335 RHOPALOCERA AFRICA AUSTRALIS. 



Fyrameis Cardui. — P. 117. — Hah. Butterworth and 

 Bashee River (J. H. B.) ; Stellenbosch ; Paarl ; Wellington ; 

 Vogel Vley ; Bain's Kloof; Worcester ; Saldanha Bay ; 

 Umquabaaba River, Natal (R. C. J.) ; Damara Land 

 (J. A. B.). 



Mr. Bowker gives me the following localities for this ubiquitous insect : 

 " Met with in Lower and Upper Albany, Fish River Valley, Somerset 

 East, Uitenliagp, GraafF-Reinet, Colesberg, Crarlonk, Fort Beaufort, and in 

 tlie Free State as far as Modder River and Blopmfontein." Mr. W. F. 

 Kirby, in l)is paoer "On the Geographical Distribution of European 

 Rhopalocera" (Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond ) states, on the authority of Mr, 

 Bates, that Cardni dnes not occur in Brazil, being there replaced by a 

 variety of P. Hnntera, Fab. 



I append a description of a singular Variety of Cardui, taken by Mr. 

 D'Uri)an fit Kin* Williafn's Town 



Fore-iving .- suffused loith blackish, to the confusion of the ordinary 

 markings; large apical white spot obliterated; blackish border at anal 

 angle broad and suffused. Hind-wing: blackish suffusion over the whola 

 costal region as far as apex ; row of black spots faint, whitish-centred ; 

 hind-marginal rhomboidal spots not contiguous. UXDER-SIDE. — Similarly 

 suffused. Fore-tving : large apical spot wanting ; anal angle varied with 

 whitish. Hind-wing: olackish suffusion obliterating costal and disco- 

 eelliilar white markings ; nervures yellowish-wbite ; first, third, and 

 fourth ocelli whitish, indistinct, merged in a white and grejish band 

 immediately succeedinsf them. 



I imagine a singular-looking specimen that I saw near Cape Town 

 (December, 1861) to have belonged to this Variety. 



P. Hippomene. — P. 121. — Hah. Graham's Town (H. J.A.) ; 

 Bashee River (J. H. B.). 



Mr. Bowker writes : " Rare ; tops of trees, and often upon weeds in 

 old, deserted Kafir kraals. — May and June." 

 Mr. Atherstone took it in August. 



Junonia OE,none. — P. 125. — Hah. Swellendam (L. T.) ; 

 Port Elizabeth (W. D.) ; Butterworth and Bashee River 

 (J. H. B.); Damara Land (C. J. A. and J. A. B.) ; 

 " Somauli Land " — Felder ; '* East Coast of Africa, 

 universally " — E. L. Laj'ard. 



Mr. Bowker states that the great enemy of this butterfly is a little 

 striped lizard, which cautiously appraaches and then seizes its prey ; — 

 " the lizards often hunt in pairs, driving the game from one to the other." 



/. Clelia.—F. \28.— Hah. Kleinemond River (H. J. A.) ; 

 Bashee River to Coast East of Igora River (J. H. B.) ; 

 Damara Land (J. A. B.). 



" March and April" — W. D. Mr. Bowker meets with this insect "in 

 spring, summer, and autumn ; not seen in winter months. Open country: 

 On flowers of low plants and of mimo&a. Lights often on stones, mole- 

 hills, and bare spots : easily taken." 



/. Octavia. — P. 130. — Syn. ? Var. Precis Simla, Wlqr., 

 Lep. Rhop. Caffr., p. 26. 'Hah. Bashee River (J. H. B.).- 



