268 SOUTH-AFEICAX BUTTERFLIES. 



Localities of Cydopides Metis. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Cape Town. Genadendal, Caledon Dis- 

 trict (G^. Hettarsch). Swellendam (.4. C. Harrison), Knysna 

 and Plettenberg Bay. 

 h. Eastern Districts. — Uitenhage. Tharfield, Bathurst District 

 {Mrs. Barber and Miss M. L. Boicker). Grahamstown. King 

 William's Town (IF. S. M. U Urban). Windvogelberg, 

 Queenstown District {Dr. Batho). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee River {J. H. Bowker). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D' Urban ( /. H. BowJcer). 



b. Upper Districts. — Tunjumbili. 



F. Zululand. — Etsliowe (A. M. Goodrich and T. Vachell). 

 K. Transvaal. — Lydenburg District (T. Ayres). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — "Angola (,/. /. Monteiro).'" — Druce. 



316. (2.) Cyclopides Malgacha, (Boisduval). 



Steropes MaJgaclia, Boisd., Faune Ent. IMadag., tl'c, p. 67, n. i (1S33). 

 Hesperia Limpopona, Wallengr., K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl., 1857; Lep. 



Rliop. Cafi'r., p. 50, n. 5. 

 $ 9 Cydopides Mah/acha, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii, p. 294, n. 183, 



pi. V. f. 10 [Sl (1866). 

 (^ Ci/dopides Malr/adia, Grandidier, Hist. IMadag., xix., Lepid., ii. i, pi. 

 'lii. ff. 6, 6a(iS85). 



Ux2J. al, {$) II lin. — i in. 2 lin. ; ($) i in. 1-2 lin. 



Allied to 0. Metis, (Cram.), but smaller and paler. 



$ Greyish-brmvn, with small yellow spots arranged as in Metis. 

 Fore-ioing : basal irroratiou more evenly spread, not distributed in rows ; 

 two costal spots more separate ; an indistinct suhniarginal rotv of small 

 yellowish spots. Hind-wing : spots of submarginal row cdl small, those 

 near costa commonly wanting. Cilia of fore-wing of the ground-colour 

 slightly mixed with yellowish, of hind-wing yellow. Under side.' — 

 Hind-wing and apex of fore-tving creamy-greyish or ydloivish-ochreous, the 

 former with spots of upper side fcdntly orproduccd in paler ydloio. Fore- 

 wing : spots much larger than above ; costa and cell closely irrorated 

 with yellow. 



$ Duller, paler., spots larger : cilia pale-yellowish throughout. 

 Under side. — Hind-wing : spots more distinct. 



A ^ in my collection, captured near Cape Town, wants cdl the sp)ots 

 -i/i fore-wing except the minute ones of submarginal row ; on the binder 

 side, however, the spots near costa are observable, but small and ill- 

 defined. 



Six Basutoland examples, of which two are $ s, have the under side 



