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Show 1876.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS TERACOLUS. 145 a submarginal grey streak : wings below white ; primaries with discoidal cell bright sulphur-yellow, a black dot at the end of it; apex pale lemon-yellow, bounded internally by an orange streak ; a dusky spot on internal area; secondaries with the base of costa orange ; a black-and-orange dot at end of cell; a dusky streak across the median branches. Expanse of wings 1 inch 6 lines. Af«ca? Type, coll. B.M. 60. TERACOLUS PALLENE. Anthocharis pallene, Hopffer, Ber. Verh. Ak. Berl. p. 640. n. 4 (1855) ; Peters's Reise n. Mossamb. Zool. v. p. 358, pl. 23. lies. 7, 8 (1862). Callosune pallene, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 504. n. 50 (1871). Mozambique. 61. TERACOLUS NOUNA. Anthocharis nouna, Lucas, Expl. Alg. Zool. iii. p. 350. n. 14, pl. 1. fig. 2 (1849). Callosune nouna, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 503. n. 39 (1871). Algeria. 62. TERACOLUS LIAGORE. Pontia liagore, Klug, Symb. Phys. pl. 6. figs. 5-8 (1829). Anthocharis liagore, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 580. n. 33 (1836). Callosune liagore, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 503. n. 42 (1871). Arabia. 63. TERACOLUS EPHYIA. Pontia ephyia, Klug, Symb. Phys. pl. 6. figs. 9, 10 (1829). Anthocharis ephyia, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 580. n. 32 (1836). Callosune ephyia, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 503. n. 40 (1871). Arabia. 64. TERACOLUS LAIS, n. sp. o*. Like the preceding species, but whiter, the orange patch o primaries much more oblique and consequently shorter, not extending below the third median branch, but bordered internally by a broader blackish band; primaries with a well-defined discocellular spot: below, the secondaries have a black-and-orange dot at end of cell, the base of costa orange ; the black irrorations scattered all over the wing, Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. Orange River, S. Africa. Type, B.M. 65. TERACOLUS HALYATTES, n. sp. (Plate VI. fig. 8.) o*. Wings above white, primaries with an orange apical patch, more or less excavated internally, enclosed by a black border, and crossed by blackish veins ; base blackish; a more or less defined PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1876, No. X. 10 |
