the following is the description of the 

 female : — 



Upperside. — Yello\^'ish white, with black spots and markings, 

 without any coloured apical patch. Fore wincj : Costa narrowly 

 edged with fuscous. Terminal discocellular spot very large. 

 Beyond middle a curved row of six large black spots, that on costa 

 being larger than the rest. Black hind-marginal border fairly 

 broad at apex, narrowing towards interior angle, radiating very 

 broadly on ner^ules so as to gi\ e it a strongly. dentate appearance ; 

 the radiations on third subcostal and upper radial uervules 

 extended so as to just touch first and second spots of discal row. 

 Base of wing very broadly clouded with fuscous, almost as in 

 T. annce, Wallgr. Himl luhic] : Basal fuscous suffusion much 

 fainter and more restricted than in fore wing. Hind-marginal 

 nervular spots very large and diffuse, produced somewhat on 

 nervules inwardly. 



Underside. — Fore loing : Apical patch pale yellowish. Discal 

 row of spots as on upperside, but first spot divided into two 

 discocellular spots as above ; an ill-defined patch of fuscous 

 clouding in the middle of the discoidal cell. Hind wimj : As in 

 male, but the ground-colour of a deeper, richer yellow, and the 

 black spots of angulated discal row all sti'ongly marked. 



In Miss Sharpe's collection I found another female which is 

 clearly attributable to this species, but differs from the foregoing 

 specimen in having the hind-marginal border suffused so as to 

 enclose the four upper black spots of discal row, leaving three 

 small white spots in the black apical patch. I have also seen three 

 similar females collected by Dr. Ansorge in East Africa. I have 

 not yet seen a diy-season specimen of this species. 



35. TEEACOLrS het.eba. 



Callosune hetcera, Gerstiicker, Arch. f. Nat. xxxvii. p. 357 (1871). 



Teracolus puniceus, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 72 (1888). 



Teracolus foliaceus, Butler, ibid. p. 573, pi. xxxvi. fig. 7 (1894). 



This species in its summer garb is distinguished from T. eunoma 

 by its much larger crimson-lake apical patch, and the distinct 

 fine black neuration on the upperside of both wings, the hind 

 wings in T. eunoma having none at all. Moreover the underside of 

 hind wing is only faintly tinged with yellowish, and bears a discal 

 ray from costa similar to that in T.jahne, Butl. ; whereas the same 

 part in T. eunoma is always of a bright yellow colour, and presents 

 an angulated discal row of spots exactly like that in the wet-season 



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