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apparent. Fore-iving : vitreous niarkiugs broader ; a sub-basal denticu- 

 late blackish transverse streak ; at apex a dark-brown spot. Iliml- 

 wing : semi-transparent fascia broader, prolonged on its inner side 

 almost to inner margin. Under side. — Considerably paler, nearly all 

 the surface being dull-whitish, except an interrupted submarginal 

 brownish fascia. Forc-iiAng : costal commencement and inner-marginal 

 termination of submarginal fascia ferruginous-brown. Hind-ivlng : no 

 grey at base. 



This butterfly, the type of Wallengren's genus Caprona, appears to be 

 exceedingly rare. I have seen only four examples— a ? (described in Rhopalo- 

 cera Africce Australis), taken in Damaraland by Mr. John A. Bell as long ago 

 as 1862 ; another 9, captured on the Upper Limpopo, not very far south of 

 Bamangwato, by Mr. F. Barber in 1875; a S found at Pinetown, Natal, by 

 Colonei Bowker in 1879; and a ^ taken by Mr. F. C. Selous, on the 

 Makloutse River, not far south of Tati, in Southern Matabeleland, in 1882. 

 Its obscure colouring may, however, load to its being overlooked by most 

 collectors. 



Localities of Caprona Pillaana. 



I. South Africa. 

 E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — Pinetown (/. H. Bou-ker). 

 L. Bechuanaland. — Upper Limpopo {F. W. Barber). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Damaraland {J. A. Bell). 



bu Eastern Interior. — Makloutse River, South Matabeleland {F. C. 

 Selous). 



366. (2.) Caprona Canopus, Trimen. 



Caprona Canopus, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 3rd Ser., ii. p. 180 

 (1864); Rhop. Afr. Aust., ii. p. 309, n. 203, pi. 6, i. 2 [$\ (1866). 

 $ Caprona Canojnis, Stand., Exot. Schmett., i. pb 100 (1888). 



Exp. al, ($) I in. 3-4! lin. ; (?) I in. 5^-61 lin. 



^ Semi-transparent creamy-ioldte, with vitreous lands and spots; 

 base in hoth ivings and apical area of fore-wing ferrugiyious-ochreous, 

 varied with blackish marks. Fore-iving : basal patch rather broad, well- 

 defined, irrorated with fuscous atoms ; touching it, in discoidal cell a 

 small snbvitreous spot, separated by a fuscous-ochreous line from a sub- 

 viti'eous band of three rather large contiguous spots between subcostal 

 and submedian nervnres ; a broad median vitreous band of six spots 

 (of which the two costal are sublinear, the two central large and sub- 

 quadrate, and the two lower small and irregular in shape) extends from 

 costa to submedian nervure, and is edged internally by a thin fuscous- 

 ochreous line, and externally by the apical patch, which encloses a 

 small, round, vitreous spot between third and second median nervules ; 



