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prevalent iu that region. So far as the evidence of Mr. Peel's 

 collection goes, the reverse is the case. Another remarkable fact 

 in the distribution of these parallel forms is that while H. klugii is 

 extremely rare in India, the corresponding variety of U. misippua 

 9 occurs there not infrequently l . It is also worthy of note 

 that the white-winged West-African form, Idmnas aldppus Cram., 

 is accompanied by the ordinary, and not the white-winged, form of 

 II. misippus 2 • 



The dates and localities of the present examples are as follows : — 

 Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895, 6 d, 1 $ (ordinary type); Arigu- 

 meret, Farfanyer District, June 20, 1897, in thick bush, 2 J , 1 $ 

 (var. alcippotdes Butl.) ; Bally Maroli, Haud District (Xorth 

 Central Somaliland), June 25, 1897, in open plain, 14 ^ ; Eyk, 

 Haud District, July 2, 1897, 3 S • One other male was taken iu 

 Central or East Somaliland between June 5 and October 29, 1897, 

 the exact locality being uncertain. 



Hamaxxmida djedalus Fabr. 



One male, Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. The underside is of 

 the " dry-season " form, though not extreme. 



POLYOMMATUS li.ETICL'S Linn. 



Two specimens, both males. On the thickly wooded banks of a 

 dry river-bed, Haud, Odewein, June 21 & 23, 1897. 



Plebeius TitocuiLus Freyer. 



Two females. Gerato Pass, Goolis Eange (North -west Somali- 

 land), June 9, 1897. 



Azaxus jesous Guer. 



Five males. Of these, four were captured ou the dry sandy 

 plateau of Edegan in the Haud District (North Central' Somali- 

 land), .July 9, 1897; the remaining one was taken at Joh in the 

 Haweea Country (East Central Somaliland), Sept. 20, 1897. 



A/.\ms tiii;i!a\ \ Stdgr. 



Lyecena macalenga, Trim. S.-AI'r. Butterfl. vol. ii. p. 7 1 ( L887). 



Three specimens : I o%29. One pair from Odewein, Hand, 

 June -I 23, 1897, dry river-bed with thickly wooded hanks; 

 the other female from the sandy plateau of Edegan, in the same 

 district, July 9, L897. 



L*< i Hl£ i BOM PBDfOEPfl Butl. 



Twofemaleu apparently belonging to this form, though some- 

 whal smaller than the type, which came from Abyssinia Bd 

 Hau.l District, July 9, L897. 



shoe, Joan. Linn Soi / ol rot \\\. pp, :in», :;n. |.,, r B 

 summary of the foot* at present known with regard to the dutributiou of the 

 farms J Poultoo, • Mature ' July 6, 1899, p 



