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width and briglitness of the basal lustre* The S s found near Cape Town 

 have sharper wings than tlie ? s. Stoll's Gorgias is figured from an 

 acute-winged example, and Wailengreu has followed him in considering 

 Cramer's lolaus as distinct, but the two are indubitably identical, and 

 synonymous with Linne's Lara. Much as this butterily differs in pattern 

 Irom the typical Ghrysophani, its structure shows it to be truly one of 

 them ; and the under-side markings are mainly a modification of those 

 common to the Genus. 



Local. Broken rocky ground at base and on ascent of mountains. Not 

 infrequent in certain seasons. 



October (m) — December (m) ; February (b)— April (e) ; June (m) — 

 August (b). 



This delicately-marked little species has quite the habits of C. Onts, but 

 occurs at a much greater elevation than I ever observed the latter to haunt. 

 It often settles on stones. 



Cape Town. Stellenbosch. Caledon (J. X. Merriman). — 

 Coll. Tri. 



Graham's Town. — Coll. H. I. Atherstone. 



King William's Town.— Coll. W. D'Urban. 



Butterworth and Bashee River, KafFraria (J. H. Bowker). — 

 Coll. S. A. Mus. 



Cape of Good Hope. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Genus ZERITIS. 



Zeritis, Boisd., Blanch., E. Douhl. 

 Cigaritis, Boisd , Lucas. 



Imago. — Robust in general structure. Head rather wide : 

 eyes smooth (hairy in Z. jllphceus) ; 2-)alpi long, or very long, 

 compact, separate throughout their length, densely scaled 

 (but scarcely hairy) beneath, the middle and terminal joints 

 often longer in ? than in $ , the latter joint always very 

 distinct, slender, acuminate ; antennce of variable form, 

 generally rather short, never abruptly incrassate and usually 

 very gradually so from before middle or even from base. 

 Thorax long and usually very stout. Fore-ivings usually 

 more or less pointed at apex or elbowed below apex (chiefly 

 in ^ ) ; hind-margin sometimes slightly dentate ; costa nearly 

 straight or slightly hollowed about middle. Hind-ioings 

 usually more or less produced and pointed at anal angle, and 

 occasionally with a projection at end of third median nervule; 

 hind-margin more dentate than in fore-wing. Legs stout, 

 thick, scaly : femora sometimes pilose ; fore-tarsi of $ much 

 atrophied, consisting apparently of one long joint terminating 

 in a single curved unguis. 



This Genus, which includes some very beautiful butterflies, 

 is chiefly South African, only two species being recorded 



* The ordinary blunt-winged examples are also found in Kaffraria. 



