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Show 1884.] BUTTERFLIES OF THE GENUS TERACOLUS. 437 Mr. Butler's type of 5 T. oriens is undoubtedly the normal type of female T. faustus, of which I have several. The male described by Mr. Butler, and the male of T. faustina described by Felder, in no way differ from many specimens of T. faustus. A species ranging through Persia and Afghanistan, Sind, and the North-west of India, shows naturally some slight differences in appearances, although, considering its wide distribution, it is wonderfully constant, as is almost every species of this peculiar genus. 6. TERACOLUS SOLARIS, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 135. (Plate X X X I X . 2, f- 5.) Deesa, Rajpootana. The female of this species has been hitherto unknown. 2 • General colour dull orange salmon-colour, base irrorated with black-brown. Fore wings with the irrorations running along the costa to the apical patch, large spot at the end of the cell, costa, and apical patch black-brown, the patch continued broadly along the outer border, gradually lessening to the hinder angle, containing seven longitudinal small marginal spots and six larger submarginal spots of the ground-colour, but paler on the veins, and one diffuse brown spot standing out by itself in the interno-median interspace. Hind wings with a deep macular black-brown border, with the discal band below showing through. Below pale ochreish flesh-colour. Fore wings brighter and more orange-coloured towards the base; spot at end of cell large, brown with white centre ; band across apex reddish brown, ending in a black-brown square spot on the second median interspace, with another square spot of same colour in the space below, disconnected, and more inside the wing. Hind wing-spot at end of cell and discal band reddish brown; fringe of both wings of same colour. The above is the normal type, but the ground-colour of the females of this species, as in T. faustus, varies very much, some being very pale, and some pure white. This species is marked by Mr. Butler in his revision of the genus as from " Scinde ?," but it never could have come from Sind. I have taken many at Deesa, and the species belongs to Rajpootana ; and I may here remark that T. fulvia, Wallace, belongs to the Deccan, to Madras, and the south of India, and not to the North-west as therein stated. I have many specimens taken at Poona, and a pair of the variety T. tripuncta, Butler, taken at Madras, and Mr. Moore has some from the same locality. Expanse of wings 2 inches. In coll. C. Swinhoe. 7. TERACOLUS VI, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. 8 2, figs. 6 & 7.) Aden, July and August, 1883. 8. Wings above coloured and marked like Teracolus faustus, Olivier ; the orange colour above is, however, brighter and different |
