244 DE. A. Q. BUTLEK ON BUTTBDFLIES [Feb. 18, 



■ " AOE^A SEIS. 



Given me by Lieut. Sparrow, 7th Dragoon Guards. Obtained 

 when on a shooting expedition. 



' " Catooheysops oonteaota. 



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 Niceville in his remarks on the genus Oatochrysops, in 

 the ' Butterflies of India,' says he is unable to recognize more than 

 three distinct species. 0. contractu, of course, may be a local race of 

 G. cnejiis,hvii the f ollowiug notes may be of interest in this respect : — 

 At Shaik Othman, near Aden, 0. contractu is very numerous, but 

 I never saw a 0. cnejus there. At Lahej, 15 miles away, O. cnejus 

 swarms, but I never saw C. eontracta 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. cnejus, 

 but C. contractu swarms. 



" Catocheysops asopus. 

 Common at Lahej. 



" PoLYOMMATtJS BJEMCUS. 



Common at Zaila and Aden. 



" AZANUS SIGILLATUS ( = GAMEA ?). 



Not very common at Aden, and not seen on the Somali coast. 



" AZANUS ZENA. 



Common at and near Aden. 



" LTOJiNESTHES AMAEAH. 



Common at and near Aden. 



" Taeucus pulohee sive plinius. 

 Common at Aden and Lahej. 



" Taetjous theopheastus. 

 Common. 



" Chilades teochiltjs. 

 i Not very common. 



" ZizEEA kntsna and Z. gaika. 



See Col. Terbury's remarks in Bomb. Nat. Hist. Society's 

 Journal, 1892. 



" ZeSIUS LIYIA. 



Pairly common. I bred this species from seed-pods of Acacia 



