32 SOUTH- AFEICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



lunules ; and a single small ocellus in discoidal cell. Hind-vnng : 

 base dusted with blackish and bluish scales ; an ocellus near base, 

 just below subcostal uervure and another on inner margin before 

 middle ; orange lunules paler, black spot marked outwardly with 

 some bluish-silvery scales. 



^ Blue ^w/f?', less violaceous, than in $. Forc-tving : costa, apex, 

 and hind-margin very broadly bordered with greyish-brown ; a bluish 

 or whitish mark on hind-margin immediately above posterior angle. 

 Hind-wing : costal half of wing greyish-brown, some small outwardly 

 whitish-edged fuscous lunules along hind-margin ; orange lunules paler 

 and larger than in $, more or less confluent, black spot larger. 

 Under side. — Quite like that of $ ; spots larger, more conspicuous. 



On the under side, in both sexes, the two rows of whitish sub- 

 marginal lunules are very ill-defined, and the lower ones of the inner 

 row of the fore-wing much suffused inwardly, while the lowest lunule 

 of the outer row is suffused outwardly and united with a hind-marginal 

 whitish line. The space between the two rows of whitish lunules is 

 enlarged and fuscous below third median nervule in the fore-wing ; 

 and the three lower spots of the discal row are considerably larger than 

 the other three and more irregular in form. In the hind-wing the 

 discal spots are often exceedingly small and rather indistinct, and the 

 lunules of the inner submarginal row much prolonged inwardly. 



A dwarf $ which I captured at Highlands, near Grahamstown, 

 expands scarcely above an inch across the wings. 



In the Hope Museum at Oxford in 1867 I noted a 9 from Sierra Leone 

 in Avhich the discs of the fore-wings were suffused with white. Another ? 

 from the Transvaal presents the same suffusion in both fore and hind wings ; 

 and some of the same sex which I took in Natal exhiliit it in a less degree. 



The only near ally of L. Ciss2(s known to me is the considerably smaller 

 and tailed L. Jobafes, Hopff. The former is a handsome species, very pre- 

 valent in the Eastern parts of South Africa, and ranging widely to distant 

 points in the African continent. It frequents hillsides, fields, and open 

 ground, and has a low, short flight, keeping mostly about grassy spots. In 

 the Cape Colony and Natal I have met with it commonly from the middle 

 of October to the beginning of April. 



Localities of Zyccciia Cissus. 



South Africa. 



B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Knysna. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Grahamstown. Kowie River Mouth, 



Bathurst District (/. L. Fn/). King William's Town ( IV. S. 



M. n Urban). 

 d. Basutoland. — Maseru (/. H. BoirJier). 



D. Kaffraria Preiser. — Butterworth and Bashee River (J, H. Bcnclier). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban (il/. /. i)/'A>?;). Verulam. Itongati 

 River. Umvoti. Mapumulo. 



