94 SOUTH-AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



S ? Anthocharis Eris, Trimen, Rliop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 59, n. 39 (1S62). 

 (J 5 ,, ,, Hopff., Peters' Reise Mossamb., Ins., p. 356 (1862). 



? Teracolas Abi/ssiuicus, Eutl., Ann. and INIag. Nat. Hist., 4th Ser., xviii. 



p. 486 (1876). 

 ^ ? Idmais Eris and /. Maimiina, Kirby, Proc. R. Dubl. Soc, 18S0, pp. 



46, 47. 

 S Idmais Eris, Stand., Exot. Sohmett., i. pi. 23 (18S4). 



Ejyp. al., ($) I in. i i liu. — 2 in. i liu. ; $ i in. i i lin. — 2 in. 

 I lin. 



^ White, with dull yellowish-ochrcous more or less violet-glossed 

 apical pctteh. Fore-wing : costa dusted with blackish ; in some s^Deci- 

 mens a small black s^Dot at extremity of discoidal cell ; ochreous at 

 apex divided into five elongate marks by the brown-clouded nervules, 

 externally bordered by a brown violet-glossed edging, internally by a 

 black stripe ; the latter stripe becomes merged on third median ner- 

 vule with a glossy, deep Hack, inner-marginal land, widening from 

 base, and becoming very broad and tending upward beyond first median 

 nervule, but extending very close or cpidte to anal angle and lower portion 

 of hind-margin. Hind-iving : a duller black band, of considerable width, 

 covering basal fourth or third of discoidal cell, and bounded inferiorly 

 by second subcostal nervule, extends along near costa, ending suddenly, 

 with a concave excavation, just before apex ; in some specimens small 

 black spots along hind-margin at ends of nervules, as far as second or 

 first median nervule ; blackish clouding from base extending a little 

 between median and submedian nervures. Under side. — Whitish, or 

 yelloivish-iohite. Fore-wing : apex faintly tinted with yelloio, — both it and 

 inner-marginal band being indicated by a faint greyish tinge ; between 

 first and third median nervules, not far from hind-margin, are two 

 rounded blackish spots (in some specimens a third smaller spot below 

 them, immediately beneath first median nervule). Hind-wing : slightly 

 more yellowish than fore-wing ; spots on costa edged with chrome-yellow 

 near base. 



$ Not as white, often more or less tinged with yellow, rarely pcde 

 lemon-yelloio. Fore-wing : apical patch less distinct, narrower, macular, 

 usually ivhitish, luitliout violaceous gloss, sometimes tinged with ochre- 

 yellow, its outer margin rusty-brownish, its inner border blackish ; the 

 latter stripe continued by two blackish spots to first median nervule, 

 where the lowermost of -the two spots almost touches extremity of 

 inner-marginal band, which is much narrower, duller, and shorter than 

 in ^, leaving anal angular area wholly white ; disco-cellular spot larger, 

 rounder. Hind-iving : beyond middle, traces of a hlacJdsh, macular, 

 angulated strip)e,, only distinct at commencement on costa beyond middle ; 

 base rather widely dusted with fuscous. Under side. — Fore-wing: 

 tinged with pale lemon-yellow ; apex pale yellow-ochreous, bordered 

 inwardly as on u^^j^cr side, but very faintly ; below last blackish spot 

 and first median nervule, a faint blackish mark defines extremity 

 of inner-marginal band. Hind-wing : pale yellow-ochreous, a small 



