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Hi7id-wing and apex of fore-wing more or less yellounsh, hut ■without, 

 or almost witJiout, any irroration. Fore-iving : costal Ijar beyond middle 

 obsolete ; a faint yellowish suffusion in basal area ; discal blackish 

 spot well-marked. Hind-wing : markings as indistinct as in $ ; orange 

 edging on costa from base more developed, extending almost to end of 

 costal nervure. 



Wallengren's note {loc. cit.) of '' p)Osti'^^^ maris ulrinqne albis" ren- 

 ders it clear that he had not before him in association with the ? 

 Pigea, Boisd., the actual $ of that species (in which the under side of 

 the hind-wings is pale dull-yellowish), but the $ Simana, Ilopff.,^ to 

 which alone among the males of the South-African species of this 

 group the character in question belongs. 



The larger size of both sexes, the white under-side of the $, and 

 almost spotless and unirrorated nature of that surface in both $ and 

 ^, and the greater development of the blackish markings on the upper 

 side of the $, are the principal features distinguishing Simana from 

 Charina. The singular character which Hopffer gives of the presence 

 in the $ of the discal blackish spot between third and second median 

 ner\Tiles on the under side of the fore-wing is entirely wanting in the 

 seven Natalian $ s before me. I feel doubtful whether this form should 

 be considered as more than a variety of Charina, Boisd. ; hitherto I 

 have seen no examples linking it to the specimens of Charbia which 

 are little irro rated on the under side. 



D'Urban, in iS^atal, is the only locality known to me for this butterfly 

 within South- African limits. The first ? example I saw was one taken by 

 i\rr. W, ]\Iorant in November 1869 ; before then I had referred two c? s which 

 I captured in February 1867 to Charina. Several (^sand a ? were received 

 at the South-African IMuseum in 1870 from the late Mr, M. J. M^Ken ; and 

 in November 1881 Colonel Bowker sent me a pair taken in copula. The ^ 

 of tins pair has only the very faintest traces of a few spots on the under side 

 of the hind-wing, and tlie $ is slightly yellowish-tinged on the upper side, but 

 distinctly pale-yellowish on the under side.^ 



Localities of Picris Simayia. 



I, South Africa. 



E, Natal, 



a. Coast Districts, — D'Urban. 



II, Other African Regions, 

 A. South Tropical. 



h. Eastern Coast. — Querimba. 



^ Wallengren has, in fact {vide supra, p. 46), referred the true S Pigea to Simana, 

 Hopff., 9 . 



^ Altogether .similar po,ired sexes, captured on loth December 1887 at D'Urban, have 

 been kindly forwarded to me by Mr. A. D. Millar. Colonel Bowker has also sent a 

 further pair, with the 9 rather whiter beneath, taken together at Malvern, near D'Urban, in 

 May 18S8. 



