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tails of Iiind-win'iis thrice as long as iu nature. Indeed, so unlike the insect 

 are these figures, that it was long before 1 could persuade myself not to 

 adopt Wallengren's name of Tjoaiie for the spccits : but, after very carefully 

 examining Cramer's figure of the under-side in comparison with a number 

 of specimens, I have concluded that the figures o^ust have been meant to 

 delineate tiie African species just described, and not some strange Lycajuid 

 from " Surinam," the locality given by Cramer. It is worth mention, in 

 connection with this, that Wieuker's figures, in Peters' " lleise," of 

 Mozambique examples, show much longer tails, in both sexes, than 1 have 

 seen in any South African specimens. Hoptfcr states that the Mozambique 

 specimens are smaller and of a duller red, but have more brilliant metallic 

 spots than those from the Cape. 



" October — December : March." — W. D'Urban. 



Tills very beautiful Zcritis is noted by Mr. D'Urban as "very abundant 

 at King William's Town, where it frequents bushes with sweet-scented 

 flowers, one of its favourites being the thorny Anluinaferox. Mr, Bowker 

 notes the same habits in this species. 



King William's Town (W. D'Urban). Bashee River, 

 Kaffraria (J. II. Bowker). Natal ( Dohne).— Coll. Tri. et 

 Coll. S. A. Mus. 



Natal (W. Guienzius).— Coll. Brit. Mus 



" Qaerimba." — HopfFer, 



167. Zeritis Phosphor. 



Zeritis Phosphor, viihi. N. Sp. 



Exp. 10 lin. 



Allied to Z. Perion. — Shining golden-orange^ with dark 

 herders. Fore-wing: costa dusky at base: a conspicuous 

 brownish-black spot closing discoidal cell, and united to a 

 border of the same colour, which, commencing on costa just 

 above it, and very broad iu apical portion, diminishes in 

 width to anal angle, where it turns inward a little on inner- 

 margin. Hind-ioing : costa, base, and inner-margin broadly 

 bordered or sufiYised \\'\i\\ blackish-brown ; a dark disco - 

 cellular dot ; beyond middle, parallel to hind-margin (which 

 is edged with a black line) a row of blackish sj)ots, forming 

 a macular stripe from costal to inner-marginal bordering : 

 lobe and tail on anal angle shaped and coloured as in Perion. 

 Under-side. — Very similar to that of Perion, ? . Fore- 

 tcing : costa, apex, ;ind hind-margin bordered with pale 

 greyish -ochreous, with a reddish tint on hind -margin; 

 ground-colour very pale orange-yellow ; three metallic, 

 black-edged spots in cell, — below cell a black spot con- 

 tiguous to middle cellular one ; only two metallic dots on 

 costa ; transverse stripe of six metallic, black-edged spots 

 beyond cell (of which the three lower are confluent) 

 not so straight as in Perion, but turnins' inwards so as to 



