RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



with fulvous. Under-side. — Deeper in colour : crossing 

 disc of both wings a black streak, sharply interrupted and 

 angulated on hind-wing, between third median nervule and 

 submedian nervure. Fore-wing : a short black line closing 

 cell. Hind-wing : more fulvous towards anal angle than 

 above ; a black spot on hind-margin, between second and 

 third median nervules, and another, larger and elongate, at 

 anal angle (the latter is also marked on upper-side) ; two 

 tails slender, black on both sides, not longer than abdomen. 

 Cilia blackish above and below. Markings of under-side 

 very faintly apparent on upper-side." 



« Kaffraria (Wahlberg)."— Wallgr. 



Genus lOLAUS. 

 lolaus, Hfihn., E. Doubl. 



Imago. — Eyes smooth ; palpi long, markedly divergent 

 from base, rather stout, densely scaly, the last joint short and 

 slender ; antenncs stout, very gradually incrassate, consider- 

 ably longer than in Loxura. Thorax robust. Wings much 

 as in Loxura, but not of so thick a substance. Fore-wing : 

 not at all angulated ; from inner-margin, in $ , before 

 middle, springs a line of long silky hairs. Hind-wing : less 

 produced at anal angle (which is lobed) ; tail on submedian 

 very much shorter and narrower ; a prominence on second, 

 and a short tail on third, median nervule ; i7i $ , a conspicuous, 

 circular, smooth sjyace or j^^itch near costa and base. 



I am acquainted with three South African species referable 

 to this Genus, all highly beautiful. In structure they appear 

 quite intermediate between the striking robustness of Loxura 

 and the slighter conformation oi Amblypodia. The under-side 

 of all three species is white, with transverse striae, which are 

 crimson-red in /. Silas and I. Sidus, and ochreous-brown in 

 /. Bowkeri. 



128. lolaus Silas. 



? . lolaus Silas, Westw., — Doubl., IVestw., Heivits., Gen. 



{D. Lep., p. 74, f. 5. 

 Exp. 1 in. 3| lin. — 1 in. 6| lin. 



$ . Metallic pure-blue, without any purplish tinge. Fore- 

 wing: blue forming a larger semicircle than in i. Alcides ; 

 a moderately-wide black border on costa becomes very broad 

 at apex, extending thence rather broadly to anal angle; 



