1896.] FKOM AHABIA AND SOMALILAND. 255 



Var. Oatopsilia aleurona, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. set. 4, 

 vol. xviii. p. 489 (1876). 



a. C. Jlorella, typical, Shaik Othman, 5 , 21st October, 1894 ; 

 ? , Aden, 15th, 25th, and 26th March, 1895 ; J , 25th October, 

 1894. 



b. G. aleurona, S ? , Shaik Othman, 3rd February, 1895 ; Zaiia, 

 Somaliland, 22nd and 23rd May, 1895. 



c. C hyblcea, $ , Aden, 21st" March, 1895. 



d. C.pyrene, 2 , Aden, 19th March, 1895 ; <?, 18th May, 1894 ; 

 cf ? , Lahej, 13th and 23rd March, 8th May, 1895 j <S , Zaila, 

 Somaliland, April, 1895. 



All these specimens were collected by Capt. Nurse. 



31. BelBNOIS MESENTINA, Var. LOEDAOA. 



Pieris lordaca, Walker, Entom. v. p. 48. 



5 , Zaila, Somaliland, April 1895 {Capt. Nurse). 



32. Hbup;enia itbrata. 



d' . Herpmnia iterata, Butler, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 96. 

 $ , Somaliland {Capt. Nurse). 



33. Papilio bbmolbds. 



Papilio demoleus, Linneus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 214 (1764). 



Lahej, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 29th March, 1895 {Col. rerhury) ; 

 Somaliland {Capt. Nurse). 



The Arabian examples are slightly aberrant, the band on pri- 

 maries more broken up than usual, and the under surface of the 

 secondaries greyer ; these differences are, however, variable. 



34. Ghgenes kaesana. 



Hesperia Jcarsana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 576, pi. 67. fig. 6, 

 Shaik Othman, 2nd April, 1895 {Ool. Terbury). 



35. Pyegus adenbnsis. 



Pyrgus evanidus, var. adenensis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 493. 

 Haithalhim, 25th March, 1895 {Col. Yerhury). 



36. GOMALIA EtMA. 



Pyrgus elma, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd ser. i. p. 288 

 (1862) ; Ehop. Afr. Austr. ii. p. 291, pi. 5. fig. 8 (1866). 



Gomalia albofasciafa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 144 ; Lep. Cevl. 

 i. p. 183, pi. 7i. fig. 7 (1881). 



6 <S,2, Lahej, Arabia, 22nd, 24th, and 25th May, 1894 {Capt. 

 Nurse). 



The two males are very dissimilar, one being very dark and 

 small, the other larger and almost as pale as the female ; this 

 variability renders it impossible to keep G. albo/asciata separate. 



