I TO SOUTH-AFETCAN BUTTERFLIES. 



brown, macular, but complete, the spots between third median nervule 

 and submedian nervure being represented. 



Variety A., $ and $ {Biixtoni, Butl.). 



^ Apical patch of fore-wing rather larger, its outer border being 

 broader, and its inner one {though narroiv and diffused) more developed 

 and complete throughout. Fore-wing : terminal disco-cellular spot some- 

 times present though minute. Under side. — Withoitt black neuration ; 

 hitid-wing and apes of fore-wing with an extremely slight tinge of 

 yellowish or reddish, — the former rarely with some scattered brownish- 

 grey striolation, chiefly on margins; terminal disco-cellular spot small 

 but distinct in both wings. 



$ Apical patch broader, brighter in tint, the orange radiating in- 

 wardly on nervides as far as extremity of discoidal cell, and outwardly 

 strongly suffusing its brownish border. Fore-iving : discal spot near pos- 

 terior angle sometimes wanting. Hind-wing : hind-marginal spots very 

 much reduced or obsolete. Under side. — Mind-wing and ap)ical area 

 of fore-wing finely striolatcd with reddish brown. Hiyid-wing : area 

 generally from base as far as discal ray (which is much diffused and 

 not macular), tinged with pale-brownish. 



Three ^ s of this variety, respectively from Damaraland, the Trans- 

 vaal, and the Zambesi have the under side and the cilia of fore-wing 

 tinted with creamy-pinkish as in Jobina, Butler. 



{Hab. — Damaraland, Tropical Interior South Africa, Transvaal, 

 Swaziland.) 



Alter examining the types in the British Museum, I could not find 

 sufficient grounds for separating as species Buxtoni and Phlegyas. The 

 variety {in the ^) is nearer than Phlegyas proper to typical lone ; but, 

 on the other hand, the black under-side neuration of Phlegyas approxi- 

 mates it to the Natalian Variety A. of lone above described. The ^ 

 of the variety nearly resembles the ^ Jobina, Butler, especially on the 

 under side, but presents a much more extended field of apical red on 

 the upper side. In size Phlegyas (including Buxtoni) is intermediate 

 between lone and Jobina. 



The typical Phlegyas inhabits the Soudan (White Nile) and Abyssinia, and 

 the variety Buxtoni is known to inhabit the tropical belt from the Zambesi 

 southAvard, and on the eastern side to penetrate as far as the Transvaal and 

 Swaziland. I have not seen any but red-tipped $ s referable to this species. 

 Westwood's figures (op. cit.) are somewhat larger and more strongly marked 

 than any specimen I have seen, and indeed than, from his own description, 

 would appear to have been among Mr. Oates's examples. The late Mr. E. C. 

 Buxton sent me coloured photographs of Swaziland specimens of the butterfly. 



Localities of Teracolus Phlegyas. 



I. South Africa. 



H. Swaziland (E. C. Buxton. — Var.). 



K. Transvaal. — Marico and Limpopo Rivers {F. C. SeIo2is. — Var.). 

 Lydenburg District (T. Ayres. — Var.). 



