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Show y*0 DB- A_ G BUTLER o.v [June 20, 10. On a small Collection of Butterflies sent by Lieut.-Col. A. S. Gl. Jayakar, A.M.S., from Muscat. By A R T H UR G. BUTLER, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. [Eeceived June 19, 1899.] For some years past the collections in the British Museum have been enriched through the zeal of our Corresponding Member, Dr. Jayakar; but, until the arrival of the last consignment, no Lepidoptera have come to hand : in this one, however, several small packets were included, amongst which were examples of nineteen species of Butterflies. As our knowledge of the fauna of Arabia is still far from complete, it seems worth while to publish a list of the Butterflies now sent. Of the nineteen species of which examples were obtained by Dr. Jayakar, six have a wide range both in Asia and Africa, three extend from Arabia through Persia to N.W. India, one is a widely distributed Asiatic form, one occurs in Asia Minor, and eight are common to Arabia and Africa, several of these ranging through East Africa to the Cape. NYMPHALIDcE. 1. L I M N AS CHRYSIPPUS. Papilio chrysippus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. TJlr. p. 263 (1764). Both sexes were obtained. 2. TPTHIMA ASTEROPE. Hipparchia asterope, King, Symb. Phys. pl. xxix. fiffs. 11-14 (1832). " V h A female and four males. This butterfly would seem to be commou throughout Arabia wherever insect-life is possible ; it also occurs in N.E'. Africa. 3. HYPOLIMNAS MISIPPUS. Papilio misippus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 264 (1764). A series of worn specimens in both sexes. The extensive range of this butterfly is well known. 4. JUNONIA SWINHOEI. Junonia swinhoei, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, ser 5 vol xvi p. 309(1885). TwO worn females. These examples are referable rather to the Indian species than to J. here (found at Aden). LYCcENIDJE. 5. CATOCHRYSOPS CONTRACTA. Lampides contracta, Butler, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 406, pl. xxxix. fig. 3 Three males of this Indian species which I originally described |
