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Show 1900.] INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS PROM SOMALILAND. 15 The "intermediate " female shows in some respects an approach this condition, and the specimen just described may perhaps be considered as an extreme "dry season" form, though this would scarcely be expected in view of the recorded date. TERACOLUS OMPHALE Godt. Two specimens ; d & 2 • These were both caught at Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. They are of the "intermediate" form, and are smaller than tbe average size of the species. TERACOLUS PHILLIPSI Butl. Teracolus phillipsi, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 772, pi. xlvii. fig. 11. Nine specimens ; 6 d , 3 2 • The males are all of the " wet season" form; four were taken on July 4, 1897, at a pool in the open plain of Eyk, in the Haud District; the remaining two on the dry plain of Edegan in the same district, on July 9, 1897. Two " wet season " females were taken at Odewein, Haud, on June 21, 1897; and a "wet" or "intermediate" female at Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. TERACOLUS HELVOLUS Butl. Teracolus helvolus, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 94. Seven specimens; 5 d, 2 2 • Four males and one female at Hargaisa, April 25-28, 1895. These are of the "dry season" form. A " wet season " d & 2 were taken in the river-bed at Odewein, June 23, 1897, and at the pool of Eyk on July 4, 1897, respectively. TERACOLUS HELIOCAUSTUS Butl. Teracolus heliocaustus, Butl. Broc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 768, pi. xlvii. figs. 8 & 9. One male. Odewein, June 21, 1897. TERACOLUS PROTOMEDIA Klug. One male. Sibi (West Somaliland), May 27,1895. HERPJENIA MELANARGE Butl. Herpcenia melanarge, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 774. Herpcenia iterata, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 96. One male. Sibi (West Somaliland), May 27, 1895. A " wet season " form. BELENOIS PEELI, sp. nov. (Plate I. figs. 5 d, 6 § .) Types ( d & 2 ) in Hope Museum, Oxford. Exp. al., d 50 mm., $ 52 mm. Male. Above white, with a pearly lustre at the base of the wings as in B. giclica, B. abgssinica, &c, best marked iu the fore wing. Costa of the fore wing with a very thin edging of black. A black marginal spot at the termination of each of the following |