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Show 1896.] FROM ARABIA AND SOMALILAND. 255 Var. Catopsilia aleurona, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. vol. xviii. p. 489 (1876). a. C. florella, tvpical, Shaik Othman, § , 21st October, 1894 ; 2, Aden, 15th, 25th, and 26th March, 1895; 3, 25th October, 1894. b. C. aleurona, 3 $ , Shaik Othman, 3rd February, 1895; Zaila, Somaliland, 22nd and 23rd May, 1895. c. C. hyblcea, 2 , Aden, 21st'March, 1895. d. C.pyrene, $, Aden, 19th March, 1895 ; 3 ,18th May, 1894 ; 3 2 , Lahej, 13th and 23rd March, 8th May, 1895; 3, Zaila, Somaliland, April, 1895. All these specimens were collected by Capt. Nurse. 31. BELENOIS MESENTINA, var. LORDACA. Picris lordaca, Walker, Entom. v. p. 48. 2, Zaila, Somaliland, April 1895 (Capt. Nurse). 32. HERP^ENIA ITERATA. 3 . Herpaenia iterata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 96. 2 , Somaliland (Capt. Nurse). 33. PAPILIO DEMOLEUS. Papilio demoleus, Linneus, Mus. Lud. TJlr. p. 214 (1764). Lahej, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 29th March, 1895 (Col. Yerbury) ; Somaliland (Capt. Nurse). The Arabian examples are slightly aberrant, the band on primaries more broken up than usual, and the under surface of the secondaries greyer ; these differences are, however, variable. 34. GEGENES KARSANA. Hesperia karsana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 576, pi. 67. fig. 6. Shaik Othman, 2nd April, 1895 (Col. Yerbury). 35. PlRGUS ADENENSIS. Pyrgus evanidus, var. adenensis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 493. Haithalhim, 25th March, 1895 (Col. Yerbury). 36. GOMALIA ELMA. Pyrgus elma, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd ser. i. p. 288 (1862); Ehop. Afr. Austr. ii. p. 291, pi. 5. fig. 8 (1866). Gomalia cdbofasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 144; Lep. Ceyl. i. p. 183, pi. 7i. fig. 7 (1881). 3 3,2, Lahej, Arabia, 22nd, 24th, and 25th May, 1894 (Capt. Nurse). The two males are very dissimilar, one being very dark and small, the other larger and almost as pale as the female : this variability renders it impossible to keep G. albofasciata separate. |
