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T. pyrrhojpterus, from British East Africa, caunot be separate 

 from T. omj^hah-theogone, for the curiously dark pink of the under- 

 side of secondaries cannot be regarded as a speciiic character, as 

 the tints of that part are highly variable in the dry season, and 

 are probably more or less influenced by the colouring of the soil. 



T. loandicus, from Angola, and jjrocne, from {Swazilund and 

 Orange Eiver, are quite alike, and represent the small, lightly- 

 marked variety of T. theogone, which prevails in dry locabties and 

 in the higher plateaux of the interior. 



T. delphine, Butl. {neo Boisd.), is represented in the British 

 Museum by six examples — two males and one female from S. Africa, 

 and three males from the Xiger. The males are interesting, as 

 they exhibit the gi'adual gradation of colouring from T. theogom to 

 typical T. evippe on the upperside, and although they are white 

 beneath they show more or less faintly the dusky discal bar in hind 

 wings so characteristic of T. theogone. 



T. angolensis, from Angola and the Congo, is similar to the pre- 

 ceding, but has quite lost the dusky bar beneath, and closely 

 resembles typical T. evippe, though the apical patch is more like 

 that of T. theogone. 



T. i)seudocale is recorded from Swaziland, and, as I have stated 

 above, I can only regard it as an intermediate seasonal form of 

 the variety T. ompliale, though at the same time it is quite similar 

 to T. angolensis. 



The female is somewhat like a dwarfed T. theogone, but shows 

 an approach to T. evippe in its reduced discal black markings. 



T. ocale is only a larger form of T. pseudocale, and although the 

 single female in the British Museum generally resembles that of 

 2\ evippe, yet it has the distinct red apical band of the \ ar. omphcde. 



T. arethusa, eborea, hanna, amytis, and cebrene are all referable 

 to typical T. evippe (Linn.), 



58. Teeacolus suffusus. 



Teracolus suffusus, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 152, pi, vi. fig, 10 

 (1876). 



This little species is founded on a single female from Angola, 

 which looks not unlike a dwarf speciuien of T. evippe-omphale, 

 but the basal black in fore wing extends from inner margin to 

 costa, and continues outwardly almost to the extremity of the 

 discoidal cell. I cannot attribute it to any described male, 



59. Teeacoltis miceocale, 



Teracolus microcale, Butler, Ann. Mag. N. H. (4) xviii. p, 487 

 (1876). 



This species is only recorded from Abyssinia in the north-east, 

 and the Orange Kiver in the south-west. It looks very much as 

 if it were only a dwarfed and under-coloured local variation of 

 T. evippe, and the localities in which it occurs lend some colour to 

 this view. However, in view of the paucity of specimens it seems 



