20 SOUTH- AFEICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



Exp. a!., I in. 5—8 lin. 



$ Bright chrome-yclloiv ; fore-wing only with a narrow black horder 

 widened about the apex. Fore-wing : border commencing at a point on 

 costa just before extremity of second subcostal nervule, its apical portion 

 moderately wide, but its hind-marginal portion rather abruptly becoming 

 very narrow about end of third median nervule, and continuing so to pos- 

 terior angle, — just above which it is sub-interrupted by some yellow 

 scaling ; the inner edge of this border emits more or less acute denti- 

 culations on nervules, and between these is more or less excavated, 

 especially in its lower portion ; costa with a black edging line of 

 extreme tenuity. Hind-iving : a series of nine very small but (with 

 the exception of the two last) very distinct black hind-marginal spots, 

 all nervular except the eighth, which is between first median nervule and 

 submedian nervure. Under side. — Very much picder yellow, with pale 

 dull-ferruginous marhings. Fore-wing : two slender transverse linear 

 marks in discoidal cell before middle, of which the first is near base 

 and minute, and the second considerably larger and more or less angu- 

 lated ; at extremity of cell a small geminate marking of irregular 

 form, with a more or less prominent superior projection outward, 

 enclosing two whitish spots ; a subapical, elongate, irregular marking, 

 wider inferiorly, lying between costa and third median nervule ; space 

 between superior part of this marking and apex sparsely scaled with 

 dull-ferruginous ; a marginal series of nervular black spots throughout, 

 minute on hind-margin, but larger (in fine specimens somewhat con- 

 spicuous) on costa ; inner-marginal border whitish. Hind-wing : at 

 extremity of discoidal cell a marking similar to that in fore-wing, but 

 more irregular and more deeply insected ; a sub-basal curved transverse 

 row of three small whitish spots in ferruginous rings ; close to base, 

 between costal and subcostal nervures, a fourth spot (smaller and 

 imperfect) ; a very indistinct, irregular, transverse, discal streak from 

 costa to inner margin, broken completely on first subcostal, radial, and 

 all three median nervules, and on submedian nervure ; series of minute 

 hind-marginal spots as on upper side. 



$ Similar, rather ixder. Fore-iving : apical black border broader, 

 prominently so at point (between radial and third median nervules) 

 where hind-marginal narrowing begins. Under side. — As in $, but the 

 large subapical ferruginous marking of fore -wing rather broader and 

 darker. 



The foregoing description is made from specimens captured by myself in 

 Mauritius. The very few South-African specimens (three ,$ s and five 5 s) which 

 I consider referable to Ftoricola are slightly larger, and of a paler yellow tint on 

 the upper side ; and in the $ the black apical border is a little broader and 

 decidedly more prominent inwardly. On the under side the yellow is purer and 

 bi ighter ; the subapical marking of the fore-wing is broader and darker, and 

 the other markings are in general better developed. In these respects they 

 aj)proach Senegalensis, Geyer {nee Boisd.), which is indeed a very close ally of 



