72 SOUTH- AFPJC AX BUTTERFLIES. 



of the under side of the hind -wings dark clouded throughout ; and 

 those of the 1 8 8 i pairs are both yellowish on the upper side (with the 

 costal streak of the fore-wing in one thinly prolonged almost to the 

 disco-cellular spot), while on the under side one of them has the dark 

 neuration of the hind-wings only marked near the hind-marginal 

 border, but the other has it strongly developed throughout (in this 

 latter specimen the narrow costal bar of the fore-wing is complete). 



A $ and ^ which I captured at D" Urban, Natal, in June 1865, 

 and also a $ taken at the beginning of the following August, are 

 smaller and with duller-tinted, more dusky-veined under sides than 

 those which I afterwards took in that locality and near Grahamstown 

 in the summer months of January, February, and March. -^ The $ 

 referred to is almost white on the upper side ; in this respect resembling 

 a considerably larger $ from South- West Madagascar, which is in the 

 South- African Museum. 



This is a common and widely-spread butterfly over all the wooded parts of 

 South Africa ; its most Avesterly known locality is Knysna, on the coast of the 

 Cape Colony. Although prevalent always about the edges of woods, it by no 

 means confines itself to them, but flies actively over open ground at hand, often 

 stopping to visit flowers. The ^ s are swifter than the 5 s, but both sexes 

 were in the flights of Pierince which I witnessed on 6th February 1870 

 at Highlands, near Grahamstown, and I captured several females on that 

 occasion. 



Localities of Ficris Scvcrina. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. AVestern Districts. — Knysna (Miss We?if worth).' 



b. Eastern Districts. — Port Elizabeth. Uitenhage (S. D. Balrstoio). 



Graliamstown. ]\buith of Kowie Eiver {J. L. Fry). King 

 William's Town (TF. S. M. H Urban). Windvogelberg, Queens- 

 town District (the late Major G. E. Bulger). Kei River (/. H. 

 Bowher). 



D. Kaflfraria Proper. — Butterworth and Bashee River (/. //. Boiolcer). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Pinetown {J. H. BuivJcer). Vernlam. 



Umvoti. Mouth of Tugela (/. H. Bowker). Mapumulo. 



b. Upper Districts. — Greytown. Maritzburg {S. Windham). Est- 



court {J. M. Hutchinson). 



F. Zululand.— Special locality not noted {G. F. Angas). — Coll. Brit. Mus. 

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



K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom District {T. Ayres). Limpopo River 

 {F. a Selous). Barberton (J. P. Cloete and C. F. Palmer). 



1 Mr. Alfred D. Millar, of D'Urban, at my request, was good enough to capture and date 

 numerous examples of this (as well as of other Pierince) during 1SS7-S8, and to send them 

 to me. Five (5 s and four ? s taken on 15th August, and a i taken on the 22d, are all of 

 the duller more dusky-veined form ; a i taken on 22d September is larger and brighter 

 beneath, showing some approach to the summer or wet season form ; and three 6 s taken 

 on 3d December and a S and ? taken on 29th January are all of the bright pale-yellow 

 under side, with the neuration lightly and unequally blackish. 



