covery of the South-African Lihi/thea, however, and especially looking to the 

 fact of its occurrence at Quilimane, not far north of the Zambesi Delta, I 

 have little doubt that Mr. Waller's specimen Avas probably referable to Laius, 

 and not to Cini/ras. 



In December 1869, Mr. Walter Morant sent me the first evidence of the 

 occurrence of .a Lihijtliea in Natal, in the shape of a coloured drawing of a § 

 taken by him on the 9th of that month at Avoca, Victoria County; but I 

 heard nothing more of the species vxntil 1873, when the late Mr. E. C. 

 Buxton met with it near D'Urban, and sent me a photograph and a much 

 injured 5 specimen. Colonel J. H. Bowker, F.Z.S., in September 1878 

 landed at Quilimane, and there took six examples of the same species, which 

 he forwarded to the South- African Museum ; and he and Mr. P. F. Payii of 

 D'Urban have subsequently taken several specimens of both sexes at Pine- 

 town, Illovo, and other localities in the coast region of Natal. From these 

 latter specimens, mostly in fine condition, my desciiption is drawn up. 



Mr. Morant noted his example as taken "on the top of a small tree in a 

 waggon-road through thick bush ; " while Colonel Bowker describes the 

 individuals captured by himself in April 1S79 as taking short flights, like 

 those of a " Skippei'," from one flower to another. The latter further wrote 

 in December 1S79 ^'^ follows, viz. : — "I think the Lihuthea spoil themselves 

 by their fighting ; the eight that I have taken were all about the tops of the 

 same trees, actively flying around, and settling with open wings at the ends 

 of the twigs. Mr. Payn says that his examples were captured under similar 

 circumstances. It is curious how nearly in appearance the Lihijtliea resembles 

 Crenis natalensis when at rest; both settle head downward with closed wings 

 on the bark of the same species of tree, and it is then hardly possible to 

 distinguish them from each other. This has probably led to the Lihijtliea 

 being not often taken by the Natal collectors," 



Localities of Lihythca Laius. 

 I. South Africa. 

 E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D'Urban {E. C. Buxton). Umgeni, Pinetown, 

 and junction of Umlaas and Isipingo Eivei-s [J. II. Bowker). 

 Avoca ( W. Morant). Illovo {P. F. Pajn). 



II. Other African Regions. 

 A. South Tropical. 



h. Eastei-n Coast. — Quilimane (J. II. Boiclier), 



Family HI.— LYC^NID^. 



Lyccenida, Leach, " Edinb. Encyc, ix. p. 129 (1815)." 

 Lijccenidce, Stephens, " Illustr, Brit. Ent., Ilaust., i. p. 74 (1827)." 

 Eamenides and Lycenides, Boisd., Sp. Gen. Lep., i. pp. 163-164 (1836). 

 ErjcinidiK (part), Swains. , Hist, and Nat. Arrangem. Ins., jx 94 (1840). 

 Lyci^nidti', Westw., Intr. Mod. Class. Ins., ii. p. 358 (1840); and Gen. 

 Diurn. Lep., ii. p. 468 (1852). 



Imago. — Head of moderate size or rather small ; eyes naked or 

 hirsute ; ^?a7/Ji usually rather long, sometimes very long, scaly, seldom 

 hairy, — the terminal joint slender, distinct, often longer in ^ than in 

 ^ ; avtenncv variable in length, but usually rather short, — the club 

 commonly somewhat abruptly formed, but sometimes very gradually. 



