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ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. 
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are many interesting forms of Nymphalidse, Lycsenidae, and 
Papilionidse. The peculiar or characteristic forms are Amauris 
(Danaidai) ; Gnophodes, Leptoneura , Bicyclus , Heteropsis and 
Co&nyra (Satyridse) ; Acrcea (Acraeidas) ; Lachifioptera, Precis, 
Salami% Crenis, Godartia, Amphidema , Pseudacrcea, Catuna, 
Euryphene , Romalceosoma , Hamanumida, Aterica , Hanna , 
Men&ris, Charaxes , and Philognoma (Nymphalida?) ; Pentila, 
Liptena , Durbania , Zeritis, Capys, Phytala, Epitola , Hewitsonia 
and Deloneura (Lycaenidae) ; Pseudopontia, Idmais, Teracolus , 
Callosum (Pieridie) ; Abantis, Ceratrichia and Caprona (Hes- 
peridae). The total number of species known is about 750 ; 
which is very poor for an extensive tropical region, but this 
is not to be wondered at when the nature of much of the 
country is considered. It is also, no doubt, partly due to our 
comparative ignorance of the great equatorial forest district, 
which is the only part likely to be very productive in this 
order of insects. 
Colcoptera.— In our first representative family, Cicindelidae 
or tiger-beetles, the Ethiopian region is rather rich, having 13 
genera, 11 of which are peculiar to it; and among these are 
such remarkable forms as Manticora, Myrmecoptera and Dromica; 
with Megacephala, a genus only found elsewhere in Australia 
and South America. 
In Carabidse or carnivorous ground beetles, there are 
about 75 peculiar genera. Among the most characteristic 
are Anthia, Polyrhina, Graphipterus and Piezia, which are 
almost all peculiar ; while Orthoyonius , Hexagonia, Macrochilus, 
Thyreopterus, Eudema, and Abacetus are common to this and 
the Oriental region ; and Hypolithus to the Neotropical. 
Out of 27 genera of lluprestidte, or metallic beetles, only 6 are 
peculiar to the region, one of the most remarkable being Poly - 
bothrus, confined to Madagascar. Sternocera and Chrysochroa are 
characteristic of this region and the Oriental; it has Julodis in 
common with the Mediterranean sub-region, and Belionota 
with the Malayan. 
The region is not rich in Lucanidse, or stag-beetles, possessing 
only 10 genera, 7 of which are peculiar, but most of them con- 
