18 ATR. GUY A. K. MARSHALL OK THE [Jan. 19 



form of T. re<jiiia, Trim. I have no doubt whatever that T.puniceus, 

 Butl., is merely the dry-season form of this species, the size of the 

 apical patch and the iipperside black markings being somewhat 

 reduced, and the underside of secondaries having a pinkish tinge 

 with faint grey hatching and a distinct discal ray from costa. I 

 cannot distinguish the single female on which Mr. Butler founded 

 his T. foliaccus from the female of T. heiara, of ^hich I have seen a 

 long series. As usual, the colouring of the female is highly variable, 

 ranging from dull white, through opalescent or yellowish white to 

 bright yellow; the black borders are very heavy and radiate some- 

 what on nervules in hind wings ; there is no black bar on inner 

 margin of fore wings, but strong basal grey clouding ; the spots in 

 apical black are small, white or yellowish in colour, and usuall}^ 

 more or less suffused with crimson scales. At present T, hetccra 

 has been recorded from the Sabaki E. and Victoria Nyanza on the 

 south, northward to Wadelai and Somaliland. 



36. TeBACOLUS LOBTl. 



Teracolus lorti, E. M. Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 527. 



I have not been able to examine the types of this species, but 

 judging from Miss Sharpe's description it is very nearly allied to 

 the foregoing species, and is perhaps doubtfully distinct ; biU owing 

 to the unu sally large size of the apical patch and its combination 

 with an essentially dry-season underside colouring, I feel con- 

 strained to keep it separate. The species was founded on a male 

 and two females, captured in March 1S95 by Mrs. Lort Phillips 

 in the Goolis Mts., Somaliland, and it is worth noting that 

 specimens of 2\ lietm-a were caught at the same time. 



37. Teracolus ione. 



Pieris ione, Godart {nee Trim.), Enc. Meth. ix. p. 140 (1819). 



AnfJiocharis ione. Boisduval, App. Voy. Deleg. Afr. Aust. p. 587 

 (1847). 



Avthocliaris erone, Angas, Kaf. Illust. pi. xxx. fig. 3 (1849). 



Antliopsyche spedom, Wallengren, K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. ; 

 Lep. Ehop. Caf. p. 16 (1857). 



Ewhloe jolina, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 14 (1869). 



As there appears to be some difference of opinion as to what is 

 the true Pieris ione of Godart, I have taken some trouble to satisfy 

 myself on the matter. Mr. Trimen considers that Godart was 

 describing the form named 2\ jalone by Dr. Butler, whereas the 

 latter gentleman places T. speciosa, Wallgr., as T. ione, which seems 

 to be the more generally accepted \ie\v. A careful consideration of 

 the original description and a good series of both species leads me 

 to believe that the latter decision is nearer the truth. Godart's 

 description does not exactly suit any specimen that I have seen, 

 but if we are to be satisfied with the nearest we can get to it, 

 Antliopsyche sjjmosrt, Wallgr.,has certainly the first claim. The most 

 important point seems to be the underside colouring, which he 



