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the late Mi\ E. C. Buxton in Swaziland, of ratlier smaller size than 

 usual (^ I in. 9 lin., $ i in. 8 lin.). The $ has the longitudinal 

 stripe of the fore-wing reduced and grey, while that of the hind- 

 wing is obsolete ; and the under side of the hind-wings is white. 

 The $ s cannot, in my opinion, be separated from the smaller examples 

 of Achine. 



A dwarf $ in my collection is only i in. 6 lin. in expanse, while 

 two still smaller $ s expand respectively l in. 5 lin. and I in. 3 lin. I 

 captured these three examples at Knysna. 



From Natal, Delagoa Bay, the TransvaaV and the Eastern South- 

 Tropical Interior, all the ^ examples I have seen have the under side 

 white or creamy-white, and several of those from the two tracts last- 

 named (as well as two of the $ s) exhibit a tendency towards the 

 very nearly allied Gavisa, Wallengr., in the nervules on the under side 

 being blackish close to the hind-margin. 



This gaily-coloured Tcracohis is numerous, and generally distributed over 

 most of Eastern South Africa, but in the Cape Colony does not appear to extend 

 Avestward beyond the Oudtshoorn District. I have met with it freely at 

 Knysna, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, and near Grahamstown, and took the paired 

 sexes at the first-named place on iSth November 1858. In Natal it seems on 

 the coast to be replaced almost entirely by the doubtfully distinct but larger 

 and more heavily marked Gavisa, Wallengr. During the summer and early 

 autumn it is constantly to be found coursing actively along the edges of woods, 

 seldom penetrating for any distance among the trees or ranging far into open 

 "round. 



Localities of Tcracolus Achine. 



I. South Africa, 



B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts.— Oudtshoorn (— Adams). Knysna and Plet- 



tenberg Bay. 



b. Eastern Districts.— Port Elizabeth. Uitenhage. Ivowie River 



Mouth (/. L. Fry), Kleinemond River {H. J. Atherstone), and 

 Tharfield {Miss M. L. Boicker). Grahamstown. King William's 

 Town (IF. S. D' Urban). 



D. Kaffraria Proper.— Butterworth and Bashee River (J. II. Bowlcer). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — Verulani. 



b. Upper Districts. — Weenen County (/. 31. Hatcldnson). 

 G. " Swaziland."— The late E. C. Buxton. 



II. Delagoa Bay. — Lourenco Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). ' 

 K. Transvaal— Limpopo and Marico Rivers {F. C. Selous), and Junc- 

 tion of those rivers {A. W. Erilsson). Potchefstroom and 

 Lydenburg Districts ^T. Ayres). 



1 I have not seen the types of T. fumidus, Swinhoe, from Transvaal ; but the figures and 

 descriptions (Proc. Zool. Soc. Loml, 1S84, pi. xl. ff. 4, 5, p. 442) of both sexes induce a 

 strong belief that the species in question has been founded on dwarf examples of Achine. 

 The expanse of fore-wings noted is ih inch. 



