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Exj)anse 1'5 inch. {Spec, ex Natal ; Mm-. Bothschild.) 



TliL' white form of the " dry-season " female is very similar to tlie one described 

 above as regards the spots and markings ; the orange apical patch is smaller, and the 

 dark sub-apical band more united. Secondaries witli the nervular spots much 

 smaller, the discal band being entii'ely absent. 



Underside. — Basal area white, the apical area sandy-yellow, covered with brownish 

 vermiculations. Secondaries entirely pinkish, the basal area somewiiat darker, and 

 the whole of the ground colour thickly covered with brown vermiculations; the 

 discal band and discoidal streak dark and well pronounced. 



Expanse 1"3 inch. [Spec, ex Natal ; Mus. Rot/iychild.) 



Habitat. — South-Eastern Cape Colony ; Natal, north to Matibele Land. 



Kin- William's Town (/. P. Manuel Weah). Fort Warden, Kei River (-/. H. 

 Boivker). Keiskamma Hoek (//. ./. Atherstone). Tsomo and Bashee Eivers (/. H. 

 Bowker). St. John's River Mouth {Sir H. BarMey ; Trimen, S. Afr. Butterflies, 

 iii. 122-123, 1889). Natal (J//«. Rothschild ; E. C. Buxton; Mi>s. Brit.). Durban 

 {G. E. Shelleij ; Godnian-Sahin Coll.; Mm. Brit.). Svclenliam (f. H. Barker ; Trinie.i 

 Coll.). Tugela (2500 feet, C. A. K. Marshall ; M/is. Brit.). Verulam, Umvoti 

 (Trimen, S. Afr. Butterflies, iii. p. 123, 1889). Weenen (/. M. Hutchinson; 

 Trimen, I.e. p. 12G, 1S89 ; Trimen, Mus. Bothschild). Newcastle {Mus. Brit.). 



ZiLU Land.— St. Lucia Bay {Col. H. Totcer ; Trimen, I.e. p. 126, 1889). 



Delagoa Bay. — Lourenfo Marques {Mrs. Monteiro ; Trimen, t.c. p. 123, 1889). 



Transvaal. — Limpopo and Marico Rivers {F. C. Scions; Trimen, t.c. p. 123, 

 1889). Lydenberg District {T. Ai/res ; Trimen, t.c. p. 123, 1889). 



Matabele Land. — {F. C. Seloits ; Godn/an-Salrin Coll.; Mus. Brit.). Ramaqueban 

 River, July 28, 1874 {F. Gates; Westw. in Gates' Matabele Land, p. 338, 1881). 

 Tauwani lliver and Tchakani Vley {F. C. Scions ; Trimen, t.c. p. 123, 1^89). 



This is the southern representative of 2\ incretns. It would seem to be a common 

 insect in the eastern districts of the Cape Colony. 



T. aii.ro is the " wet-season "form, and T. topha{ = T. kcixhniniiia) the " dry-season " 

 forms. 



Dr. Trimen, in describing T. keiskanuna (Ehop. Austr. jd. 58), jjublishes the 

 following note : — " This very beautiful and distinct species of Anthocharis was 

 first discovered in British Kafiraria, in the month of September 18(50, by Mr. 

 D'Urban, who kindly forwarded me specimens of both sexes, from which my descrip- 

 tion has been made. The following restricted localities of capture seem to afford 

 sufficient reason for the name proposed by Mr. D'Urban for this species. " Very 

 abundant at Kingscote, near Bodiam, on the Keiskamma, about five miles from the 

 sea, and as far as the Chalumma." " At the end of November, at Line Drift on the 



