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Show 1896.] BUTTERFLIES OF T H E FAMILY HESPERIIDJE. 27 97. C. (?) MIDEA, Walk. Pelopidas midea, Walk. Entomologist, vol. v. p. 56 (1870). Erynnis? midea, Kirby, Syn. Cat. p. 830 (1877). Hab. Cairo. I know nothing of this species. Mr. Kirby's reference to Erynnis leads me to place it here. Mr. Butler could not find the type in the British Museum. I fear that in this, as in so many other cases, we shall never be able to know exactly what Mr.Walker intended by his specific appellation. Subfam. PAMPHILIN.E. , TRAPEZITES, Hiibn. The following species, all but one occurring in Madagascar, allow to remain in the genus Trapezites, where they have been for the most part located by Dr. Butler and Mons. Mabille. Lieut. Watson states that the genus Trapezites, in the strict sense, is confined to the Australian region. Unfortunately I have not sufficient material at hand to justify the attempt by dissection and bleaching to determine whether these species are really separable from the genus in which they have hitherto been placed. It is much to be wished that some capable collector, who has an eye for the more obscure forms, might soon visit and thoroughly explore the field which is awaiting his labour in the great island east of Africa. 98. T. EMPYREUS, Mab. Cyclopides empyreus, Mab. Pet. Nouv. Entom. vol. ii. p. 285 (1878). Trapezites empyreus, Mab. Grand. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 336, pi. liii. figs. 1, 1 a, 2 (1887). Hab. Madagascar. 99. T. FASTUOSUS, Mab. Cyclopides empyreus (pro parte), Mab. Pet. Nouv. Entom. vol. ii. p. 285 (1878). Trapezites fastuosus, Mab. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. vol. xxviii. p. clxxxvi (1884) : Grandid. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 338, pi. liii. figs. 9, 9 a (1887). Hab. Madagascar. 100. T. CARMIDES, Hew. Cyclopides carmides, Hew. Descript. One Hundred New Hes-perid. p. 41 (1868); Exot. Butt. vol. v. pi. Cyclopides, fig. 1 (1874). Trapezites carmides, Mab. Grandid. Madgr. vol. xviii. p. 332, pi. liii. figs. 3, 3 a (1887). Hab. Madagascar. |