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II. Otlier African Eegioii.-. 

 A. Sontli Tropical. 



a. AVcstem Coast. — "Angola [llcwitson Coll. J." — W. F. Kirby. 



b. Eastern Coast. — " Querimba {Peters)." — Ilopffer. 

 ]j. North Tropical. 



h. Eastern Coast. — " Massowah (RaJ'ra//)." — Oberthiir. 



^r. Eastern Interior. — Abyssinia : 'SShoa {Antinori)." — Oberthiir. 



297. (3.) Eronia Buquetii, (Doisduval). 



cJ Callidnjas Bwjuciii, Boisd., S]:). Gen. Lep., i. p. 607, n. i (1836). 

 Eronia Buqueti/', ]>oisd., App. Voy. de Deleg. Afr. Aust., p. 588 (1847). 



c? ? Eronia Buquetii, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 66, n. 44 (1862). 

 Eronia Biiqupiii, lIoi)ff., Peters' Reiso ]\[ossaml)., Ins., p. 363 (1862). 



Uxp. al, {$) 2 in. 2-^-6 lin. ; (?) 2 in. 2-6^ lin. 

 $ Greenish-white ; fure-wing tcith an apical-hindmcirfjinal fuscous 

 border, varying in development from an almost liiiear edging to a hand 

 very hroacl at apex, and tapering gradually to 'posterior angle. Fore- 

 'icing : costa with a very hue linear fuscous edging ; costal niar"iu nar- 

 rowly irrorated with reddisli-browu and fuscous, — the irroration in 

 specimens with very reduced apical-hindmarginal edging not extend- 

 ing beyond middle ; inner edge of apical-hindmarginal border (of 

 whatever width), from its origin on costa beyond middle to its ter- 

 mination on hind-margin or at posterior angle, dentated on nervules and 

 excavated between them ; in its most reduced condition this border 

 is better expressed on costa than on hind-margin, where it is very 

 attenuated and scarcely extends beyond third median nervule. Hinel- 

 tcing : without markings. Under side. — Hind-iving and moderate- 

 sized apical space of fore-wing dull greenish or yellowish-white {some- 

 times with a faint tinge of oehreous) shot with a pale hluish-violaceous 

 gloss, and more or less indistinctly irrorated and picLrtly striolated ivith 

 hroiunish-grey ; on hind-marginal edge a series of minute nervular Uack 

 spots, scarcely perceptible in fore-wing. Hind-wing : costa tinned with 

 pale-green on basal lobe ; at extremity of discoidal cell a well-marked 

 elongate-ovate ferruyinous-brown whitish-centred spot, bounded ex- 

 ternally by an ill-defined small whitish mark ; sometimes a faint 

 indication of a discal series of very small brownish-grey spots. 



$ Like ^, but rather less greenish in tint. Undek side. — Hind- 

 wing and apex of fore-wing usually deeper and more yellowish in tint ; 

 terminal disco-cellular spot rather larger and rounder, with a better 

 developed whitish centre. 



Hopffer {pp. cit.) has noted three varieties of this butterfly, in 

 addition to the conspicuously black-bordered type-form from the West 

 Coast of Xorth Tropical Africa, viz., Var. ^, Arabica, Var. 7, Capensis, 

 and Var. S, Mossamliccnsis, respectively inhabiting the regions indi- 

 cated ; and Mr. Butler {Proc. Zool. Soc. Land., 1884, p. 493) observes 

 that these local forms are permanent and should be kept distinct. Were 

 tlie Cape Colony only in question here, I should be disposed to treat 

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