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Show 62 MR. R. TRIMEN ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Jan. 16, 110. LACHNOCNEMA DURBANI, Trim. Lachnocnema d'urbani, Trim. S.-Afr. Butt. ii. p. 236. n. 238 (1887). I refer to this species two specimens captured at Christmas Pass (a male on 1st March and a female on 16th February), finding in them no difference from the more southern specimens except their much larger size-the male expanding 1 in. 3^ lin. and the female 1 in. 4J lin. Family PAPILIONID.E. Subfamily PIERIN^E. Genus PONTIA, Boisd. 111. PONTIA ALCESTA (Cram.). Papilio cdcesta, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pi. ccclxxix. fig. A (1782). Pontia cdcesta, Trim. S.-Afr. Butt. iii. p. 8, pi. 10. fig. 1 (1889). Eight specimens from Pungwe Fiver, agreeing with those found in Natal. Genus TERIAS, Swains. 112. TERIAS ZOE, Hopff. 3. Eurema puchella, Geyer [nee Boisd.], Forts. Hiibn. Zutr. Exot. Schmett. p. 8, figs. 815, 816 (1837). 2 . Terias zoe, Hopff. Monatsb. Acad. Wissensch. Berl. 1855, p. 640 ; and Peters's Feise nach Mossamb., Ins. p. 369, pi. xxiii. figs. 10, 11 (1862). The only example of this common species is a male from Christmas Pass, in which the underside markings, especially the unusual subapical macular blackish ray of the fore wings, are strongly marked. 113. TERIAS A;THIOPICA, Trim. 3. Eurema senegalensis, Geyer [nee Boisd.l, op. cit. p. 41, figs. 969, 970 (1837). 3 2 • Terias cethiopica, Trim. S.-Afr. Butt. iii. p. 21. n. 243 (1889). A male from Christmas Pass and three males from Mineni Valley are larger (exp. al. 1 in. 8-9 lin.) than usual, and the former has the subapical ferruginous markings on the underside of the fore wings much reduced. 114. TERIAS BUTLERI, Trim. 3 2 • Terias butleri, Trim. S.-Afr. Butt. iii. p. 23. n. 244(1889). A single male (exp. al. 1 in. 9 lin.), taken at Christmas Pass on 15th February. |