198 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



on basal half. Under-side. — Hind-ioing, and costa, apex, 

 and hind-margm of fore-tving, irrorated unth lohitish atoms. 

 Fore-wing: fulvous paler, more regularly extending from 

 base in $ ; from its outer edge, beyond ocellus, extends to 

 costa a narrow ferruginous streak, sometimes almost obsolete; 

 ring of ocellus more distinct. Hind-wing : beyond middle 

 two parallel, rather widely-apart, usually indistinct, ferrugi- 

 nous, transverse lines, parallel to hind-margin, between which 

 is a row of inconspicuous whitish dots, two of them repre- 

 senting the ocelli of upper-side. 



This species, except, for its much darker colour, has considerable resem- 

 blance above to E. Sadacus, milii, but, the fulvous coating of liairs (which is 

 much denser than in any other South African Erehia) is a character peculiar 

 io IJ^peibius Benea'h, however, the two species are veiy different, the 

 under-side of H^perhius being moie like that of Hippia, Cratn., though 

 much darker and differently marked. Cramer's figures, above quoted, give 

 a good idea of this insect, but he gives quite a distinct species, E. Cassius 

 of Godart, as its $ . 



The ferruginous lines and intermediate white dots of the under-side of 

 hind-wing evidently represent a fascia and row of ocelli — the type pattern 

 of tiie group. 



Rocky mountain-sides, elevated stony roads, and similarly high lying 

 localities. Common. 



July fe) — Sepi ember (ni). 



This butteitly, which in aspect and habits more nearly than its compatriot 

 congeners approaches the European EichifS, is coinraon near Cape Town, 

 but only during tiie short, period in the spring above noted. It delights to 

 settle on large stones; and I have once or twice seen it on a flower. It 

 must prefer moioitainous regions, tliou(,'h not confined to any particular 

 altitude, as I never shw it in the hilly Knysna district. Mr. Bowker has 

 collected no KaHVarian specimens, nor did Mr. D'Urban meet with the 

 species in Britsh Kaffraria. Wahlberg, however, found Hyperbius in some 

 parts of the South-Eastern region, so that the insect no doubt inhabits the 

 mountain ranges of the country generally. 



Mr. A. White Laving looked up the history of the specimen labelled 

 "Afghanistan " in the British Museum, it appeared tliat it was procured 

 from a collector named Warwick, and formed part of a colleclioa made by 

 Captain Boyd in the country in question. 



Cape Town. Stellenbosch. — Coll. Tri. 

 " Kaff\-aria (Wahlberg)."— Wallgr. 

 Afghanistan (!).— Coll. Brit. Mus. 



112. Erebia Narycia. 



^ . Pseudonympha Narycia, Wallgr.^ Lep. Rhop. Caffr.y 



[p. 3^, n. 4. 



Exp. 1 in. 9 lin. — 1 in. 11 lin. 



Dull-brown. Fore-wing : a large sub-quadrate fulvous 

 patch- on disc, commencing immediately beyond discoidal 

 cell, leaving a broad border of ground-colour bounding it on 



