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the former as well in colour as in size. The $ (of which I have seen but one 

 example) resembles the Natalian variation of the $ Niohe, but differs in 

 possessing a well-developed terminal disco-cellular lunule in the fore-wings, 

 and a blue hind-marginal spot in the hind-wings. On the under sicle 

 Tantalus comes nearer to Niohe, but wants the transverse whitish band 

 beyond middle, while the discal row of spots is formed of elongate (not 

 rounded) scarcely whitish edged black marks in the fore-wings, and still 

 thinner dull-brownish marks in the hind-wings, and the submarginal common 

 dark streak is narrowed and more sharply defined. 



This Lyccena was sent by Colonel Bowker from KafFraria Proper, but 

 until lately, when other specimens were sent by him from Natal (including 

 a $ ), I had regarded it as a variety of L. Niohe. The latter examples were 

 captured by him in August and September. 



Localities of Lycaiia Tantalus. 

 I. South Africa. 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Bashee River (/. H. Bowker). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban and Pinetown (/. H. Boiclier). 



135. (17.) Lycaena ignota, sp. nov. 



Exp. al, {$) I in. 3-4 lin. ; ($) i in. 2I-5 lin. 



^ Verij dull grcyish-hroicji ; a narrow dull-fuscous line edging hind- 

 margin ; cilia glossy, hroivnish-grey, becoming tohitish outwardly. Fore- 

 wing : a scarcely perceptible darker, linear, terminal disco-cellular 

 mark. Hind-iving : a very indistinct small, narrow, fuscous hind- 

 marginal spot between first and second median nervules, faintly (in 

 one specimen more distinctly) ringed with whitish scales ; no tail. 

 Under side. — Dull-grey ; markings blackish and 2^ale-brownish, incon- 

 spicuously tvhite-edged ; submarginal rows of 'whitish lunides, and hind- 

 marginal ivhitish line, ivith which the outer roiv forms icings, rather 

 faintly marked, hit less indistinct in hind-wing. Fore-toing : terminal 

 disco-cellular mark rather narrow, lunulate, fuscous ; slightly curved 

 discal row of six rather small blackish or dark-brownish spots, of which 

 the fifth is rather nearer base than the fourth and sixth. Hind-wing: 

 three small rounded black spots in sub-basal row ; first and last spots 

 of discal row like them, but the first one rather larger ; second spot 

 round, but brown instead of black ; other spots of row small, pale- 

 brownish, the sixth rather nearer base than the fifth and seventh • 

 terminal disco-cellular mark sublinear, lunulate, dark- or pale-brown • 

 hind-marginal spot usually distinct, but small, silvery-scaled externally. 



^ Similar, slightly pcder ; disco-cellular murk in fore-iving, and 

 hind-margined spot in hind-wing rather more apparent. Under side. 

 — More tinged icith brown ; all the markings less distinct, the dark ones 



