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WallengTen has pointed out) a fringo of moderately long, delicate, 

 silky-wliite hairs. 



This very distinct aiul haiKlsonio species was discovered by Burchell in 

 1812, towards the northern limit of his Soutli-African journcyings. Through 

 Professor Westwood's kindness I was able to examine tlic original specimens, 

 and to refer to Burchell's manuscript list of localities of the species in his col- 

 lection. It appeared from the latter that three of the four examples were 

 captured at " Chue Spring," and the fourth at " Little Klip." Burchell gives 

 the latitude and longitude of the lirst of these localities, and I am thus able 

 to determine its position on recent maps as about Honing Vley, in British 

 Bechuanaland. Specimens from Motito, in the same tract of country, were 

 sent to me in 1866. 



The range of Suhfasciatiis lies between 20° and 30° S. lat., and it is known 

 to occur from Damaraland on the Western Coast as far east as the Tati Kiver 

 in Matabeleland. Colonel Bowker took a good many specimens on the Vaal 

 River, Griqualand "West, and also sent a single example captured at Hope Town, 

 on the left bank of the Orange River. The latter is its most southern locality 

 known to me ; and it certainly appears to be most numerous in the tropical 

 portion of its range, Mr. J. A. Bell having brought no fewer than thirty-four 

 specimens in his small collection formed in Damaraland. Colonel Bowker 

 describes the butterfly as a swift flyer ; he found it on the wing at Klipdrift 

 (Barkly) in March and April, and took the Hope Town individual on ist JNIay 

 187 1. Mr. H. L. L. Feltham informs me that he occasionally sees specimens 

 in Kimberley, and took some in the month of December of the years 1884 and 

 1885. Wallengren records ^ ]\Ir. Person's note that in Southern Transvaal the 

 butterfly occurs in March and April. 



Localities of Tcracolus suhfasciahts. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



b. Eastern Districts. — Hope Town (/. //. Bowker). 



c. Griqualand West. — Klipdrift (Barkly) [J. H. Bowlcer). " Kimber- 



ley."— H. L. Feltham. 



K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom {W. Movant and T. Ayres). Pretoria 

 {T. Ayres). Limpopo River {F. C. Seloiis). Lydenburg Dis- 

 trict (T. Ayres). 



L. Bechuanaland. — Chue Spring (the late W. J. Burchell). Motito 

 (the late Rev. J. Fredoux). 



IL Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



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



hi. Eastern Interior. — Makloutse and Tati Rivers [F. C. Selonti). 

 jNIatabeleland (//. Barber). 



266. (2.) Teracolus Eris, King. 



^ Poiitia Eris, King, Symb. Phys., t. vi. fT. 15, 16 (1829). 

 (J $ Pieris Eris, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., i. p. 514, n. 11 1 (1836). 

 $ $ Anthocharis Eris, Reiche, Ferr. et Gal. Yoy. Abyss., iii. pi. 460, p. 31, 

 ff. 1-3 (1849)- 



} K. Vet.-Akad. Fbrh., 1875, p. 91. 



