40 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



nervule and inner-margin, the lower one smaller and fainter, 

 and forming a continuation of the upper one. Hind-wing : 

 a blackish band along hind-margin, commencing with a dark 

 mark on costa (adjoining spot on inner-margin of fore-wing), 

 becoming obsolete towards anal angle, and containing four or 

 five rather large, ovate white spots. Underside. — Similar to 

 $ . Fore-wing : only the upfer of the two additional spots 

 present. Hind-wing : the clouding of the nervules wider 

 than in ^ , in some strongly marked specimens so much so 

 as to leave only a row of small white spots in place of the 

 central white band. 



Pupa. — Light violet-grey , dusted with black dots ; a pale- 

 yellow stripe on each side of the abdomen. 



(I found a single Pupa of P. Hellica, on December 10th, 

 1858, attached to the white-washed wall of a house at the 

 Knysna. When first discovered, its colour was yellow^ 

 dusted with black dots ; the underside of the head and body, 

 and the wing-covers, pale-green ; and a violet stripe down 

 the back from head to tail. The butterfly emerged on 

 December 20th.) 



Open ground, fields, liill-sides, gardens, &c. 



September (e) — June (e). 



An abundant species, and may be found daring nearly all the year. It is 

 a weak flier, compared with the forest-haunting species of Tieris, and is, in 

 general, very easily taken. In the summer, at Kuysna, the numbers of this 

 species in the low-lying, meadow-land quite enlivened the place. It is also 

 very common around Cape Town. P. Hellica is very similar in appearance 

 to the European P. BapUdice. 



" Very abundant : all the year round." — D'Urban, in litt. 



Cape Town. Mossel Bay. Knysna. Plettenberg Bay. 

 D'Urban, Natal (R. C. Jones). — Coll. mihi. 



Port Elizabeth. Graham's Town. Queen's Town. King 

 William's Town.— Coll. W. S. M. D'Urban. 



Butterworth, Kaffraria. — Coll. H. Bowker, 



Cape of Good Hope.— Coll. S. A. Mus. 



Cape of Good Hope. Interior of South Africa. — Coll. 

 Brit. Mus. 



" Bay of Port Natal."— Boisd. 



25. Pieris EripMa. 



Pieris Eriphia, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., I, p. 513, n. 109. 

 „ „ Chenu,Enc.d' Hist. Nat.— Pap., ipAS.LlSO. 



Expands 2 in. 2 lin. — 2 in. 4 lin. 



Yellowish-white, variegated wilh broad black stripes; — 

 about equal areas of black and white. Fore-wing : a broad, 

 black band from base occupies all discoidal cell, extending 

 considerably below and beyond it, and united by a narrower 



