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spots of the under-side usually showing through the sub- 

 transparent wing. Under-side. — Paler ; markings similar; 

 bases of wings not, or very slightly, blackish. Fore-wing : 

 two small black spots on costa, close to base; apical and 

 hind-marginal border paler and narrower than on upper-side ; 

 within hind-margin, longitudinal yellowish rays between 

 nervules. Hind-wing : more or less yellowish in tint ; black 

 spots more numerous than on upper-side, larger and more 

 distinct ; hind-marginal black band containing seven large 

 yellowish-white spots ; near base, and on inner-margin, the 

 ground-colour is sometimes varied with ill-defined reddish 

 marks. 



Var. a. (In British Museum, from Congo). — Much 

 smaller than ordinary specimens, 1 inch 11 lines only in 

 expanse of wings. All the fore-wing dull ochreous-brown, 

 with many of the spots obsolete ; a narrow black apical 

 margin. Hind-wing : almost spotless, only showing a whitish 

 space in disc, near anal angle. 



Var. B. {A. Natalica, Boisd.) This variety is larger than 

 usual examples of A. Hypatia, being 2 inches 9 or 10 lines in 

 expanse. Deeper in tint than ordinary specimens, being 

 coloured with reddish-ochreous ; the black markings mostly 

 strongly defined. Fore-wing : apical portion more produced 

 than usual, paler than rest of wing, pale-ochreous ; the short 

 transverse black stripe, from costa beyond middle, broader 

 than usual. Hind-wing : marked much as usual, but the 

 spots less numerous towards the base. Underside.- — Rather 

 more yellowish than ordinary. Hind-wing : within the spot- 

 ted hind-marginal border is a row of pinkish-red marks, 

 between the nervules, somewhat wedge-like in form. In the 

 ? of this variety, the ochreous ground-colour is duller than in 

 $ , and less tinged with red ; the basal black being usually 

 wider and duskier than in $ . Fore-wing : a tendency to 

 radiation on the nervures is observable in some of the larger 

 black markings. Hind-wing : spots larger than in $ ; hind- 

 marginal band broader, sometimes very broad. Under- 

 side. — Duller in tint; spots larger; base oi fore-wing suffused 

 with blackish. 



M. Boisduval describes his A. Natalica as possessing on the hindwing 

 " a narrow, black spot, having the shape of a square (rule ? ), on the costa, 

 before the first row of spots ;" but at the same time states that, as his 

 description was made from a single specimen, it would not surprise him to 

 find that this mark was a chance variation from the usual pattern. Neither 

 of the three South African specimens of this variety, in the South African 

 Museum, show any trace of the peculiarly-shaped marking in question. 

 Specimens of Hypatia in the British Museum were brought from South 

 Africa by Dr. (afterwards Sir) Andrew Smith. M. Boisduval states that 



