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costa and main ncrvures irrorated with ochreous to about middle ; a 

 quadrate creamy spot at extremity of discoidal cell, succeeded by a 

 sinuate transverse row of six smaller spots of the same colour (of which 

 the three upper are separate from the others, forming one elongate 

 streak on subcostal nervules) ; bordering hind-margin a row of five or 

 six elongate fulvous spots, becoming obsolete below second median ner- 

 vule. Hind-wing : some whitish-oclireous hairs on median and sub- 

 median nervures ; usually a very indistinct whitish spot at extremity 

 of discoidal cell. Cilia broad, creamy-whito, with thin nervular black 

 interruptions, irregular in hind-wing. Um)ER side. — Costa and hind- 

 marginal row of spots {which latter is in both wings a continuous hroad 

 hand) bright orange-fulvous. Fure-wing : ground-colour not so dark; 

 creamy spots less distinct. Hind-wing : ground-colour pcde greyish- 

 creamy, excepting for a wide fuscous space at anal angle, gradually 

 narrowing along submedian nervure to base : two black spots at base, 

 one on costa, the other between costal and subcostal ner\Tires ; discoidal 

 cell pale orange-fulvous, divdded about its middle by a black V, and 

 exteriorly tipped with black ; a stripe of the same colour, also black- 

 tipped, extends from base to beyond middle, between median and sub- 

 median nervures ; hind-marginal fulvous band internally edged with 

 black, interrupted by creamy nervures. In both wings, a thin sub- 

 macular black streak along hind-marginal edge. 



^ Not so dark; hind-iving luith a hind-margined series of seven fulvous 

 spots; cilia more C7r amy. Fore-vnng : fulvous spots of hind-marginal 

 row larger, better developed inferiorly, with occasionally an indistinct 

 seventh spot below first median nervule. Hind-vAng : disco-cellular 

 spot enlarged, pale-fulvous, always distinct, and sometimes conspicu- 

 ous ; seven spots in hind-marginal series, usually larger (more elongate) 

 than those in fore-wing. Under side. — Fidvoiis colouring everywhere 

 deeper and brighter ; creamy area of hind-iving didler, and fuscous of 

 inner-marginal fold and anal angle not so deep, shading off into more 

 or less developed cream-colour along inner-marginal edge. 



This handsome Hesperid was discovered by Wahlberg ; and the first speci- 

 mens brought to my notice were taken in Kaffraria Proper in 1863, by Colonel 

 Bowker, who wrote to me that it occurred in open country near the Bashee 

 Kiver from January to April, frequenting low flowers among tlie grass. In 

 March 1 86 7 I took a good many specimens in tlie Umvoti district of iS'atal; it 

 frequented flowers on the open hills, and was on one occasion rather numerous 

 about a violet-flowered papilionaceous shrub near Greytown. It is not very 

 alert, and easily captured Avliile feeding. 



Localities of Pyrgus Mohozutza. 



I. South Africa. 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Tsomo and Bashee Rivers (/. H. Boiolier). 



E. Xatal. 



a. Coast Districts.— D'Urban {A. D. Millar). Pinetown (/. //. 

 Boiolier). "Lower Uudconiazi."— /. H. Bowlcer. 



