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Show 1876.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS TERACOLUS. 129 ldmais chrysonome, Doubleday & Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep. pl. 7. fig. 5 (1847). ldmais vesta, Trimen, Rhop. Afr. Austr. i. p. 62. n. 41 (1862). Congo (A. Curror). Type, B.M. 10. TERACOLUS CHRYSONOME. Pontia chrysonome, Klug, Symb. Phys. pl. 7. figs. 9-11 (1829). ldmais chrysonome, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 585. u. 1 (1836) Congo (A. Curror). B.M. 2c. Wings above white; primaries with large purplish crimson apical patch, crossed by a black line. 11. TERACOLUS PHOLOE. Anthopsyche pholoe, Wallengren, Wien. ent. Monatschr. iv. p. 35. n. 6 (1860). Callosune pholoe, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 504. n. 44 (1871). Lake Ngami. 12. TERACOLUS AMINA. Anthocharis amina, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iii. Anth. pl. 1. figs. 1-3 (1866). Callosune amina, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 500. n. 1 (1871). Between Natal and Delagoa Bay (E. O. Buxton). B.M. 13. TERACOLUS CELIMENE. Anthocharis celimene, Lucas, Rev. Zool. p. 426 (1852). Callosune celimene, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 504. n. 48 (1871). Abyssinia. The three preceding species seem to be nearly allied; and since Hewitson gives the Zambesi as the locality of his type, I feel rather doubtful of their being all distinct. 3. Wings of the male with purple apex, externally and sometimes internally bordered with black ; females with white-spotted or orange tips ; secondaries below generally with traces of a transverse oblique brown or blackish line, sometimes obsolete. 3 a. Primaries of male above without black internal limitation of the apical patch; secondaries above and below uniformly white: apical patch of female with a violet gloss. 14. TERACOLUS REGINA. Anthocharis regina, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3, i. p. 520. n. 1 (1863). Callosune regina, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 500. n. 7 (1871). Damara Land. Type, B.M. PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1876, No. IX. 9 |
