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kijid ; cilia greyer, more glossy. Under side. — Hind-wing and costal 

 and broad apical Und-margincd border of forc-iving rcddish-broiun vnth 

 a tinge of yellow-ochreous. Fore-wing : ground rather pakr and greyer 

 than on upper side. Hind-wing : two white longitudinal streaks^ — the 

 upper one very conspicuous, sharply defined, running from base through 

 discoidal cell to hind-margin,— the lower one duller and thinner, 

 running from base to hind-margin between first median nervule and 

 submedian nervure, not well-marked before middle ; inner-marginal 

 fold dull greyish-brown. 



Head and body fuscous-brown above, the thorax beneath clothed 

 with greyish hair, and the abdomen with a whitish median stripe. 

 Antennas blackish above, barred with brown and white beneath ; palpi 

 with fuscous hairs above, but beneath with whitish basal scales and 

 mixed sandy and grey hairs. 



$ Like $, but fore-wings rather longer and acuter, and cilia greyer. 

 Under side. — Paler, and with a stronger tinge of ochreous-yellow than 

 in $. Hind-wing : upper stripe thinner and not so purely white or 

 so sharply defined ; lower stripe almost obsolete. 



Variety A. — Much larger; cxp. al {$) i in. 3-3 J lin. ; ($) i in. 

 4-6 lin. 



Paler ; cilia greyer. Under side paler ; in hind-wing some more 

 or less developed white irroration immediately above lower white 

 stripe. In both sexes, but especially in the ?, the fore-wings are 

 more pointed at apex. {Hab. — Piketberg, Tulbagh, and Swellendam 

 Districts, Cape Colony.) 



I think that the smaller examples above described are really 

 referable to Latreille's species, the expanse of which is given as about 

 an inch ; but I am doubtful as to the much larger Variety A. The 

 only known locality of the smaller (typical) form is Uitenhage in the 

 Eastern Cape Colony, while the variety belongs to the Western Dis- 

 tricts. The Kaffrarian specimens included under this species in my 

 former catalogue must, I think, be removed to the next species, 0. 

 Tsita, mihi, although the presence of the reduced white streaks on 

 the under side of the hind-wings approximates them to Lepeletierii. 



Colonel Bowker took a few of the typical form (including one ? example) 

 at Uitenhage in October 1879 and in 1881. I received from Mr. S. D. 

 Bairstow a $ captured at the same place. I first met with Var. A. at Vogel 

 Vley, Tulbagh District, in October 1863; and subsequently (September 1869) 

 took a good many specimens of both sexes in the Piketberg District. The 

 insect frequents broken shrubby slopes and banks of streams, preferring stony 

 places ; it settles constantly on the ground and on stones, and is easily 

 captured. 



Localities of Cyclopides Lepeletierii. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts.— Yogcl A^ley, Tulljagh District. Berg River 

 Bridge and Piketberg. Swellendam {L. Taats)—Yav. A. 



