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358. (2.) Ancyloxypha Philander, Ilopfier. 



^ PanijyJnla Plnlamler, Ilopfl"., " I\ronatsb. Kiin. Akad. "Wissensch. Ecrlin, 

 1855, p. 643 ;" and Peters' lieise iiach Mossamb., Ins., p. 416, t. 

 xxvii. IF. I, 2 (1S62). 



Exp. al., ($) I in. 3 liu. [Hopff.] ; (?) i in. 4 lin. 



Blackish-brown, with transparent and irurc-ivhite opaque spots. Fore- 

 wing : at extremity of cell two transparent spots, of which the lower 

 is larger and elongate ; a little beyond and above these, a curved sub- 

 costal row of three very small transparent spots ; below the two first- 

 named spots, a large subquadrate transparent spot, between first and 

 second median nervules, and a smaller quadrate transparent spot 

 (nearer to hind-margin) between second and third median nervules ; 

 below the largest transparent spot, a conspicuous subquadrate pure- 

 white opaque spot, between first median nervule and submedian ner- 

 vnre; basal area with some yellowish - grey scaling. Hincl-iving : 

 a pure-white, rather broad, central bar, extending from second sub- 

 costal nei'vule almost to inner margin about middle, and enclosing in 

 its upper portion (in outer half of cell) a large sub-triangular trans- 

 parent spot. Cilia brownish-white, becoming pure-white about pos- 

 terior angle in both wings. Under side. — Fore-wing with costal margin 

 and apical hind-margined area Iroumish-oclireous ; hind-ioi7ig pure-white 

 bordered with hrotvnish-ochreous, and with a large llackish-hroivn ochre- 

 tinged irregidar patch on inner-margined area near anal angle. Fore- 

 wing : spots as on upper side. Hind-ioing : costal border narrow, 

 terminating some distance before apes ; hind-marginal border mode- 

 rately broad, terminating abruptly between first median nervule and 

 submedian nervure ; irregular dark patch broadest inferiorly (but leav- 

 ing a narrow even white border on anal angular projection), growing 

 narrower superiorly, rising to a point between origin of second and third 

 median nervules ; near base an elongate fuscous spot between median 

 and submedian nervures ; above cell a series of two or three fuscous dots, 

 one beyond the other, the outermost between the subcostal nervules. 



Judging from HopfFer's figure of the ^, and a single $ before me, 

 the sexes do not differ, except in the blunter, more rounded wino-s of 

 the $, and her somewhat enlarged dark patch on the under side of the 

 hind-wing ; the white bar on the upper side of the hind-wing is also 

 somewhat narrower in the ^. 



The under side of the palpi, thorax, and abdomen, and the sides and middle 

 of the back of the latter, are white in both sexes. 



Hopffer (^oc. cit.) notes two $ s from Querimba. The only specimen I 

 have seen is a ? from Delagoa Bay, which was recently (August 1884) for- 

 warded to me for determination by Mr. H. Grose Smith. 



Localities of Ancyloxypha FJiilandcr. 

 1. South Africa. 



H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourenro !^^arques {Mrs. Monteiro). 



