﻿LYC.ENID^ 
  (AFRICAN). 
  

  

  PLATE 
  XXVI. 
  

  

  GENUS 
  ALOEIDES. 
  

  

  I.— 
  ALOEIDES 
  ZILKA. 
  Figs. 
  1, 
  2. 
  

  

  Aloi'idi's 
  Zilka. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  3Iak. 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  fulvous, 
  anterior 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  

   half 
  of 
  the 
  costal 
  margin, 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  outer 
  margin 
  dull 
  hrown. 
  but 
  much 
  

   more 
  narrowly 
  than 
  in 
  A. 
  Thijrn, 
  Linn. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  with 
  dull 
  brown 
  cilia. 
  

   Underside 
  does 
  not 
  differ 
  from 
  A. 
  Thjra, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  costal, 
  apical, 
  and 
  

   outer 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  less 
  

   brightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  pink, 
  the 
  metallic 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  are 
  more 
  

   prominent 
  and 
  the 
  tail 
  at 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  is 
  more 
  slender. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  S. 
  Africa. 
  

  

  lu 
  the 
  Colloction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith. 
  

  

  I 
  regret 
  that 
  I 
  canuot 
  more 
  clo.selj 
  define 
  the 
  locality. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  close 
  to 
  A. 
  Tlujra, 
  

   and 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  dark 
  brown 
  apical 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  upperside 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  wings 
  of 
  A. 
  Thyra, 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  developed 
  in 
  every 
  specimen 
  of 
  that 
  species 
  

   wli'ch 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  close 
  to 
  A. 
  Simplex, 
  Trimen, 
  but 
  that 
  species 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  

   having 
  " 
  a 
  linear 
  fuscous 
  edging 
  along 
  hind 
  margin, 
  only 
  widening 
  in 
  fore 
  wing 
  at 
  apex." 
  

  

  II.— 
  ALOEIDES 
  THYRA. 
  Var. 
  ? 
  Figs. 
  3, 
  4. 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1\ 
  inches. 
  

  

  I 
  caused 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  be 
  figured 
  on 
  the 
  Plate 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   A. 
  Simplf.v, 
  from 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  under 
  that 
  name, 
  but 
  on 
  

   comparing 
  them 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Trimen's 
  description 
  of 
  A. 
  SimjiJcx, 
  I 
  cannot 
  make 
  

   them 
  agree 
  with 
  it. 
  They 
  are, 
  in 
  my 
  opinion, 
  varieties 
  or 
  forms 
  of 
  A. 
  Thyra, 
  

   Linn., 
  or 
  of 
  A. 
  I'ierits, 
  Cram., 
  which 
  as 
  hereafter 
  stated 
  cannot, 
  as 
  I 
  think, 
  be 
  

   satisfactorily 
  separated. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  of 
  both 
  sexes. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  III., 
  OCTOBER, 
  1900. 
  <J 
  Q 
  

  

  