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Pictures of Moths and Butterflies. 



MOTHS. 



20. Pachypasa n. sp. ? 



Male, female, caterpillar and pupa. 



21. ? 



Male, female, caterpillar fin outline only), pupa with the 

 foodplants of the caterpillar (?), Pellaca hastata. Link 

 and Asitleniutn caneatum, Lam. 



22. Traljahi. ocliroleuca^ 



Male, female, caterpillar and pupa on the foodplants 

 Bougainvtllea sp. 



23. Parasa amoema, K. 



Male and cocoons on Acacia caffra., Willd. 



BUTTERFLIES.(0 



21. Meneris TulhagJiia^ Linn. 



Male and female on Rnmex sagittatus, Thunb. (the 

 foodplant of the caterpillar ?) 

 This butterfly is peculiar to South Africa and found generally 

 where mountains or high rocky hills exist. 



25. Acraea Horta, L. 



Male, female, caterpillar and pupa. 

 Widely spread in South Africa and extending into Tropical 

 Africa. 



26. Acraea Rahira, Boisd. 



2 males showing upper and lower surfaces of the wings, 

 one female, caterpillar and pupa on Polygonum tomen- 

 tosum, the foodplant of the caterpillar. 

 This species is almost confined to marshy or swampy spots. 



27. Pyrameis Cardui, L. 



2 representations of the typical form and 2 of a slightly 

 aberrant form, in both cases upper and lower surfaces of 

 the wings shown ; caterpillar, pupa and cocoon on 

 Urtica dioica, one of the foodplants of the caterpillar. 

 This caterpillar has an almost world-wide range. It is widely 

 spi-ead in South Africa, and in many places very common. 



( ' ) The notes on geographical distribution of butterflies are taken from 

 R. Tiimen, "S. A. Butterflies" Vol. I-III (1887-89). 



