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Localities of Lyccsna lucida. 



I, South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Plettenberg Bay. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Port Elizabeth. Grahamstown. Zwaart- 

 water Poort. 



D. Kaffrai-ia Proper. — Tsomo River (/. H. Bowher). 



E. Natal. 



a. Coast Districts. — D' Urban. Pinetown [W. Movant and /. H, 



Bowker). Mapnmulo. 

 h. Upper Districts. — Estcourt {J. M. Hutcliinson). 



F. Zululand. — Isandhlwana {J. H. Bowker). 



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



142. (24.) Lycsena stellata, Trimen. 



Lyccena stellata, Trim., Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond., 18S3, p. 349. 



Uxp. al., 7-9 lin. 



Greyish-fuscous, with numeroiis suhannular and other white spots 

 arranged in correspondence with those of the under side ; hind-wing 

 tailless. Fore-wing : terminal disco-cellular annulet, and discal infe- 

 riorly much incurved band of annulets, enclose spots somewhat darker 

 than the ground-colour ; near base two similar annulets, the upper one 

 in discoidal cell, the lower immediately below cell ; a row of six minute 

 white spots near and parallel to hind-margin ; cilia broad, fuscous, 

 narrowly but very distinctly interrupted with white between nervules,' — 

 the white interruptions close to apex and to posterior angle wider than 

 the rest. Jlind-iving : terminal disco-cellular annulet and discal band 

 of annulets not so fully developed as in fore-wing, but distinct ; an 

 indistinct annulet near base below cell ; submarginal row of minute 

 white spots as in fore-wing, but the first spot (nearest costa) consider- 

 ably larger than the others ; cilia broad, white, with only imperfect 

 fuscous interruptions along the inner edge at ends of nervules. Under 

 SIDE. — Pale brownish-grey ; the white anmdets enclosing fiiscous spots. 

 Fore-iving : the markings very distinct ; discal row begins about middle 

 with two small costal annulets ; submarginal row of minute white spots 

 black-edged both internally and externally ; fuscous of cilia paler than 

 on upper side. Hind-ioing : an annulet at base ; a sub-basal trans- 

 verse row of four annulets, of which the first (on costa) encloses 

 a darker spot than the rest ; terminal disco-cellular annulet rather 

 blurred ; first and second annulets of discal band separate from the 

 succeeding ones, and nearer base ; submarginal row of minute white 

 spots rather indistinct, but their inner black edges well marked, sub- 

 sagittate ; the first and second of these spots (like the corresponding 

 annulets of the discal band) are out of line with and before the others. 



Tliis very remarkable Lyccena belongs to the group of which L. 



