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Exp. al., ($) I in. 8-9 lin. ; (?) i in. 9-1 oj Hn. 



$ Dark-hrown ; forc-iviiifj %vlth two siibvitrcous, pale ydlow-ochrcous, 

 transverse stripes. Fore-iving : in basal portion and along inner margin 

 irrorated with dull-yellowish; a rather wide oblique stripe, irregularly- 

 indented externally and internally, from costa slightly before middle to 

 submedian nervure not far before posterior angle, where it ends almost 

 in a point ; a subapical much shorter and narrower stripe, touching 

 neither costa nor hind-margin, and ending abruptly on third median 

 nervule. Hind-wing : irrorated with yellowish scales, excepting along 

 costa and hind-margin ; at extremity of discoidal cell a sub-reniform 

 yellow-ochreous spot ; in some specimens a discal submarginal series 

 of from five to seven elongate yellow-ochreous spots rarely distinct; 

 inner-marginal area with brownish-yellow hairs. Cilia of fore-wing 

 brown, of hind-wing pale-yellow. Under side. — Paler ; yelloiv mark- 

 ings as above, hut icith fewer scales than on iqyper side; a very limited 

 yelloivish irroration at bases. Fore-wing : a pale yellowish-grey inner- 

 marginal border, joining extremity of longer transverse stripe. Hind- 

 wing : spot at extremity of cell larger, more conspicuous ; in cell, a 

 more or less distinct, small, yellow spot ; in some specimens the discal 

 row of yellow spots is more or less distinct, and there is also a pair 

 of small spots of the same colour below terminal disco-cellular spot, 

 between first median nervule and submedian nervure. 



Head above dark-brown, with the following pale-yellow markings, 

 viz., a transverse streak in front, another between bases of antennae, a 

 spot behind each antenna, and an outer half-ring round each eye ; 

 palpi black above, pale-yellow beneath ; antennce black, the club pale- 

 yellow beneath. Thorax and abdomen above dark-brown, with bronzy- 

 yellow hair; beneath pale-brown, — the former with a pale-yellow 

 median longitudinal stripe in front. Legs pale yellow-ochreous, shaded 

 with brown on femora and tibia. 



$ like ^, hut slightly p)aler ; semi-transparent stripes of fore-wing 

 rather broader. 



Botli sexes are subject to the same amount of variation as regards 

 the yellow spotting of the hind-wings beyond the middle ; but a single 

 $ taken near D'Urban, Natal, by Mr. W. D. Gooch, presents on the 

 under side, in addition to the spots above described, two small sub- 

 costal ones, one just above costal nervure before middle, and the other 

 just below it about middle. This $, as well as two others from the 

 same locality and one from the Kei Pdver in the Cape Colony — two of 

 the four with the yellow discal spottings of the hind-wings undeveloped 

 — is remarkable for having a minute subvitreous ochre-yellow spot in the 

 fore-wings between and near the origins of the second and third median 

 nervules, and about midway between the two subvitreous stripes.^ 



^ In a fifth ( 9 ) specimen, taken by myself at Tunjumbili, Natal, tliis additional spot in 

 the fore-wings is considerably larger. This example has the stripes of the fore-wings de- 

 cidedly broader than usual ; in the hind-wings, however, the disco-cellular terminal spot is 

 a mere line, and ou the upper side almost obsolete. 



