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Show 1894.] FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA. 571 Ngomeni to Kinani; Mtoto wa Ande; Miviruni, Baringo Valley, Mguki; shores of Lake Bariugo; steppes of Thika-Shika ; Athi plains near Chjanjavi; Machakos; Bondoni and Kapte plains; Ndangi River. 76. TERIAS REGULARIS. Terias regularis, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xviii. p. 486 (1876). Mbololo, near summit, 5600 feet. 77. TERIAS DESJARDINSII. Xanthiclia desjardinsii, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 22, pi. 2. fig. 6 (1833). o*, Mbololo, near summit. One rather ragged, but very singular, male specimen, in which the outer border of the primaries is formed as in T. formosa, Hiibn., and the black edging of the costal margin is wanting. 78. TERIAS BOISDUYALIANA. Terias boisduvaliana, Mabille, Hist. Nat. de Madag. i. pi. 32. figs. 4-7. Ngatana in wood, 30th January, 1893; Njempo; Larabwal, Laitsipia ; Ndoro, steppes at base of Kenya, 7000 feet. This species is not unlike a pale brimstone-coloured representative of my T. ceres, to which Mr. Trimen has unaccountably given the new designation of I. ethiopica ; our examples of the latter are from S. Africa, Natal, Mauritius, and Madagascar. The outer border of the primaries in T. boisduvaliana usually resembles that of T. brenda. 79. TERIAS ORIENTIS. Terias orientis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 71.. n. 87. 3 2 , Ngatana, December and January. Specimens of the preceding species sometimes agree closely with this on the upper surface, but not below. 80. TERACOLUS CALAIS. Papilio ccdais, Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. liii. C, D (1779). Ngatana, near wood on barra, 30th January, 1893 ; east shore of Lake Losugata, on grass and scrub. 81. TERACOLUS HANNLNGTONII. Teracolus hanningtoni, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. vol. xii. p. 104. n. 8 (1883). 2 , Sabaki Valley. W e originally received this species from the Victoria Nyanza. |