32 SOUTH- AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



unlike that of a spicier of the Gastcracantha group. From every point 

 of view, it looks altogether unlike what it really is — the chrysalis of a 

 butterfly — and no doubt derives protection from its disguise. 



Few African butterflies are better known or more widely spread over the 

 continent than Agat/mia. It is rather a heavy flyer, haunting wooded spots, 

 and is very conspicuous on the wing. Like many others of tlie Sub-Family, it 

 is of somewhat gregarious habits, but I never observed in it any tendency to tlie 

 direct onward flight in one direction so characteristic of many Pierince. It 

 keeps much about low trees, and often settles on the leaves. 



In South Africa Proper it is confined to the Eastern Territories, not being 

 recorded in the Cape Colony from farther westward than the Albany District. 

 It becomes numerous about King William's Town and in the Trans-Ivei 

 country, and is abundant on the coast of Natal. The perfect insect appears 

 to be "out" all the year round. I have personally taken it in the months of 

 January, March, April, June, and August, and have ample records of its capture 

 in May, October, November, and December. Colonel Bowkei- sent me the 

 paired sexes taken on the Bashee River in May 1863, at King William's Town 

 in 1872, and also at D'Urban, Natal, on the nth October 1881. 



Localities of Mylothris Agathina. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown (J/. E. Barber and H. J. 

 Atherstone). Kowie River, Bathurst District [J. L. Fry). Wind- 

 vogelberg, Queenstown District {Dr. Batlio). King William's 

 Town. " East London and Keiskama River mouth." — W. S. 

 M. D'Urban. 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Butterworth and Bashee River (/. H. Boiolier). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Avoca (/. H. Bowker). Itongati 

 River. " Lower Umkomazi." — J. H. Bowker. 



h. Upper Districts. — Maritzburg (>S^. Windham). Estcourt (/. M. 

 Hutchinson). 



F. Zululand. — -St. Lucia Bay (the late Colonel H. Toiver). 



G. " Swaziland."— The late E. C. Buxton. 



H. Delagoa Bay.- — ^Louren^o Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 

 K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom ( V. E. Noreii). 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Damaraland (/. A. Bell). " Angola (Pogge)." 



■ — Dewitz. " Congo : Kinsembo (H. Ansell)." — A. G. Butler. 



" Chinchoxo (Falkenstein)." — Dewitz. 

 h. Eastern Coast. — Quilimane (/. H. Bowlier). Zambesi {Rev. H. 



Rowley). " Querimba." — Hopffer. 

 hi. Eastern Interior. — Shashani River, near Bulawayo ; and Inyam- 



bare River {F. C. Selous). 



B. North Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Sierra Leone. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 



h. Eastern Coast. — " Abyssinia {Raffray and A7itinori)." — Oberthiir. 



