94 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



pale-ochreous ; a broad oclneous band, not crossed by the 

 black streaks, on each side, above the legs, which are of a 

 bright shining yellow ; head shining-black. On the second 

 segment are two, and on the last four, black, branched spines ; 

 on each of all the other segments, six similar spines. Feeds 

 on Kiggelaria Jfricana, a tree not uncommon about Cape 

 Town.* 

 December — February. 



Pupa. — About | in. long, rather slender; head blunt, 

 hardly bifid ; lateral angles at bases of wing-covers prominent 

 and acute ; back of thorax not ridged, rather blunt and 

 rounded ; abdomen considerably elongate, curved inwardly 

 towards its extremity. Pale-creamy, with a tinge of ochre- 

 ous : wing-covers streaked with black along the positions of 

 the nervures ; two curved black streaks from eyes to angles 

 at bases of wings ; two black, short, longitudinal streaks on 

 back of thorax ; a transverse black streak at junction of 

 thorax and abdomen ; on each side of the back, a row of 

 large, united, black, ochre-yellow-centred spots ; each row 

 united by thin, black lines to a row of similar spots below 

 it, on side of abdomen ; a shorter row of similar, more con- 

 tiguous spots along middle of under-side of abdomen. 



Attached to stems and leaves of plants, palings, walls, &c. The silk to 

 •which the tail is attached often covers an area of an inch in diameter. The 

 Butterfly emerged, in most instances, eight or nine days after the disclosure 

 of the Pupa. 



Gardens and meadows. Abundant, but local. 



Throughout the year. Not common, however, in May and June. 



The insect is common in and near Cape Town, and may often be seen in 

 the streets, playing about some tree or bush in front of the houses. I 

 found it in great plenty at Claremont and Wynberg, near the town, flying 

 in rough, low-lying fields. They usually fly but slowly, with a half-floatiDg 

 yet frequently flapping motion, but sometimes pursue each other upwards 

 to a considerable height. When settled, they continually open and shut 

 their wings ; and they may frequently be taken with the fingers. Their 

 deep-red colouring makes them conspicuous on the wing. At the Knysna, 

 I saw specimens that had been captured there ; but never took the species 

 myself in that district, nor even saw it on the wing. 



Cape Town. — Coll. mihi. 



King William's Town, British Kaffraria.— Coll. W. S. M. 

 D'Urban.f 



South Africa.— Coll. S. A. Mus. 

 Butterworth, KaflTraria. — Coll. J. H. Bowker. 

 South Africa. Sierra licone. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 

 " Port Natal." — Boisd. 



* " On Passiflora ceerulea, March." — D'Urban, in lilt. 



t " Graham's Town to King William's Town, and Izeli Mts,"— 7*5?. 



