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Show 14 MR. C. V. A. PEEL AND OTHERS OX [Jan. 23, SPINDASIS SOMALINA Butl. Spi.ndasis somalina, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 764, pi. xlvii. fig. 5. Two specimens, both males. Webbi Shebeyli, near Mount Kuldush (West Somaliland), June 28, 1895. lOLAUS NURSEI Butl. One male. Webbi Shebeyli, near Mount Kuldush, June 28, 1895. PlERlNiE. CATOPSILIA PLORELLA Fabr. Forty-three specimens ; 40 J , 3 $ . Of these, 34 d on July 2, 1897, and 1 2 > Ju'y 4, 1897, were caught at a pool in the open plain of Eyk in the Haud District. The other captures were as follows:-Bun Feroli, N. of Shebeyli Biver (Wrest Somaliland), June 10-20, 1895, 1 J; Odewein, Haud District (dry river-bed), June 21, 1897, 4 J, 2 $; Bally Maroli, Haud District (open plain), June 25, 1897, 1 <S . The males, even those caught on the same day, vary much in size; in a few of the smaller examples the freckling of the underside is very faint or absent. The three females are all of the yellow form. COLIAS MARNOANA Bogenh. One female. Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. TERIAS HAPALE Mab. Two males. Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. TERACOLUS EUPOMPE Klug. Seven specimens; 4 d, 3 2 • These were captured as follows :- a " dry season " d , and " intermediate " <S & 2 at Hargaisa. April 25-28, 1895 ; a " wet season" S in the dry river-bed at Odewein, Hand, June 23, 1897; a " wet season" <$ & $ on the plateau of Edegan, July 9, 1897. A remarkable form, apparently of the female of this species, was caught on the Sule Biver (West Somaliland), May 29, 1895. The wings have no marginal black except at the apex of the fore wing, and no biack at the bases except a slight dusky powderiug like that of the " dry season " male. The crimson apical patch has no chain of submarginal dark spots, but an ill-defined inner dark border to the patch is present, widened between the second and third median nervules. Beneath, there is only a very faint indication of the crimson apical patch, but the submarginal chain of dark spots in the fore wing is well-developed, except that there is no spot between the first and second branches of the median. The hind wings show a faint drab irroration, and the submarginal spots are ill-developed. The first submarginal spot of the fore wing, and the first two of the hind wing, together with the discoidal spot of the hind wing, are pale-centred, looking like incipient ocelli. |
