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colourinfj of the hiiul-wings and apices of fore-wings considerably paler 

 than in Cape specimens. One of the females is remarkable for the 

 well-detined rows of submarginal spots on the upper side (especially 

 in the hind-wings), and for the vivid orange of the spots on the under 

 side. 



A further and more decided variation occurs in a ^ from the 

 Potchefstroom District, Transvaal, in which the upper-side spots are 

 in both wings much reduced in size, but the under side of the hind- 

 wincT is very much darker and browner than usual, with all its yellow 

 spots remarkably distinct and sharply defined. 



About Cape Town and in the Cape l^eninsula this is a rarer insect than 

 Metis, and does not seem to occur durin.Lj the winter months, first appearing 

 about the middle of September. In habits it nearly resembles the species 

 named, but is much less conspicuous, and flies more slowly, always keeping 

 near the ground. 



Apart from its being a native of Madagascar, MaJgaclia appears to have 

 much the same distribution as Metis, but I have not seen any specimens from 

 Zululand. 



Localities of Cydoindcs Mcdgacha. 



I. South Africa. 



B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Cape Town ; and Hout Bay, Koord Hoek, 

 and Simon's ToAvn, Cape District. Eerste Kiver and Stellen- 

 bosch. Paarl. Robertson. Sw^ellendam {A. C. Harrison). 

 Plettenberg Bay. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Between Somerset East and Murraysburg (/. 

 H. Boicker). Stormbergen {Mrs. Barber). Burghersdorp (£>. 

 i?. Kannemeyer). 



c. Basutoland (J. H. Boiolcer). 



C. Orange Free State.— Vet River {C. Hart). 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Tsomo River and Ileads of St. John's River 



{J. H. Boivker). 



E. Natal. 



h. Upper Districts. — Ivarkloof (/. H. BowJier). 

 K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom District {T. Aijres). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



hh. Eastern Islands. — " Madagascar : Tamatave." — Boisduval. 



317. (3.) Cyclopides Syrinx, Trimen. 



$ Cyclopides Si/rvi.v, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend., 1868, p. 93, pi. v. 

 f! 8; and $ ", ibid., 1870, p. 387. 



UxjJ. al, {$) I in. 2-3 lin. ; (?) i in. 2i-4 lin. 



$ Dull-greyish hroivn, v:ith small ill-defined didl iMh-yelloivish spots ; 

 hasal areas sparsely irroratcd %vith pale-yellowish. Fore-wing: a spot in 

 discoidal cell near extremity, sometimes surmounted by two yellowish 



