NYMPHALID.E. 149 



Brownish-black, with white bands and spots. Fore-wing : 

 on costa beyond middle, not far from apex, three white spots 

 of moderate size, forming a short band inclining towards 

 hind-margin ; below them, between first and third median 

 nervules, a large, somewhat quadrate, white spot, divided 

 almost equally by the second median nervule ; immediately 

 below the latter marking, and a little nearer base, is a semi- 

 circular, moderately-sized, white marking on inner-margin ; 

 in discoidal cell, three white dots — at its extremity sl dark- 

 margined, pale, transverse streak, — just beyond extremity, 

 three white dots; bordering hind-margin, three parallel rows 

 of whitish lunules — the outer row very indistinct ; between 

 the innermost of these lunular rows and the large white spots, 

 is a row of spots darker than the ground-colour ; close to 

 the outer edge of the white spots are a few minute, white, 

 thin spots — two or three of which are situate betioeen the 

 large white markings. Hind-unng : a compact white band, 

 almost straight on its inner edge, crosses about middle, 

 from costa to inner-margin, and is continuous of the semi- 

 circular marking on inner-margin of fore-wing ; row of 

 darker spots as in fore-wing, but more distinct ; rows of 

 lunular marks almost obsolete. Under-side. — Pale-ochreous, 

 varied loith ferruginous-broion ; white bands and spots as on 

 upper-side. Fore-wing : costa at base ochi-eous- white ; four 

 whitish, brown-margined, spots in discoidal cell, and a streak, 

 similarly coloured, at its extremity ; portion around white 

 spots ferruginous-brown, with blackish rays betv:een nervules; 

 row of darker spots, beyond white ones, blackish ; between 

 the rows of white lunules bordering hind-margin, are parallel 

 dark-brown streaks. Hind-wing : basal portion with ferru- 

 ginous-brown striae and marks ; darker macular row, and 

 lunular lines, as in fore-wing. 



I at first referred the single example of this species in the 

 collection of the British Museum to the Neptis Ophione, 

 Cramer, though with considerable misgivings as to its specific 

 identity ; and a subsequent examination of Boisduv^al's de- 

 scription, and Chenu's rough figure of Saclava convinced me 

 of my error, and of the specimen in question being really 

 referable to the latter species. Mr. D' Urban has since for- 

 warded me the wings of a specimen of this species taken in 

 Albany Division, which precisely accord with the above de- 

 scription of the example from Natal. He received this 

 specimen from J. H. Randall, Esq., D.A.C.G., Graham's 

 Town. 



Port Natal.— Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Port Alfred, Kowie Mouth, Albany(D'Urban). —Coll. mihi. 



