i86 SOUTH-AFIUCAX BUTTEEFLIES. 



fur as third or second median nervule ; a hind-marginal series of 

 minute ferruginous spots at extremities of nervules, — sometimes barely 

 perceptible or wanting altogether. Hind-wing : a similar hind-mar- 

 ginal series of minute spots, — often, however, wanting. Under side. — 

 Hind-iving, and icide costal and very vAde apical area of fore-iving , glossy 

 ipah greyish-yclloiu or greyish-green, more or less indistinctly freckled and 

 hatched ivith brownish or reddish-grey ; cilia usually pale-reddish, except 

 near posterior angle of fore- wing ; minute ferruginous hind-marginal 

 spots better marked ; rarely altogether wanting. Fore-wing : costa at 

 base with a thin pinkish-red edging ; terminal disco-cellular spot 

 larger, rounder, dull-red, with a large, paler, shining centre ; between 

 costa and second median nervule, not far from hind-margin, usually 

 the more or less indistinct traces of a transverse series of five diffused 

 reddish-grey spots, elbowed or angulated obliquely inwardly on upper 

 radial nervule. Hind-wing : a terminal disco-cellular red spot, smaller 

 than that in fore-wing, more circular, but with its Y''ii\e centre usually 

 whiter; in some specimens traces of a discal series of six or seven 

 reildish-grey spots ; at basal origin of nervures a small pinkish-red 

 stain. 



$ Like the ^ ; hut fore-wing with costa throughout usually horde^xd 

 witli brownish above costal ncrvure, and with apical and Jiind-marginal 

 hrownisli edging rather more 'pronounced. Under side. — Like the less 

 distinctly marked $ s, all the markings (including the terminal disco- 

 cellular spots) more or less faint, and the discal spots very small 

 or obsolete in both wings. 



Second form of ^ {Florella, Fab., = iiAacZia, Boisd.). — Sulj^hur-yclloui ; 

 hind-margined ferruginous spots enlarged. Fore-wing : pale-brownish 

 costal border tinged at base with pinkish-red, and becoming wider 

 and ferruginous apically ; six well-marked (though inwardly rather 

 diffused), good-sized hind-marginal ferruginous spots, the lowest on 

 first median nervule, — and a seventh minute spot on submedian 

 nervure ; terminal disco-cellular spot enlarged, black, rounded, con- 

 spicuous ; more or less indistinct traces of the subapical elbowed 

 transverse row of reddish spots which both sexes present on the under 

 side. Hind-umig : costa and inner margin rather broadly bordered with 

 somewhat iridescent pinkish-white ; hind-marginal nervular ferruginous 

 spots always much smaller than those of fore-wing, very variable in 

 size, shape, and distinctness, nearly always a good deal diffused in- 

 wardly. Under side. — Hind-iving, and all fore-wing eoiecpt yellowish 

 or yellowish-ivhite inner-marginal and sub-central area, rich ochreous- 

 yclloio inclining to orange, rcdher sparsely freckled and hatched with 

 ferruginous. Fore-iving : terminal disco-cellular spot usually larger 

 than in $, — rather frequently with a second similar but usually 

 smaller spot attached to it superiorly ; elbowed submarginal series 

 of spots dull-reddish, rather blurred and indistinct, — the spots below 

 the elbow often united into a streak. Hind-wing : terminal disco- 



