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siderably broader and shorter wings than Mdoi'ihis ; and I have never 

 found in either sex any trace of the small whitish spots which in 

 Mctophis often immediately precede the blackish hind-marginal spots on 

 the upper side of the hind-wiugs. Barhercc is also considerably the 

 smaller of the two forms. 



In both species, but more especially in Barhcrce, the discoidal cell 

 is in both fore and hind wings remarkably short, its termination being 

 considerably before the middle. 



I had much pleasure in naming this smallest but by no means least 

 beautiful of South- African butterflies after Mrs. F. W. Barber, of Grahams- 

 town, who has rendered important services to entomology as well as to botany, 

 and from whom I first received examples of the insect. In February 1870 

 I was so fortunate as to make the acquaintance, under Mrs. Barber's guidance, 

 of this minute species. It keeps much to spots of limited extent, usually 

 about stony hillsides, and is usually numerous m such restricted stations. 

 In the bed of the Mill Biver, on the loth February, I met with a large 

 number, settling on the large stones, and succeeded in capturing a good 

 series, notwithstanding the difliculty of securing such inconspicuous and fragile 

 little creatures among the stones under a broiling sun. In Sejitember 1872 

 I met with a very few specimens m Gricpmland West, and in January 1876 

 captured four examples at Bobertson in the Cape Colony. At Port JSTolloth, 

 in August 1873, I took a single $ , the largest I have seen (exp. nine 

 lines) ; and Mr. Peringuey has lately brought from Ookiep, in the same 

 district (Namaqualand), a specimen of nearly equal size captured by him iia 

 November 1885. 



It thus appears that in the Cape Colony and in Griqualand West, 

 Barherce and MetojMs co-exist in several localities, but, as far as hitherto 

 known, the former is more characteristic of the eastern side of South Africa 

 and the latter of the western. The discovery, however, of 3Iefo])his so far 

 east as Delagoa Bay, is a fact that may indicate a common range of the two 

 forms throughout the region. 



I have seen no smaller butterfly than Barhcrce — a (^ that I captured 

 at Bobertson expands only five lines, and several others spread less than 

 six lines. 



Localities of Lycama Barhcrce. 



I. South Africa. 

 B. Cape Colony. 



a. Western Districts. — Bobertson. Ookiep {L. rerbujueu) and 



Port Nolloth, Namaqualand District. 



h. Eastern Districts. — Highlands {M. E. Barher and H. J. Atlicr- 

 stone). Mill Biver, Mitford Park, and Zwaartwater's Poort, 

 Albany District. Between Somerset East and Murraysburg 

 (/. H. Bowlcer). Murraysburg {J. J. Musketf). Burgherstlorp 

 {D. R. Kannemeyer). TJitenhage (/. //. Bowlcer), 



c. Griqualand West. — Kimberley and Barkly. 



D. Kaffraria Proper. — Tsomo Biver (J. //. BuicLrr). 



E. Natal. 



b. Upper Districts. — Estcourt (/. AI. Hutchinson). 



Section B. — Under side brownish-grey or dull yellowish-grey ; 

 markings not or scarcely darker than ground-colour, and more or less 

 completely confluent as fascios, so that their well-marked white edges 



