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submedian nervure, where the outer black edging of the 

 stripe nearest middle meets the thin black line from costa, 

 forming a spot, — while its in?ier edging forms a similar spot 

 with the outer black edging of the stripe nearer base ; on the 

 ifmer side of the thin transverse line, a minute irroration of 

 black atoms, and bordering it externally is a whitish, pink- 

 tinged stripe ; spot near apex in the same position as on 

 upper-side, hut pale-yellow, with a violet-pupilled red centre, 

 and in a thin black ring ; spot above third median nervule also 

 of these colours, and conspicuous, but spot beloio that nervule 

 small and not clearly marked ; hind-marginal row of spots 

 represented by a very thin, wavy, often interrupted line ; a 

 slight, pale-brotvnish tinge on hind-marginal edge. Hind^ 

 wing : marked very similarly to fore-tving ; only one indis- 

 tinct pale band before middle, not defined on its inner side ; 

 blackish irrorations, bordering inner edge of black transverse 

 line, more thickly sprinkled than in for e-ioing ; only two 

 ocellated spots visible, more conspicuous than those in fore- 

 iving, but of the same colours, situated, respectively, between 

 second subcostal and discoidal nervules, and between third 

 median nervule and submedian nervure. 



The Anacardii of Fabricius would seem to be distinct from 

 Linne's species, as he describes it (Syst. Ent., p. 467) as pro- 

 bably only a variety of P. Piera, Linn., one of the peculiar, 

 transparent-winged Butterflies of the Genus Heetera, Fab., 

 a group of South American Satyridce. The figure of Ana- 

 cardii given by Herbst, too (Nat. Bek. Ins. — Schmett., V, 

 pi. 84), represents a Butterfly closely allied to Piera, but 

 larger, and with more rounded hind-wings ; but this author 

 expresses some doubt of his insect's being identical with that 

 of Linnaeus. The description given by Linnaeus in " Mu- 

 seum Ludovicae Ulricae Reginse, &c.," is certainly applicable 

 to the insect I have described above, but he has confounded 

 the species with the Surinam insect figured by Madame 

 Merian, and erroneously gives America as its habitat. It is 

 curious that Drury, who has figured this Junonia under the 

 name of P. Parrhasus, makes no reference whatever to Linne's 

 Aiiacardii, but states the species, received by him from West 

 Africa, to be "an undoubted nondescript." 



This Butterfly, one of tlie largest and most beautiful found in Southern 

 Africa, appears to be not uncommon at Natal; but nothing is recorded of 

 its peculiar haunts or habits, nor of the appearance or food-plants of its 

 .Larva. In geographical range, it, is confined to the African contiuent, 

 where it is, however, widely distributed. 



Natal.— Coll. mihi (Aldrich) ; et Coll. S. A. Mus. 



Port Natal. Ashanti. Sierra Leone. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 



** Port Natal."— Boisd., in Deleg. 



