24 ilB. GUY A. K. ilABSHALL ON THE [Jau.l 



45. TERACOLrS hildebraitdti. 



Callosmie hildehramlti, Staudinger, Exot. Schm. p. 44. pi. xxiii. 

 (1886). " ' ^ 



This striking species is very nearly allied to the southern T. annce 

 (Wallgr.), and had I seen oulj' a single specimen I should have 

 regarded it as a sport of that species. But, thanks to Miss E. M. 

 Sharpe, I have been able to examine a fair series of both sexes, and 

 I think there is little doubt that it is entitled to specific rank. . In 

 the male the only differences from T. annce are (rt) its distinctly 

 larger size, (6) the curious ochreous-j^ellow colouring of the apical 

 patch, and (c) the inner black edgiug of apical patch, which is 

 narrow on costa and broadens to hind margin, whereas in T. annce it 

 is practically the same width throughout. The only constant 

 distinction that I can find in the female is the complete absence of 

 any grey clouding along inner margin of fore whigs. At present 

 T. hildehrandti has only been received from the basin of the Sabaki 

 Eiver, in East Africa, between 2° and 4° S. lat. At Hartley Hills, 

 W. Mashunaland, I caught what at the time 1 took to be a sport 

 of the dry-season form of T. annce { = waUenyreni{, Butl.), in which 

 the apical patch was golden yellow ; I am unable to refer to the 

 specimen at present, but it may prove to be Julclebrandti. 



46. TerACOLUS GUEIfEI. 



Antliocliaris guenei, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 38 (1877), and 

 Grand. Hist. Madag., Lep. i. p. 298, pi. xl. figs. 7-9 (1887). 



The small size of the apical patch and its strong sinuation on the 

 inner edge give this species almost the appearance of a dwarfed 

 specimen of T. theoijone, Boisd., on the upperside, but the discal 

 spots below show its relationship to the T. eupompe group. The 

 small variety mentioned by M. Mabille is clearly the dry-season 

 form. It is peculiar to 31adagascar. 



47. Teracolus siga. 



Anthocharis sic/a, Mabille, Le Xaturaliste, p. 100 (1882), and 

 Grand. Hist. Madag., Lep. i. pi. xli. fig. 4 (1887). 



This species was founded by M. Mabille on a single male from 

 Madagascar. From the figure it looks suspiciously like a dwarfed 

 specimen of T. f/uenei, in which the underside markings have failed 

 as happens in T. euponi/ie : but until further examples are forth- 

 coming it is perhaps advisable to keep it separate. 



48. TeEACOLUS EUIIMENE. 



Pontia eulhnene, Klug, Symb. Phys., Ins. pi. vii. fio-s. 5-8 

 (1829). 



A most distinct species with no very near allies. Mr. Butler 

 refers it to the genus Lvias, but it seems preferable to retain it as 

 a Teracolus. Eecorded from Dongola and the White Nile. 



