180 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS, 



coidal cell sometimes (in $ ) extends below cell ; hind-mar- 

 ginal band and streak arranged exactly as in ZooUna — but 

 in the $ so close together, that the interrupted portion of 

 ground-colour between them appears as a row in continuation 

 of the ovate, apical spot, which is situate as in ZooUna, and 

 of the ground-colour. Hind-wing : band and stripe bor- 

 dering hind-margin arranged as in ZooUna, of a paler 

 colour than those in fore-wing, and closer to each other 

 in $ than in ? ; close to hind-margin, a row of greyish-blue, 

 outwardly black-edged lunules, obliterated towards costa, 

 well-marked next anal angle, more apparent in ? . Under- 

 side. — Dull-ochreous, irrorated with brotvn; paler in ? . Fore- 

 wing: costa edged navi'owlj -with, silvery, broadest and brightest 

 at base ; hind-margin, from costal edge to anal angle, with a 

 rather broad, scarcely silvery, glistening border ; transverse 

 stripe from costa, at extremity of cell, as in ZooUna, but 

 dull-brown, inwardly edged with a silvery streak ; hind-mar- 

 ginal band obliterated ; the streak within it indicated by a 

 row of faint-blackish dots. Hind-wing : silvery-edged, trans- 

 verse stripe of fore-wing continued, as in ZooUna, to a little 

 distance before anal angle ; greater portion of wing with the 

 same glistening appearance as hind-margin of fore-wing ; a 

 few ill-defined, faint-blackish spots indicate position of stripe 

 within hind-marginal band — which, as m fore-wing, is oblite- 

 rated ; hind-marginal lunules small and indistinct — the one at 

 anal angle outwardly bordered with pale dull-yellow. 



This Butterfly, except for the strong difFerence iu ground-colour, is so 

 curiously like N. ZooUna, that one is almost inclined to look upon it as an 

 extraordinary variety of that species. LQ^e N. ZooUna, Mr. Hewitson's 

 Neanthes has hitherto only been brought from the Natal Colony. 



Port Natal.— Coll. Brit. Mus. ; et Coll. W. C. Hewitson. 

 Natal.— Coll. S. A. Mus. 



Geitis PHILOGNOMA. 



Philognoma, E. Douhl. 

 Nymphalis, Godt. 



Imago. — Closely allied to Nymphalis. Head not so 

 densely clothed with down ; eyes smooth, not so prominent ; 

 palpi rather more widely apart ; antennce similar to those of 

 Nymphalis. Thorax very robust (but less so than in the 

 Genus just named), clothed with short, velvety down, Jiairy 

 posteriorly. Fore-wings with the apex so produced as to be 

 almost falcate : costa strongly arched (much more so than in 

 Nymphalis ) ; hind-margin considerably hollowed in centre ; 

 anal angle well-marked, though slightly rounded. Hind- 



