66 SOUTH-AFKICAX BUTTERFLIES. 



D'Urban met with it about King William's Town from November to May, and 

 I took a specimen at Grabamstown as late as the 25th May. 



Though known to occur in various very distant points in Tropical Africa, 

 Gidlca does not appear to flourish anywhere out of South Africa proper. Three 

 exam2Dles have reached me from Damaraland, and a few have been taken in 

 Abyssinia ; but its place over the greater part of the tropical interior seems to 

 be taken by the abundant Mesentina. 



Localities of Picris Gidica. 



I. South Africa. 

 E." Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Ivnysna. Plettenberg Bay. 

 h. Eastern Districts. — Port Elizabeth {W. S. M. JJ' Urban). Uiten- 

 hage. Grabamstown. Kowie River (J. L. Fry), and Tliarfield 

 {Miss M. Bowker), Bathurst District. Iveiskamma Mouth and 

 King William's Town {JF. S. M. D' Urban). Queeustown 

 (W. S. M. D' Urban). 



D. Kafl'raria Proper. — Bashce River (./. H. Botrlier). 



E. Xatal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. A'erulam. Umvoti. 



b. Upper Districts. — Estcourt (J. 31. llutcltinson). Rorke's Drift 



{J. H. BowL-er). 



IL Other African Regions. 



A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Damaraland (J. A. Bell). 



b. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi River [Rev. H. Rowley). 



B. Xorth Tropical. 



bi. Eastern Interior. — Abyssinia: " Slioa " (Antinori). — Oberthur. 

 " Atbara River " [Soudan]. — Butler. 



261. (12.) Pieris abyssinica, Lucas. 



(J $ Pieris abyssinica, Luc, "Rev. et Mag. Zool., 2nd Ser., iv. p. 328 



(1S52)." 

 S ? Pieris Gidica, Var. (AUica, Boisd. MS.), Oberth., Etudes d'Ent., iii. 



p. 16 (187S). 



Rrj). ciL, ($) 2 in. 0-4 liu. ; ($) i in. 10 lin. — 2 in. 2^ lin. 



Very closely allied to Gidica, Godt. 



$ White, u'ith blackish markings; j^^^crji of markings quite as 

 in Gidica, hut 'blackish, duller, inclining to brown. Fore-wing : apical 

 hind-marginal border not so clearly defined, rather diffused, its outer 

 row of whitish spots n].ore or less obsolescent. Under side. — Hind- 

 loing and apical area of fore-wing more or less tinged vjith pale didl- 

 reddish, on ivhich the darker markirigs are less distinct and much browner 

 than in Gidica, and sometimes obsolescent. Hind-u:ing : a longitudinal 

 whitish ray (conspicuous in the more reddish-tinged examples) from 

 base almost to hind-margin, traversing discoidal cell, bounded infe- 

 riorly by a dark-brown ray along the line of disco- cellular fold and 

 the extension of that fold beyond extremity of cell ; basal edging of 



