244 DR, A. G. BUTLER ON BUTTERFLIES [Feb. 18, 
. * ACRHA SEIS. 
Given me by Lieut. Sparrow, 7th Dragoon Guards. Obtained 
when on a shooting expedition. 
“‘ CATOCHRYSOPS CONTRACTA. 
The males do not appear to differ from specimens of the same 
sex which I have from Kutch, India; but the females from Kutch 
are much darker and have not nearly so much blue on the wings. 
Mr. De Nicéville in his remarks on the genus Catochrysops, in 
the ‘ Butterflies of India,’ says he is unable to recognize more than 
three distinct species. CO. contracta, of course, may be a local race of 
C. cnejus,but the following notes may be of interest in this respect :— 
At Shaik Othman, near Aden, C. contracta is very numerous, but 
I never saw a C. enejus there. At Lahej, 15 miles away, C. cngus 
swarms, but I never saw OC. contracta there. The vegetation at 
Shaik Othman is very scanty, while there is plenty of rank vege- 
tation round Lahej. In Kutch I never found typical C. engus, 
but C. contracta swarms. 
‘‘ CATOCHRYSOPS ASOPUS, 
Common at Lahej. 
‘* POLYOMMATUS BETICUS. 
Common at Zaila and Aden. 
“* AZANUS SIGILLATUS (=GAMRA?). 
Not very common at Aden, and not seen on the Somali cvast. 
‘¢ AZANUS ZENA, 
Common at and near Aden. 
*‘ LYCENESTHES AMARAH. 
Common at and near Aden. 
“¢TARUCUS PULCHER sive PLINIUS. 
Common at Aden and Lahej. 
ss TARUCUS THEOPHRASTUS. 
Common. 
‘6 CHILADES TROCHILUS. 
Not very common. 
“« ZIZERA KNYSNA and Z, GAIKA. 
See Col. Yerbury’s remarks in Bomb. Nat. Hist. Society’s 
Journal, 1892. 
“ ZESIUS LIVIA. 
Fairly common. I bred this species from seed-pods of Acacia 
