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^ Darlccr hrownish-grcy ; discs paler and hroadly shot from bases to 

 heijond middle with violaceous hliic ; hind-iuing with the outer roiu of 

 suhmarginal lunides broad, tvhite, and (except toivards costa) ivell-marked. 

 Fore-wing : terminal disco-cellular dusky marking much broader than 

 in $, rather conspicuous ; violaceous-blue suffusion just as in Asopus, 

 ^ ; some very indistinct submarginal traces of paler markings. Hind- 

 wing : terminal disco-cellular lunule much thinner than in fore-win^-, 

 but distinct ; beyond it, a short, central, diislrg, transverse streak, repre- 

 senting discal roiv ; blue suffusion rather more extended outwardly 

 than in Asopus ^, mingling with and obscuring the vndc whitish suffused 

 lunulcs of inner submarginal row ; superior hind-marginal black spot 

 considerably larger than in ^, and its broader adjoining lunule orange- 

 yellow, — inferior one also much better developed. Under side. — As in 

 ^, but discal row rather more regular. 



Notwithstanding its very much larger size and its possession of 

 a very short tail on the hind-wings, this butterfly is a close ally of 

 Asojnis, Hopff., so much so, that it looks like an enlarged copy of the 

 latter. The $ in both is remarkable for the entire absence of blue on 

 the upper side, while the ^ has a considerable blue suffusion from the 

 bases over all the discal area except towards costa. The characters 

 emphasised in the above description are the chief distinguishing 

 features of Parsimon. 



Fabricius {op. cit. ) undoubtedly described the $ j?nly, making no mention 

 of the conspicuous blue of the 5 , though he notes the variation of the disco- 

 cellular dark spot of the fore-wings and white lunulas of the hind-wings, 

 which approximate to the latter sex, in appearance, some ^ specimens. The 

 supposed type of Parsimon (see Butler, Cat. Pah. D. Lep., p. 166) in the 

 Banksian Collection in the British Museum is, however, a 5 of rather dull 

 colouring, but shot with bluish from the bases ; and, after a minute inspec- 

 tion of the specimen, I came to the conclusion that it was not the 5 of 

 Parsimon, but of the closely-allied L. ixdricia, Trim. The latter species has 

 all the upper side of the (J of a pale violaceous-blue, which precludes the 

 possibility of that sex being taken for ^ Parsimon ; but the 9 s of the two 

 forms are with difficulty separable, — the only constant distinction being in 

 the sub-basal row of spots on the under side of the hind-wing, which in 

 Patricia has one spot less than in Parsimon, as the third (between median 

 and submedian nervures) is wanting.^ 



I met with a few exam^iles of both sexes in Natal in February and 

 March 1867, both on the coast and inland; they flew actively about long 

 grass on the ridges and sides of hills. 



Localities of Lgccrna Parsimon. 



I. South Africa. 



D. KafFraria Proper. — Bashee Ptiver (/. //. Powl-ar). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban (il/. /. ]\PKen and /. //. Boiclicr). 

 Avoca (IF. Morant). Verulam. 



1 It is due to the kindness of Mr. Chr. Aurivillius, of the State Museum, Stockhohn, 

 who sent me three of the typical specimens of Asteris, Wallengr., for inspection, that I have 

 been able to identify the ? noted by the latter author to be =; Parsimon, F., 9 , 



