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lunules. Hind-icing : outer submargiual row of lunnles more or less 

 combining with a liiud- marginal wliito line to form imperfect rings; 

 hind-marginal spot between first median nervule and submedian nervure 

 conspicuous, black, bordered inwardly by a broad orange-yellow lunule ; 

 in some specimens, a very indistinct, thin, dusky, disco-cellular terminal 

 lunule. Under side, — Agreeing very closely with that of L. Osiris, 

 Hopff. (2'. v.)\ the go-ound- colour rather more hrotvnish, rendermg the 

 white 7narkings more distinct. Hi n d-wii ig : an additional spot in S2ih~ 

 basal 7'oio, just below base of first median nervule ; inferior hind-mar- 

 ginal spot (next anal angle) either wanting altogether or represented 

 by a few black, greenish-silvery, and (rarely) orange scales.-^ 



$ Darker, shot from bases over discs ivith bright 2^<^l^-blue. Fore- 

 wing : disco-cellular lunule darker, broader ; whitish lunules near 

 posterior angle usually less indistinct than in $ and margined on 

 both sides by darker marks ; in one example, beyond these lunules, 

 is a short thin whitish hind- marginal line ; blue suffusion occupies 

 lower half of discoidal cell, and extends over disc and along inner 

 margin to beyond middle. Hind-wing : submarginal series of white 

 lunules and hind-marginal white line much better marked than in ^; 

 black hind-marginal spot and adjoining orange lunule larger. Under 

 SIDE. — As in ^, but the markings commonly not so distinct, especially 

 in hind-wing, the sub-basal spots, and the first spot of discal row. 



The dull pale-grey $ of this species differs very much in appear- 

 ance from the $ Osiris ; but the $ s of the two forms, notwithstanding 

 that Osiris has tails and Asojms none, are remarkably similar ; and in 

 both sexes the under side of the two species are almost identical. 

 Asopus is decidedly a smaller insect than Osiris ; and the minute dif- 

 ferences pointed out in the description seem to be constant. 



Mr. W. S. M. D'Urban, who first sent me this Lyrcena, wrote that it was 

 not common near King William's Town in March. I met with it sparingly 

 on the coast of Natal in February 1867 ; the few specimens I captured were 

 flitting about low shrubs and herbage. 



Localities of Lycama Asoims. 



I. South Africa. 



B. Cape Colony, 



h. Eastern Districts. — King William's Town {W. S. M. IT Urban). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban. Victoria County. 

 h. Upper Districts.- — Estcourt (/. M. Hutclmison). 



F. Zululand. — St, Lucia Bay {ilie late Colonel H. Tower). 

 H. Delagoa Bay. — Lourenco Marques {Mrs. Moiiteiro). 

 K. Transvaal. — Potchefstroom District {T. Ayres). 



^ Hopffer (loc. cit.) mentions a ? from Senegal in which this inferior spot is as well 

 developed as the superior one. 



