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Show 1891.] FROM S O U T H - W E S T E R N AFRICA. 97 differ from those taken in January in the tint of the underside, which, instead of being greenish white, is decidedly yellowish, with a tinge of lilacine-pinkish over the lower two-thirds of the hind win^s, thus resembling the female specimens from the Transvaal and Bamangwato noted in my 'South-African Butterflies' (iii. p. 92). 89. TERACOLUS ERIS (King). cf. Pontia eris, Klug, Symb. Phys. t. vi. ff. 15, 16 (1829). Omaramba-Oamatako (January). One male example. The solitary specimen in the collection agrees with the usual sub-tvpical form prevalent in South Africa, having the white hind-marginal spot (between 2nd and 3rd median nervules) and marks above the posterior angle of the fore wings. 90. TERACOLUS AGOYE (Wallengr.). cf . Anthopsyche agoye, Wallengr. K. Sv. Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 1857, Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. 15. no. 11. Ehanda (August-September). One female example. The apical patch in the fore wings is larger than usual, and immediately preceded by a very faint tinge of yellow ; its dark borders are very faint and diffused. In both fore and hind wings the discocellular terminal dot is more faintly shown, especially on the underside. This specimen is much worn. 91. TERACOLUS REGINA (Trim.). 8 2 • Anthocharis regina, Trim. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. i. p. 520. n. 1 (1863). Humbe (October). Two male examples. These are of the typical form, having the underside of the hind wing almost white, with the slightest yellowish tinge. 92. TERACOLUS EVENINA (Wallengr.). 2 . Anthopsyche evenina, Wallengr. loc. cit. p. 12. n. 3 (1857). 8. Anthopsyche deidamia, Wallengr. Wien. ent. Monatschr. 1860, p. 35. n. 7. Omrora (August), Ehanda (August-September), Humbe (October), and Omaramba-Oamatako (January). Six examples; four males and two females. These specimens belong to the variety A (deidemioides, Auriv.), described in m y 'South-African Butterflies,' iii. p. 127, in which the blackish markings of the upperside are much reduced in the male, and the underside of the hind wings is in both sexes more or less tinged with pinkish-creamy irrorated with grey. Of the two females received, one, from Ehanda, has the dark markings of the upperside much fainter than usual, while the other, from Omaramba- Oamatako, has them very dark and strongly developed. PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1891, No. VII. 7 |