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Show 572 PR. A. G. BUTLER O N LEPIDOPTERA [June 19, 82. TERACOLUS CATACHRYSOPS. leracolus catachrysops, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. ii. p. 178 (1878). 3 3, Ndoli. Described from specimens collected at Masasi, and since received from Kilimanjaro. 83. TERACOLUS AURIGINEUS. Teracolus aurigineus, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xii. p. 103. n. 7 (1883). Njempo; Guaso Narok; Guaso Laschau ; Guaso Nacrotia; steppes N.W. of Longari; Thagana, woods beside Ukikuya; Thegu. 84. TERACOLUS HELVOLUS. Teracolus helvolus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 94. Sabaki Valley, at Tanganyika. M y supposition that T. helvolus would prove to be restricted to Somaliland is thus proved incorrect. 85. TERACOLUS PROTOMEDIA. Pontiaprotomedia, Klug, Symb. Phys. pi. 8. figs. 13, 14 (1829). 3 2 i Golbanti. 86. TERACOLUS AGOYE, $ ? (=-Idmais fatma, Feld.) 3 . Anthopsyche agoye, Wallengren, Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1857; Lep. Rhop. Caffr. p. f5. n. 11. 3 2 • Anthocharis agoye, Trimen, Rhop. Afr. Austr. p. 325. n. 219 (1866). 2 . Var. ? without indication of exact locality ; probably Sabaki Valley. This female differs from that described by Mr. Trimen in having traces of two spots on the median interspaces of the primaries, and a faintly indicated internal streak ending in a third spot; it comes nearest to the form which I described under the name of Teracolus johnstoni (the descriptions of which and of T. opalescens Mr. Trimen seems to have overlooked), Ent. Month. Mag. xxiii. p. 29 (1886). I strongly suspect it to be the female of the " 3 from the Lydenburg District of the Transvaal," which Mr. Trimen mentions, as the underside of the hind wdngs and apex of fore wings are tinted with pale creamy pinkish ; it clearly demonstrates the affinity of T. agoye to the T. eris group. Since Mr. Trimen examined our collection, we have added, through the generosity of Mr. C. G. Barrett, two pairs of T. johnstoni from Amshaw, King William's Town. The male is very distinct from that of typical T. eris; the apical area of the primaries is more restricted, with the ochreous spots brighter, broader, shorter, and only separated by slender black veins; on the second (upper) median interspace also there is a very large |